Experts claim Australia's hotel quarantine system can't contain mutant strains
3 years, 11 months ago

Experts claim Australia's hotel quarantine system can't contain mutant strains

Daily Mail  

Public health experts believe more coronavirus infections will escape Australia's hotel quarantine program and are pushing for changes to the system. A leak from hotel quarantine sparked a lockdown in Perth last week with residents required to wear masks Scott Morrison wants to expand the Howard Springs quarantine facility in the Northern Territory with 40,000 Australians trying to come home from overseas The federal government is considering Queensland's proposal for a new quarantine camp in Toowoomba, 125km west of Brisbane, amid fears that CBD hotels are not safe enough. Scott Morrison also wants to expand the Howard Springs quarantine facility in the Northern Territory with 40,000 Australians trying to come home from overseas and arrival caps increasing from February 15. A group of workers in quarantine at the Howard Springs facility on the outskirts of Darwin He is urging officials to expand purpose built facilities such as Howard Springs, appoint an independent agency to inspect quarantine facilities around the country, and vaccinate quarantine workers as soon as possible. After a national cabinet meeting last week, Mr Morrison suggested his preference was to expand Howard Springs rather than set up a new camp.

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Defence flags interest in using Darwin's Howard Springs quarantine facility to house local, international military personnel
2 years ago

Defence flags interest in using Darwin's Howard Springs quarantine facility to house local, international military personnel

ABC  

The Top End quarantine facility that played a major national role at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic could be used to accommodate thousands of military personnel in Darwin each year. Key points: Up to 6,500 Australian and international defence personnel converge on the Top End during the dry season Defence is negotiating with the Northern Territory government about leasing …

Queensland's Wellcamp facility opens as COVID-19 hotel quarantine program ends
2 years, 10 months ago

Queensland's Wellcamp facility opens as COVID-19 hotel quarantine program ends

ABC  

The Queensland government's Wellcamp quarantine facility has officially been opened outside of Toowoomba as the state closes its COVID-19 hotel quarantine scheme and prepares for more international arrivals. Key points: The Wellcamp quarantine facility near Toowoomba has 500 beds with another 500 to be available in April A second quarantine facility at Brisbane Airport will also open in April Taxpayers …

Covid can spread between rooms in hotel quarantine, research shows
3 years ago

Covid can spread between rooms in hotel quarantine, research shows

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In one case in July, a single traveller in hotel quarantine in Auckland infected three others in a room across …

WA coronavirus update: Five COVID cases emerge in Perth outbreak
3 years ago

WA coronavirus update: Five COVID cases emerge in Perth outbreak

ABC  

Western Australia has recorded five new COVID cases, a day after an unvaccinated French backpacker tested positive to the disease. WA Premier Mark McGowan said one was a close contact of case 1133, who attended an event with the man at the Perth Mess Hall in Northbridge on December 19. Fremantle hostel locked down Mr McGowan said 100 of the …

Australia Covid-19: Scott Morrison rules out new lockdowns despite rising cases and Omicron fears
3 years ago

Australia Covid-19: Scott Morrison rules out new lockdowns despite rising cases and Omicron fears

CNN  

CNN — For two years, Australia avoided the worst of the coronavirus pandemic thanks to strict border controls and prolonged lockdowns. On Tuesday, the country’s most populous state reported its highest new daily caseload of the pandemic, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called an emergency National Cabinet meeting to discuss the rising infections. The World Health Organization said on …

Australia Set for Partial Reopening of International Border for Vaccinated Citizens
3 years, 2 months ago

Australia Set for Partial Reopening of International Border for Vaccinated Citizens

News 18  

Quarantine-free travel from New Zealand to Australia will resume from Monday, Australia’s tourism minister said on Sunday, as the country readies itself for a partial reopening of its international borders for the first time since March 2020. Vaccinated Australian citizens and permanent residents living in New South Wales, Victoria and the capital Canberra will be free to fly internationally from …

COVID-19 outbreak at Melbourne detention hotel sees 17 asylum seekers test positive, one admitted to hospital
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 outbreak at Melbourne detention hotel sees 17 asylum seekers test positive, one admitted to hospital

