Melbourne quarantine hotel outbreak climbs to three
3 years, 10 months ago

Melbourne quarantine hotel outbreak climbs to three

Daily Mail  

A hotel worker has tested positive for coronavirus just hours after a resident, bringing Melbourne's quarantine outbreak to three. The Victorian Department of Health announced a third case at Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport on Tuesday night, saying 'interviews are underway' to trace the worker's movements The woman was cleared to leave the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport but has since tested positive to COVID-19 Melbourne's quarantine cases: February 3 - A 26-year old man tested positive for Covid-19 after working at Melbourne's Grand Hyatt Hotel as a resident security support officer for the Australian Open tennis quarantine program. - A third infection was recorded on Tuesday night from another hotel worker There are now three cases linked to the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport outbreak, with another quarantine worker also testing positive on Tuesday. The hotel quarantine worker tested positive after her shift on Sunday A food and beverage worker at the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport also recorded a positive test on Tuesday. A law enforcement officer stands guard outside the Grand Hyatt hotel on February 4, 2021, as tennis players and officials arrive for a two-week quarantine period ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said it appears the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport outbreak originated from one floor Less than a week ago on February 3, a worker at Melbourne's Grand Hyatt Hotel also became infected with the UK Covid variant - believed to be about 70 more contagious than the initial strain.

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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 …

Western Australia records two new local COVID-19 cases as exposure sites list grows
3 years ago

Western Australia records two new local COVID-19 cases as exposure sites list grows

ABC  

Western Australia has recorded two new local COVID-19 cases, both linked to a French backpacker who tested positive to the virus earlier this week. Key points: WA has recorded two new local cases of COVID-19 WA has recorded two new local cases of COVID-19 They are linked to a French backpacker who flew in from Queensland They are linked to …

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 …

Sydney and Melbourne relaxing isolation rules for fully vaccinated international travelers
3 years ago

Sydney and Melbourne relaxing isolation rules for fully vaccinated international travelers

CNN  

CNN — Fully vaccinated international travelers arriving in Sydney and Melbourne will no longer have to quarantine for 72 hours starting Tuesday, December 21, Australian government officials announced Thursday. In a joint statement, the premiers of New South Wales and Victoria said international travelers who are fully vaccinated will instead be required to show proof of a negative result from …

Some 20 travelers from South Africa still in quarantine hotel
3 years, 1 month ago

Some 20 travelers from South Africa still in quarantine hotel

NL Times  

About 20 people are still staying in the quarantine hotel in Badhoevedorp. This group includes people who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving at Schiphol from South Africa 10 days ago, as well as their loved ones. "Formalities often still have to be arranged to start the return journey, and a flight has to be booked," explained the GGD Kennemerland. …

Travellers from South Africa required to quarantine in hotels if positive for Covid
3 years, 1 month ago

Travellers from South Africa required to quarantine in hotels if positive for Covid

NL Times  

Anyone who tests positive for coronavirus out of about 600 passengers who returned from South Africa will be required to quarantine in a hotel, the GGD Kennemerland said. It concerns only those passengers who departed on two KLM aircraft from South Africa before the Netherlands implemented a flight ban from that country, but who landed in the Netherlands after the …

No open windows and shared facilities: Inside the Melbourne detention hotel where COVID-19 is spreading
3 years, 2 months ago

No open windows and shared facilities: Inside the Melbourne detention hotel where COVID-19 is spreading

ABC  

For the past two weeks, refugee Mohammad Miah hasn't left the four walls of his bedroom in inner Melbourne. Key points: 7.30 has obtained video from inside Melbourne's Park Hotel showing detainees in rooms without open windows and using shared facilities Half of all detainees have now been infected with COVID-19 Refugee advocates are also concerned about the level of …

Growing number of coronavirus infections at work & hospitality sector
3 years, 2 months ago

Growing number of coronavirus infections at work & hospitality sector

NL Times  

More and more people are catching the coronavirus in the workplace, or at a hospitality industry business. The location where the infection took place was established in about four in ten people who tested positive last week, with others unaware of how they contracted the virus. That rose to 6.6 percent at the end of September, 8.6 percent at the …

Migrants seek release as COVID hits Melbourne detention facility
3 years, 2 months ago

Migrants seek release as COVID hits Melbourne detention facility

Al Jazeera  

Detainees describe their dire situation inside a Melbourne hotel as the government continues to hold them despite the spread of infection. Staff and contractors entering the APOD adhere to strict requirements governing physical distancing and use of Personal Protective Equipment.” It also mentioned, “The ABF and its service providers are working closely with Victorian health authorities to manage contact tracing, …

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 …

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 …

Authorities trace traveller who spent time at Brisbane Airport while infectious, eyes on Northern NSW after positive case
3 years, 3 months ago

Authorities trace traveller who spent time at Brisbane Airport while infectious, eyes on Northern NSW after positive case

