Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[I love to travel]

2nd case in Qld now reported where incubation period seems to be a month or longer. Makes a 2 week quarantine period looky shaky IMHO.

Fatigue is starting to settle in for me I think, I am at the point of just thinking lets open everything apart from international borders and see where we are in a month.

 

[oz_mark]

BTW if she is resident in Victoria and there's all this rubbish about the case is meant to be recorded in the state of residence, then why was it recorded in SA? @oz_mark?

They often start where they're first recorded, with any adjustments sometimes occuring later.

 

[Pushka]

They often start where they're first recorded, with any adjustments sometimes occuring later.

No. She actually isn't an Australian resident at all. She's from the UK, flew into Melbourne a week ago, spent just 7 days in quarantine then flew to Adelaide on Sunday and was tested on arrival as I suspect she showed symptoms. That test was positive. Now that plane is required to quarantine even if they've been granted an exemption as they have now had contact with a positive covid.

 

[oz_mark]

No. She actually isn't an Australian resident at all. She's from the UK, flew into Melbourne a week ago, spent just 7 days in quarantine then flew to Adelaide on Sunday and was tested on arrival as I suspect she showed symptoms. That test was positive. Now that plane is required to quarantine even if they've been granted an exemption as they have now had contact with a positive covid.

Not sure which state gets to have that against its numbers then. Maybe where it was detected....

 

[Flashback]

Not sure which state gets to have that against its numbers then. Maybe where it was detected....

Which is how it should be in regardless of how they manipulate statistics for other non-CV19 scenarios

 

[Pushka]

Not sure which state gets to have that against its numbers then. Maybe where it was detected....

Which would have been Melbourne but they didn't test her! Let her leave 7 days after she arrived from UK to catch a domestic flight to Adelaide where she was tested on the spot. And she isn't even an Aussie or permanent resident.

 

[SydneySwan]

I wonder if the NSW premier will be withdrawing her demand that the WA premier opens the WA border now.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

That quote was from abc news website here South Australia records first new coronavirus case in 19 days
It was just mentioned on Channel 10 news that the woman in her fifties arrived from overseas and was in isolation in Melbourne but she was released early from that on compassionate grounds to fly to Adelaide to complete her isolation here. She arrived in Adelaide on Sunday and was immediately tested at the airport and result came back last night.

She is not an Australian resident or citizen. She doesn't live in Australia. And do you reckon Steve Marshall's Facebook has exploded.

Ak ok...for less than a week, before travelling to South Australia.

Well that does sound quite amazing then. I understand that there may have been pressing compassionate reasons....but surely in her transport there should have been steps taken to isolate to prevent close physical contact to separate her. Evidently not, which if so is quite amazing.

This case is weird and should as such have nothing to do with relaxing interstate border controls.

 

[drron]

I wonder if the NSW premier will be withdrawing her demand that the WA premier opens the WA border now.

I doubt it as the NSW CMO came out against border closures yesterday.
But the the WA Premier really doesn't want to get further medical pinions on border closures.
"Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says he is ready to meet the WA Premier "any time", after Mark McGowan said he did not know who he was amid an ongoing feud between state premiers over border closures. "

Deputy Chief Medical Officer 'can't see why borders are still closed' as states bicker over travel rules

Paul Kelly says he sees no medical reason for interstate borders to remain closed, adding that he is ready to meet the WA Premier "any time", after Mark McGowan said he did not know who he was during an ongoing feud between state premiers over border closures.

www.abc.net.au

 

[jakeseven7]

Not sure which state gets to have that against its numbers then. Maybe where it was detected....

And the obsession with the ‘tally board’ continues..

 

[SydneySwan]

And the obsession with the ‘tally board’ continues..

Well there is no live sport on!

 

[Pushka]

This case is weird and should as such have nothing to do with relaxing interstate border controls.

Agree. But the tin hat brigade here think differently. In her first media release yesterday Prof Spurrier tried to spin it as a Victorian with recent overseas travel. Thankfully the reporters smelled a rat and she had to reveal it was an overseas resident who'd arrived in Melb within the last 7 days.

She refused to say which country. But we know now from the UK.

Talkback radio this morning has been burning up with awful stories of no compassion being given here to locals to visit dying relatives in hospital nor attend funerals.

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And the obsession with the ‘tally board’ continues..

But that is what our state government is using to stop the borders opening up. So yes, obsessed with it, or more, with other states.

 

[SydneySwan]

She refused to say which country. But we know now from the UK.

I am very surprised that anyone from the UK can get some sort of exemption given the state of play there. I would say the same about US, Brazil, Iran, Turkey, etc.

 

[Pushka]

I am very surprised that anyone from the UK can get some sort of exemption given the state of play there. I would say the same about US, Brazil, Iran, Turkey, etc.

It beggars belief doesn't it! Given the separation of family members in SA, and everywhere in Australia, its like a slap in the face.

 

[jakeseven7]

Well there is no live sport on!

As long as the public cares, the media cares, as long as the media cares the government cares (especially a particular government who has an election in October). Sigh....

 

[SydneySwan]

As long as the public cares, the media cares, as long as the media cares the government cares (especially a particular government who has an election in October). Sigh....

Yes the QLD state election is on October 31. If the QLD border is still closed no doubt COVID issues will dominate.

 

[I love to travel]

30 year old male died in Qld overnight from COVID. Initial reports show he did not know he had COVID.

 

[jakeseven7]

Yes the QLD state election is on October 31. If the QLD border is still closed no doubt COVID issues will dominate.

Because half of us will be out of work with no prospects yes

 

[Pushka]

30 year old male died in Qld overnight from COVID. Initial reports show he did not know he had COVID.

Which might suggest it wasnt COvid that caused his death?

 

[jakeseven7]

30 year old male died in Qld overnight from COVID. Initial reports show he did not know he had COVID.

I'm sure like overseas cases of younger people passing away there will be 'contributing factors' / pre-conditions that this poor guy had.

Lets hope they don't spin this to keep the borders closed for another year, using such an unfortunate situation for political tooling.