ABC  

At least 17 asylum seekers detained in a Melbourne facility have tested positive to COVID-19, with one person being treated in hospital. Key points: The Park Hotel in Melbourne is being used as an alternative detention facility to house asylum seekers An asylum seeker who contracted COVID-19 there said he did not feel safe Australian Border Force says 55 per …

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers
3 years, 2 months ago

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers

ABC  

Victoria is set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for international arrivals from next month, bringing it into line with New South Wales. It's understood arriving travellers would need to be fully immunised and test negative for coronavirus. At this stage, it's believed the quarantine changes will be officially announced at Friday's COVID-19 media conference. Melbourne opening up after 263 days …

Travel from New Zealand South Island to be allowed without COVID quarantine
3 years, 2 months ago

Travel from New Zealand South Island to be allowed without COVID quarantine

ABC  

Travellers from the South Island of New Zealand will be able to arrive in Australia without spending two weeks in quarantine from Wednesday. Key points: Quarantine-free travel for people heading to Australia from New Zealand's South Island to restart from Wednesday Australians heading to New Zealand will still be required to do 14 days in hotel quarantine 'Green lane', or …

Sydney to end COVID-19 quarantine for international travellers
3 years, 2 months ago

Sydney to end COVID-19 quarantine for international travellers

Live Mint  

Sydney will end its COVID-19 quarantine for fully vaccinated international travellers from Nov. 1, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Friday, foreshadowing the full return of overseas travel after more than 19 months. The federal government's reopening plans unveiled in July proposed abolishing caps on returning vaccinated Australians and a gradual reopening of international travel with safe countries …

Scott Morrison welcomes NSW's move to scrap quarantine for international arrivals from November 1
3 years, 2 months ago

Scott Morrison welcomes NSW's move to scrap quarantine for international arrivals from November 1

ABC  

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has welcomed NSW opening its borders to fully vaccinated international travellers — who will no longer need to quarantine in hotels, or at home — from next month. Key points: Unvaccinated travellers will still have to enter hotel quarantine but there will only be around 200 spots per week Unvaccinated travellers will still have to enter …

Fully vaccinated international travellers get Sydney green light
3 years, 2 months ago

Fully vaccinated international travellers get Sydney green light

Al Jazeera  

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet says passengers with proof of vaccination and negative COVID-19 test won’t need to quarantine. Sydney will open up to fully vaccinated international travellers from November 1 without the need for quarantine, the leader of the country’s most populous state said on Friday, bringing forward a full return of overseas travel. We’ve got to open …

COVID updates: International travel resumes next month as PM announces changes to border restrictions — as it happened
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID updates: International travel resumes next month as PM announces changes to border restrictions — as it happened

ABC  

Mr McGowan is being asked about international borders reopening and when WA will open. He said the state wasn't going to set a date at this point in time, and that it was "really a NSW thing" because they had enough COVID in the community that travelling overseas and returning didn't really add to the risk profile. "WA will open …

Covid-19: Australia to lift international travel ban after 18 months in November
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19: Australia to lift international travel ban after 18 months in November

India Today  

Australia has outlined plans to lift a pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens travelling overseas from November. Travel restrictions that have trapped most Australians and permanent residents at home over the past 18 months would be removed when 80 per cent of the population aged 16 and older is fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday. New South …

Australia's trial home quarantine for vaccinated arrivals to ease travel curbs
3 years, 3 months ago

Australia's trial home quarantine for vaccinated arrivals to ease travel curbs

Hindustan Times  

Australia’s most-populous state will trial home quarantine for people returning from overseas if they are fully vaccinated, signalling an easing of one of the most hardcore border regimes in the world. Australia's trial home quarantine for vaccinated arrivals to ease travel curbs New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said Friday the pilot program in her state would begin in the …

Hotspot travellers locked out of Queensland as authorities pause COVID-19 hotel quarantine
3 years, 4 months ago

Hotspot travellers locked out of Queensland as authorities pause COVID-19 hotel quarantine

ABC  

Travel plans for people trying to relocate to Queensland have been thrown into disarray with the announcement the state is pausing arrivals from interstate hotspots for the next fortnight. Key points: People who have already received a "right of entry" border pass will have to reapply The Premier said the pause would help manage quarantine hotel capacity Health Minister Yvette …

Backpackers 'unclear what's going down' as Queensland Health keeps them locked up in Brisbane hostels
3 years, 5 months ago