ABC  

Queensland has recorded zero new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as authorities look into contact tracing efforts after an infected traveller transited through Brisbane Airport on their way to the Northern Territory. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: 11 11 New cases: 5,698 Queensland's vaccine rollout: First dose: 93.2 per cent 93.2 per cent Second dose: 92.7 per …

Annastacia Palaszczuk backflips on Queensland's hotel quarantine after backlash over NRL WAGS
3 years, 4 months ago

Annastacia Palaszczuk backflips on Queensland's hotel quarantine after backlash over NRL WAGS

Daily Mail  

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk appears to have backed down on the pause to the state's hotel quarantine program, re-opening it from this Saturday - but at this stage, just 50 families will be allowed to return. The decision to re-start the hotel quarantine program comes a day after the outrage over the government's seemingly hypocritical stance of allowing NRL WAGs …

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 …

Hotel quarantine health fears increasing for couple after another guest gets COVID-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Hotel quarantine health fears increasing for couple after another guest gets COVID-19

ABC  

"It's not boo-hoo we don't like hotels, it's that hotels are not quarantine facilities" — that's the reaction of one "terrified" traveller stuck in a Brisbane hotel that is the site of Queensland's latest COVID-19 outbreak. Key points: A man is thought to have caught the virus from a group from South Africa staying in the same hotel Some hotel …

NSW records 172 new COVID-19 cases, 60 in community while infectious
3 years, 5 months ago

NSW records 172 new COVID-19 cases, 60 in community while infectious

ABC  

A decision on the future of Greater Sydney's lockdown will be announced "as early as tomorrow" after NSW recorded 172 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases. Key points: NSW records 172 new cases, the highest daily tally since the Delta outbreak began Almost half of new cases were in the community for at least some of their infectious period The outbreak …

Flight attendant who tested positive to COVID-19 crewed six flights in regional Queensland
3 years, 5 months ago

Flight attendant who tested positive to COVID-19 crewed six flights in regional Queensland

ABC  

A Qantas flight attendant has tested positive to COVID-19 after crewing six flights in Queensland during her infectious period. A number of potential exposure sites have been identified, including: July 11 — Brisbane to Longreach, Qantas flight 2534 July 11 — Longreach to Brisbane, Qantas flight 2535 July 11 — Brisbane to Gladstone, Qantas flight 2346 July 11/12 — Stayed …

Queensland woman tests positive to COVID-19 after visiting Melbourne exposure site
3 years, 5 months ago

Queensland woman tests positive to COVID-19 after visiting Melbourne exposure site

ABC  

A Queensland woman in her 20s who visited a COVID-19 exposure site in Melbourne has tested positive to the virus. Key points: The woman was infectious in the community from July 15 to 17 The locations of most concern are on the Sunshine Coast Queensland Health is urging anyone with symptoms to get tested Acting Premier Steven Miles said the …

Sydney aged care COVID-19 outbreak spreads, three residents test positive
3 years, 6 months ago

Sydney aged care COVID-19 outbreak spreads, three residents test positive

ABC  

The daughter of an elderly man who tested positive for COVID-19 in a Sydney aged care home says unvaccinated staff who brought the virus in are "a disgrace". Key points: The three residents have been taken to Westmead Hospital as a precaution Summit Care says 96 per cent of the 149 residents have been vaccinated The home is being cleaned, …

Brisbane hospital worker confirmed as having highly infectious Delta strain of COVID-19 as Queensland lockdown begins
3 years, 6 months ago

Brisbane hospital worker confirmed as having highly infectious Delta strain of COVID-19 as Queensland lockdown begins

ABC  

The 19-year-old woman who was infectious in the Queensland community for 10 days before testing positive to COVID-19 has been confirmed as having the highly contagious Delta variant. Key points: Millions of people in Queensland must abide by the lockdown measures set to end on Friday 6:00pm Chief Health Officer has urged anyone with even mild cold-like symptoms to get …

A breakdown of COVID outbreaks in each state and territory as positive cases cross borders
3 years, 6 months ago

A breakdown of COVID outbreaks in each state and territory as positive cases cross borders

ABC  

Millions of Australians are starting the week under new COVID-19 restrictions. Western Australia From midday on Sunday, new restrictions were imposed on the Perth and Peel regions for at least three days after a woman who had visited New South Wales tested positive. Friday, June 25 VA939 Sydney — Brisbane VA334 Brisbane — Melbourne Saturday, June 26 VA827 Melbourne — …

Here's what we know about Sydney's latest COVID-19 cases
3 years, 6 months ago

Here's what we know about Sydney's latest COVID-19 cases

ABC  

A woman aged in her 70s is the latest person to test positive to COVID-19, after she visited a cafe in Sydney's east at the same time as another positive case. Key points: NSW Health expanded the list of venues of concern overnight after the eastern suburbs man's wife tested positive Both had visited Bondi Junction shopping centre a number …

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 …

NT introduces 'day 17 test' for COVID to prevent a local repeat of Victoria's coronavirus outbreak
3 years, 7 months ago

