Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[HappyFlyerFamily]

The key point announced to today was that transmission has been occurring in some cases in just over a day. That is a person gets infected and then infects another. Prior to this it was typically five plus days.

This has not been seen in Australia before.

I think Crossroads did contain some 24 hour further transmission. I think one example was the staff member who got it from patient 0 and then passed it on to others the next day. I think this was the explanation for the multiday period for the Crossroads exposure site as the staff member worked multilpe days subsequently..

 

[lovetravellingoz]

I think Crossroads did contain some 24 hour further transmission. I think one example was the staff member who got it from patient 0 and then passed it on to others the next day. I think this was the explanation for the multiday period for the Crossroads exposure site as the staff member worked multilpe days subsequently..

Thank you.

So superspreading event on 3 July at Crossroads, and also at the 6 people Freight company during the day who also went to dinner...

After a bit of hunting I found this:

16 July ​

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While the Headline was:​

Fears of further spread as Crossroads Hotel virus cases become infectious within a day​

What was contained in the article was:​

NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said several of the 34 cases from the Crossroads cluster had developed their COVID-19 symptoms incredibly fast.​

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She said while the incubation period for COVID-19 is usually within 14 days, "people have developed the symptoms, more towards the one day period than the 14[days]".​

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No final Crossroads report seems available and looking at the daily reports in the that period shows theories and cases evolving. But the least I can find (I may have missed something) is a 2 day transmission as the staff member that I assume you meant who was present when the Vic Superspreader was there on 3 July when a large number of people were infected, and was also there when another individual was infected on 5 July and so was presumed to be the source..

17 July​

This brings the number associated with the cluster to 42. This includes 14 who attended the hotel on 3 July, one who attended on 5 July, and 27 who are linked to the cluster but who did not attend the hotel on 3 July.​

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From 12th July​

The teenage worker, a close contact of the worker, a Sydney woman in her 40s and a Victorian man in his 20s who both had dinner at the pub on July 3 have all tested positive.​

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NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said about 600 people visited the hotel on July 3.​

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The staff member was also working that night and worked "subsequent days" at the pub, Dr Chant said.​

 

[jase05]

Get tested folks!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1397807465975095301

 

[jakeseven7]

NSW on high alert as QR check in rates fall off a cliff

There are deep concerns over a shift in behaviour in NSW — authorities in the Premier State are increasingly worried that if even a few cases make it over the border and begin to spread in the community, it could slip away from them.

This is because official statistics from the state government show the number of people checking into venues in NSW has dropped off a cliff.

There were over 66 million check-ins in January and 54.4 million in February with this month’s figures are set to fall again, with just 42.9 million check-ins recorded to May 26.

QR code check-ins fall off cliff in NSW as fears over Victorian outbreak deepen

There are deep concerns over a shift in behaviour in NSW — as the state becomes the only jurisdiction in Australia to leave its border open to coronavirus-affected Victoria.

www.news.com.au

 

[jakeseven7]

Looks like the Feds will pay for Victoria's new quarantine station.... eventually... to try and limit the amount of HQ breaches that are seeding all the outbreaks in AU....

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Avalon Airport site firming for cabin-style quarantine​

Avalon Airport is emerging as the favourite location for a village-style quarantine facility for international travellers, weeks after the state government nominated land neighbouring a pet quarantine site in Melbourne’s north as its preference.

The Age has learned that the federal government prefers Avalon because it would like to keep open the option of expanding the pet facility in Mickleham, the only one of its kind in Australia, onto neighbouring land.

Victorian government officials have accepted the decision on where to build an alternative to hotel quarantine ultimately rests with the Commonwealth, which owns the land at both sites.

The Howard Springs-style facility will be built only if Canberra approves Victoria’s request for them to fund it, which appears increasingly likely after Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke glowingly of the proposal on Thursday.

Avalon Airport site firming for cabin-style quarantine

Despite Victoria nominating land at a pet quarantine facility in Melbourne’s north as its preferred location, the federal government holds the power and prefers Avalon.

www.theage.com.au

 

[SydneySwan]

Will it be called the Centre for Victorian Resilience?

 

[jakeseven7]

Will it be called the Centre for Victorian Resilience?

Probably not if the Feds pay for it, will have a national name!

 

[lovetravellingoz]

47000 tests...but only 4 cases

17000 vaccinations via the state channel too.

 

[jakeseven7]

Amazing news on all fronts! So good that the testing is so high.

Also great to see another record for vaccines (almost more importantly)

 

[lovetravellingoz]

According to ABC TV News the 4 cases are not yet linked. Though it is early days yet.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Vic Presser.

All 4 cases now have been linked.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Vic Presser.

15,000 primary and secondary contacts are now isolating. 160 ADF staff have been requested to help with doorknocking. ie Checking that people are actually isolating, as well as welfare checking.


At least one case caught it at a social venue. The Sporting Globe.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

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And on the nightclubs...I will not name which one...but two of my daughters believe that with one in particular that they are likely to have had well beyond their legal capacity. So the call to come forward is no surprise to them.​

At Vic Presser they just confirmed that at the clubs that there were more in attendance than those that checked in.


One suspects that this is a key reason why the lockdown has been deployed.

 

[bcworld]

At Vic Presser they just confirmed that at the clubs that there were more in attendance, than those that checked in.

I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if check ins were <10% at a couple of those venues.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if check ins were <10% at a couple of those venues.

That is pretty much what my daughters say. Particularly one of the venues.


However the upside is that the venues also have large social networks. So hopefully they are being used now to encourage people to test. On the downside my daughters also tend to believe that some of the clientele may be of the mindset to not be bothered about getting tested.

I would tend to believe that most, if not all, who use these clubs will know if not from the mainstream media, will know from their mates and social media that the venues are exposure sites.

 

[jakeseven7]

I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if check ins were <10% at a couple of those venues.

Oh 100% agree - compliance all over the country is super low from my experience and I've now been in every state over last few months - look at the NSW stats published yesterday, there has been more than a 30% decrease in check ins in NSW.

 

[MooTime]

Some venues / pubs in particular I have been to which is only a few & not in the wee hours, but they have insisted on scanning the QR code before entry (not like point to it inside & no real confirmation if you actually sign in).

I've noticed few shops that didn't have QR codes have now. I use them, it's just the take away stores or stores that your in & out within a minute is where I see ppl not bothering & I can understand. With only 2 or 3 ppl in the store, in & out so quick, why bother scanning. Hmm, maybe we'll get better on this.

 

[Lynda2475]

And again one of the new cases was wandering about with symptoms for 12 days and not getting tested.

The biggest issue with this current cluster remains that a few of the people involved went to work or went out socializing for long periods of 5-12 days with symptoms before getting tested and only got tested because they were contacted by tracers not because they felt an obligation to do so.

 

[bcworld]

That is pretty much what my daughters say. Particularly one of the venues.

I think you are talking about one and I'm talking about a different one particularly. I guess I don't have any direct experience of the one I think you're referring to. The other was in the news last year when accused of flouting, at the time, much more strict capacity controls. I would say it has in general a DGAF attitude...regularly blocks the entire pavement outside and the security does nothing to free it up. If anyone checks in there its purely because they're being diligent about it, not because anyone asks them to. I was at the Gold Coast over Easter when Brisbane had just finished its brief lockdown...check in was super strict...literally you cannot go to your table until you show me the green tick...all of you!

 

[jakeseven7]

I was at the Gold Coast over Easter when Brisbane had just finished its brief lockdown...check in was super strict...literally you cannot go to your table until you show me the green tick...all of you!

Certainly didn't stay that way for long...