Backpackers 'unclear what's going down' as Queensland Health keeps them locked up in Brisbane hostels

ABC  

Backpackers potentially exposed to a COVID-19 case were left locked up in two Brisbane hostels last night despite Queensland Health admitting the venues did not allow occupants to quarantine properly. Key points: Contact tracers are looking for anybody who was at the Roma Street City Backpackers in Brisbane since July 22 Dr Jeannette Young has expressed concern about the mounting …

NT COVID quarantine reaches record numbers as Howard Springs facility fills up
3 years, 5 months ago

NT COVID quarantine reaches record numbers as Howard Springs facility fills up

ABC  

Two weeks in quarantine might feel like a bit of a time warp, but returning Australian Mark Radovan says a stint in Howard Springs has been an "amazing" experience. Key points: There are currently almost 2,000 people in quarantine at Howard Springs It has capacity for 2,000 overseas arrivals and about 1,000 domestic travellers The NT Health Minister said the …

Australia further curbs new arrivals due to risks of variant
3 years, 6 months ago

Australia further curbs new arrivals due to risks of variant

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia plans to halve commercial passenger arrivals due to virus risks as parts of the country emerged from lockdowns Friday. Australia will reduce its cap on arrivals from 6,000 passengers a week to 3,000 by July 14 to reduce pressure on hotel quarantine, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said after a meeting with state and territory leaders. “If …

New Zealand resumes quarantine-free travel with Victoria as COVID-19 cases decrease
3 years, 6 months ago

New Zealand resumes quarantine-free travel with Victoria as COVID-19 cases decrease

ABC  

Melburnians will soon be able to travel freely to some parts of Australia and New Zealand as the latest coronavirus outbreak eases. Key points: New Zealand's Ministry of Health has confirmed the quarantine-free bubble with Victoria will resume from midnight Tuesday New Zealand's Ministry of Health has confirmed the quarantine-free bubble with Victoria will resume from midnight Tuesday The Northern …

Covid Australia: Melbourne out of Victoria's lockdown after one new case on Wednesday
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid Australia: Melbourne out of Victoria's lockdown after one new case on Wednesday

Daily Mail  

Millions of Victorians will finally be let out of most aspects of lockdown on Friday, but crippling restrictions will remain in place despite the state reporting just one new and traceable Covid-19 case on Wednesday. Acting Premier James Merlino on Wednesday said metropolitan Melbourne will move to 'most of the same settings' currently in place across regional Victoria, with masks …

How the Delta COVID variant likely jumped Victorian hotel quarantine and started a Melbourne outbreak
3 years, 7 months ago

How the Delta COVID variant likely jumped Victorian hotel quarantine and started a Melbourne outbreak

ABC  

Victoria is one step closer to solving the mystery of how the Delta strain of COVID-19 slipped into the community, and it looks like another hotel quarantine leak is the culprit. Theory two: The traveller transmitted the virus to a quarantine staff member Professor Cheng said the public health team, which had only learnt about the link on Monday, was …

Covid Australia: Melbourne lockdown WON'T be extended unless 'massive surge' of mystery cases
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid Australia: Melbourne lockdown WON'T be extended unless 'massive surge' of mystery cases

Daily Mail  

Melbourne's tough lockdown will end on Friday as planned unless there is a massive surge in mystery cases, government sources say. Victorian government sources said the city's lockdown will be lifted as scheduled at 11.59pm on Thursday, with restrictions likely easing to those currently in place in regional Victoria. Melbourne's tough lockdown is unlikely to be extended unless there is …

Why Melbourne yet again? The factors that fed into the latest coronavirus lockdown
3 years, 7 months ago

Why Melbourne yet again? The factors that fed into the latest coronavirus lockdown

ABC  

As the anxiety-inducing threat of yet another lockdown loomed on Wednesday, many Victorians were asking: Why do these things always seem to happen to us? Mr Morrison has said the hotel quarantine system had been "99.9 per cent effective". Professor Toole said he did not understand how Prime Minister Scott Morrison could assert that hotel quarantine was "99.99 per cent …

Covid-19 Australia: How 18-second sliding doors moment in hotel quarantine brought Victoria lockdown
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: How 18-second sliding doors moment in hotel quarantine brought Victoria lockdown