NT introduces 'day 17 test' for COVID to prevent a local repeat of Victoria's coronavirus outbreak

ABC  

Victoria's coronavirus outbreak — and breaches in hotel quarantine more generally — have spurred a new coronavirus testing measure in the Northern Territory. Key points: The change affects repatriated Australians coming to the NT after quarantining interstate Those people will need to get tested 17 days after they began quarantine The rule is being introduced because of repeated breaches of …

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 …

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 …

Victorian man who tested positive for COVID–19 was on same flight as Adelaide hotel case
3 years, 7 months ago

Victorian man who tested positive for COVID–19 was on same flight as Adelaide hotel case

ABC  

South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier says it is most likely a Victorian man, who tested positive to COVID-19 yesterday, caught it while staying in hotel quarantine in Adelaide. Key points: A Victorian man tested positive for COVID–19 after doing hotel quarantine in Adelaide He was on the same flight as another case at the hotel Hotel guests …

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, …

Perth records positive community-transmitted coronavirus case on day one of lockdown
3 years, 8 months ago

Perth records positive community-transmitted coronavirus case on day one of lockdown

ABC  

The WA Health Department has confirmed a positive COVID test result has been returned from a person within the community on day one of Perth's snap lockdown. Key points: The person had eaten at the Kitchen Inn in Kardinya The Premier had earlier announced no new cases were found A number of restaurants have now been deemed "higher risk" sites …

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 …

NSW records three locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in Sydney
3 years, 8 months ago

NSW records three locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in Sydney

ABC  

New South Wales has again recorded locally acquired coronavirus cases, after the virus was transmitted in hotel quarantine. Key points: Two families have been diagnosed with the same COVID-19 viral sequencing The families are being treated at the Special Health Accommodation Latest cases come amid a rising wave of vaccine hesitancy The state's health department said three people in one …

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 …

Tourism operators fear loss of Queensland tourists at Easter as Mark McGowan defends WA hard border
3 years, 9 months ago

Tourism operators fear loss of Queensland tourists at Easter as Mark McGowan defends WA hard border

ABC  

As soon as Western Australia re-imposed a COVID-19 hard border with Queensland, the phones started ringing off the hook at the Kununurra Country Club Resort. Key points: East Kimberley businesses expect to lose thousands in revenue Mark McGowan says not closing the border could be "catastrophic" He has not ruled out mandatory vaccination for frontline WA workers "We've probably had …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Victoria's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program is set to resume. Here's how it will work
3 years, 9 months ago

Victoria's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program is set to resume. Here's how it will work

ABC  

International travellers will start flying back into Melbourne from April 8. Close to six weeks ago, Victoria's hotel quarantine program was halted after COVID-19 leaked into the community and the state went into a snap five-day lockdown. The government says a team of health experts and engineers are assessing every single room in every hotel used in the program to …

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 …

Record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea arrive in Queensland's hotel quarantine
3 years, 9 months ago

Record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea arrive in Queensland's hotel quarantine

ABC  

A record number of COVID-19 cases from Papua New Guinea have been recorded in hotel quarantine in Queensland. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: 11 11 New cases: 5,698 Queensland's vaccine rollout: First dose: 93.2 per cent 93.2 per cent Second dose: 92.7 per cent Latest case information from Queensland Health. "I really want to thank the Australian …

Asylum seekers in PNG test positive to coronavirus, prompting calls for them to be brought to Australia
3 years, 9 months ago

Asylum seekers in PNG test positive to coronavirus, prompting calls for them to be brought to Australia

ABC  

Refugee advocates have called for the Australian government to bring all refugees and asylum seekers still in Papua New Guinea home amid the spiralling coronavirus outbreak there. Key points: Six refugees and asylum seekers in PNG have tested positive to coronavirus Refugee advocates say Australia has a duty of care to them The Australian government provides asylum seekers and refugees …

No sign of community transmission linked to COVID-infected Brisbane doctor so far as more than half of close contacts test negative
3 years, 9 months ago

No sign of community transmission linked to COVID-infected Brisbane doctor so far as more than half of close contacts test negative

ABC  

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says there is no sign of community transmission linked to a COVID-infected Brisbane doctor so far, as more than half of her close contacts have returned negative test results. Key points: More than half of the 400 contacts linked to an infected doctor have so far tested negative More than half of the 400 contacts linked …

Sydney news: NSW Police grant approval for women's march, inquiry hears of racism in public health system
3 years, 9 months ago

Sydney news: NSW Police grant approval for women's march, inquiry hears of racism in public health system

ABC  

Here's what you need to know this morning. NSW Police say approval has been granted for 500 people to march at Sydney's Town Hall under coronavirus restrictions, with a women's rally against violence planned in Sydney's CBD. Labor's Ryan Park says hotel quarantine security guards must be employed full-time. Racism in the public health system A state parliamentary inquiry has …

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