Daily Mail  

An 18-second sliding doors moment between returned travellers in South Australian hotel quarantine sparked the Covid-19 outbreak that has plunged Melbourne into another crippling snap lockdown. An 18-second sliding doors moment between returned travellers at Adelaide's Playford Hotel sparked Melbourne's outbreak, a report has found The list of potential Covid-19 exposure sites in Victoria has reached 150 locations as of …

Australia: Fourth round of lockdown in Melbourne as new Covid infection cluster grows
3 years, 7 months ago

Australia: Fourth round of lockdown in Melbourne as new Covid infection cluster grows

India TV News  

Australia’s second-largest city was set to enter its fourth lockdown Thursday as concern grew over the rapid spread of infections from a coronavirus variant. The seven-day lockdown for Melbourne and the rest of Victoria state comes after a new cluster in the city rose to 26 infections, including a person who was in intensive care. Health Minister Greg Hunt described …

Minister begs Australians to get Covid-19 jab as Melbourne's cluster continues to grow
3 years, 7 months ago

Minister begs Australians to get Covid-19 jab as Melbourne's cluster continues to grow

Daily Mail  

All eligible Australians are being urged to get vaccinated against coronavirus as an outbreak threatens to spread across Melbourne. All eligible Australians are being urged to get vaccinated against coronavirus as an outbreak threatens to spread across Melbourne 'We heard that of the new cases that were announced overnight and yesterday as well, three of them were over 50 that …

Forced quarantine at Howard Springs not required for high-risk arrivals to NT from Melbourne COVID sites
3 years, 7 months ago

Forced quarantine at Howard Springs not required for high-risk arrivals to NT from Melbourne COVID sites

ABC  

The Northern Territory government says domestic arrivals from Melbourne's highest risk exposure sites must self-isolate and get tested, rather than enter supervised quarantine at Howard Springs, as the Melbourne outbreak grows to 15. Key points: Anyone arriving in the NT from Tier 1 exposure sites in Melbourne must enter self-isolation and get tested Howard Springs is not currently being used …

South Australia imposes new border restrictions with Victoria over Melbourne coronavirus cluster
3 years, 7 months ago

South Australia imposes new border restrictions with Victoria over Melbourne coronavirus cluster

ABC  

South Australia has imposed fresh border restrictions in response to Melbourne's coronavirus cases, but SA Health says it is not ready to release its report into a man who stayed in an Adelaide medi-hotel and is potentially linked to the cluster. Key points: Anyone who has been at an exposure site in the relevant time is now banned from entering …

Vaccinated Australians may be able to go overseas with home quarantine
3 years, 7 months ago

Vaccinated Australians may be able to go overseas with home quarantine

Daily Mail  

Vaccinated Australians may be able to go overseas and home quarantine when they get back, according to plans being worked on by Scott Morrison. The federal budget assumes Australia's borders will not open until mid-2022, but the prime minister said there could be a chance for overseas holidays before then. Vaccinated Australians may be able to go overseas and home …

SA Health investigating whether man caught coronavirus in medi-hotel
3 years, 7 months ago

SA Health investigating whether man caught coronavirus in medi-hotel

ABC  

South Australian health authorities are investigating whether a man who was released from hotel quarantine in Adelaide and then tested positive for COVID-19 in Melbourne acquired the virus while in isolation. Key points: The man quarantined in the Playford medi-hotel next to a traveller who tested positive SA Health is investigating whether there have been any quarantine or testing breaches …

Victoria records COVID-19 case at Wollert, north of Melbourne, after man leaves SA hotel quarantine
3 years, 7 months ago

Victoria records COVID-19 case at Wollert, north of Melbourne, after man leaves SA hotel quarantine

ABC  

Victorian health authorities have revealed six potential COVID-19 exposure sites, after a man who completed his hotel quarantine in South Australia returned to the state and tested positive. Key points: Follow-up tests confirmed the man's positive COVID-19 diagnosis He left India in mid-April, before completing hotel quarantine in South Australia Potential exposure sites have been listed in the Melbourne CBD, …

Can Howard Springs handle it? These are the key numbers before flights from India to Australia start again
3 years, 8 months ago

Can Howard Springs handle it? These are the key numbers before flights from India to Australia start again

ABC  

Howard Springs is once again in the national spotlight, as the quarantine facility prepares for the resumption of repatriation flights from India from Saturday, May 15. NT health authorities expect there will be zero active positive cases inside Howard Springs from previous India flights by next Friday, the day before repatriation flights are set to resume. NT health authorities, according …

Victoria identifies site for purpose-built quarantine facility, wants Commonwealth to fund construction
3 years, 8 months ago

Victoria identifies site for purpose-built quarantine facility, wants Commonwealth to fund construction

ABC  

The Victorian government has confirmed plans for a purpose-built quarantine hub in Melbourne's north and has called on the Commonwealth to pay for its construction. Key points: A proposal for the 500-bed hub includes the ability to scale up and house 3,000 returned Australians A proposal for the 500-bed hub includes the ability to scale up and house 3,000 returned …

India's horrific Covid tsunami could overwhelm hotel quarantine
3 years, 8 months ago

India's horrific Covid tsunami could overwhelm hotel quarantine

Daily Mail  

India's spiraling Covid-19 crisis could lead to outbreaks and lockdowns in Australia because the hotel quarantine system is 'not fit for purpose' and flights from the high-risk nation should be immediately banned, doctors and politicians have warned. Pictured: A man walks past a burning funeral pyres of people who died from Covid-19 at a crematorium ground in New Delhi Relatives …

NSW warns other states over Sydney COVID-19 quarantine hotel infections
3 years, 8 months ago

NSW warns other states over Sydney COVID-19 quarantine hotel infections

ABC  

Health authorities in NSW have warned several people who could have been exposed to COVID-19 inside a Sydney quarantine hotel have already travelled interstate. Key points: NSW Health says four more return travellers who stayed at the Mercure Hotel need to get tested NSW Health says four more return travellers who stayed at the Mercure Hotel need to get tested …

India travel ban proposed after coronavirus cases in Perth hotel quarantine prompts concern
3 years, 8 months ago

India travel ban proposed after coronavirus cases in Perth hotel quarantine prompts concern

ABC  

Members of the Indian community want Australia to continue accepting arrivals from India on compassionate grounds even if Premier Mark McGowan's suggestion of a travel ban from the country is adopted. Key points: Two-fifths of recent COVID-19 cases in WA quarantine travelled from India Two-fifths of recent COVID-19 cases in WA quarantine travelled from India The WA Premier will raise …

Two people catch UK coronavirus strain while in Perth hotel quarantine, sparking India ban call
3 years, 8 months ago

Two people catch UK coronavirus strain while in Perth hotel quarantine, sparking India ban call

ABC  

Two people staying at a Perth quarantine hotel have contracted the UK strain of COVID-19 from returned overseas travellers from India who were in another room. Key points: The two guests caught the virus from a couple staying in an opposite room The couple had arrived in WA from India infected with the UK strain The WA Premier has called …

NSW Health investigating possible COVID-19 transmission inside Sydney quarantine hotel
3 years, 8 months ago

NSW Health investigating possible COVID-19 transmission inside Sydney quarantine hotel

ABC  

New South Wales Health is investigating whether COVID-19 has spread inside a second Sydney quarantine hotel. NSW Health said they had tested negative on their day-two swabs in hotel quarantine, before subsequently testing positive for COVID-19 later during their quarantine periods. This latest incident comes just days after three people in one family acquired the virus from a family of …

Four more returned Australians test positive for COVID-19 in Howard Springs after arriving from India
3 years, 8 months ago

Four more returned Australians test positive for COVID-19 in Howard Springs after arriving from India

ABC  

Four more people have tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in the Northern Territory on repatriation flights from India. Key points: The new cases include returned Australians aged 8, 11, 38 and 60 Health authorities say all four cases are displaying mild symptoms The Howard Springs quarantine facility is expanding its intake of returned Australians from 850 to 2,000 a …

Australians vaccinated against coronavirus could be allowed to travel overseas and return home without hotel quarantine
3 years, 8 months ago

Australians vaccinated against coronavirus could be allowed to travel overseas and return home without hotel quarantine

ABC  

The Prime Minister has flagged allowing Australians to travel overseas and return home, without going into hotel quarantine, if they are vaccinated against COVID-19. Key points: Scott Morrison says people would be permitted to travel for "essential reasons" such as business, medical reasons, important family events and funerals He says vaccinated people would still need to quarantine but may be …

Brisbane travellers caught up in Tasmanian hotel quarantine saga released early
3 years, 9 months ago

Brisbane travellers caught up in Tasmanian hotel quarantine saga released early

ABC  

Travellers from Brisbane have been freed early from a 14-day hotel quarantine stay in Tasmania after enduring days of uncertainty. Key points: Travellers have been locked in Tasmanian hotel quarantine despite Greater Brisbane's COVID restrictions being eased A Brisbane couple placed in hotel quarantine have been reunited with their dog Another traveller caught up in the quarantine saga said Tasmania …

Traveller describes 'totally chaotic' response from Victorian authorities hours after Brisbane red zone declared
3 years, 9 months ago

Traveller describes 'totally chaotic' response from Victorian authorities hours after Brisbane red zone declared

ABC  

A man who tried to travel to Victoria from Brisbane before it was declared a red zone says he was forced into hotel quarantine, despite repeated assurances from the Department of Health he would not be. Key points: Sam says he was assured he would only face orange zone restrictions, but when his flight landed he was taken to hotel …

Three Victorians in coronavirus hotel quarantine after visiting Queensland
3 years, 9 months ago

Three Victorians in coronavirus hotel quarantine after visiting Queensland

ABC  

Three Victorians will spend a fortnight in hotel quarantine after visiting a high-risk exposure site while travelling in Queensland. Key points: Two of the three had returned negative tests by Sunday morning, while the third was still pending Secondary close contacts are being identified, with more expected to be contacted Victoria says it has no current plans to close the …

WA imposes new quarantine restrictions for travellers from Queensland after COVID case
3 years, 9 months ago

WA imposes new quarantine restrictions for travellers from Queensland after COVID case

ABC  

Western Australia has imposed new quarantine restrictions on certain travellers returning from Queensland after that state recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus. Key points: People visiting WA from some parts of Queensland will have to quarantine Roger Cook says there could be further announcements in the next 24 hours He says he is disappointed in the low rates …

Brisbane COVID-19 community transmission case puts city on alert after man visits multiple public venues while infectious
3 years, 9 months ago

Brisbane COVID-19 community transmission case puts city on alert after man visits multiple public venues while infectious

ABC  

Queensland has recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus, with a 26-year-old Brisbane man infectious in the community since last Friday. Key points: The man visited several locations across Brisbane and the Moreton Bay region before testing positive to coronavirus Aged care facilities, prisons and hospitals will no longer accept visitors except for in end-of-life circumstances The Chief Health …

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year. Here's what happens next
3 years, 9 months ago

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year. Here's what happens next

ABC  

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year, after the Health Department declared the final active case in the state had recovered. The health department said on Monday night that "almost all" current hotel quarantine workers had already had the first jab. Professor Baxter said if all workers had at least had their first vaccination injection, the outbreak risk …

Australians stranded overseas 'exhausted' as Victoria's coronavirus hotel quarantine remains closed
3 years, 9 months ago

Australians stranded overseas 'exhausted' as Victoria's coronavirus hotel quarantine remains closed

ABC  

For the third time in the past year, Georgina Trigg and her family have been packing up their belongings and preparing to leave Dubai. Key points: Ms Trigg's family was told the cancellation was due to Victoria's pause on international arrivals A Melbourne woman who returned via Sydney says Victoria has a reputation for being unreliable with hotel quarantine The …

Coronavirus vaccine rollout tipped to meet targets despite flooding, international supply issues
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus vaccine rollout tipped to meet targets despite flooding, international supply issues

ABC  

Federal health authorities say they are confident the next phase of Australia's COVID-19 vaccination program will meet its targets, despite international supply issues and weather-related delivery delays. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd said the medical regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, expected to complete the approvals process for locally produced doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine "in the coming days". Ahead …

States issue strict new travel warnings after a hotel quarantine guard tests positive in NSW
3 years, 9 months ago

States issue strict new travel warnings after a hotel quarantine guard tests positive in NSW

Daily Mail  

Three states have acted swiftly to issue travel warnings after a Sydney hotel quarantine security guard tested positive to coronavirus. Victorian authorities said anyone who visited Pancakes on the Rocks Beverley Hills in Sydney's south between 10.45am and midday on March 13 must get tested and immediately quarantine for 14 days. Western Australia's Department of Health issued similar advice for …

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