COVID-19 testing delays and grounded flights keep families apart this Christmas
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 testing delays and grounded flights keep families apart this Christmas

ABC  

Christmas day could be a sombre occasion for some families this year as their loved ones struggle to jump through several hoops just to get home. Key points: Testing delays, flight cancellations and accessibility issues could keep some families apart this Christmas Most states require visitors to return a negative PCR test within 72 hours before arriving Arvind Jolly hopes his family in Sydney will be cleared to enter Queensland by December 25 Most states require visitors to return a negative PCR test within 72 hours before arriving and this has seen people flock to testing sites and wait times balloon. Victorians' plans dashed at airport At Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport on Friday, a paid PCR testing service stopped testing domestic travellers due to "unprecedented demand". This week, Victoria's COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar said there was "significant demand" for testing from interstate travellers, with more than a quarter of the state's tests being processed for travel purposes. SA testing options not accessible Over in South Australia, wait times for PCR tests blew out to eight hours recently, prompting the introduction of rapid antigen testing on Friday.

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Queensland scraps more COVID-19 restrictions despite third wave of infections
2 years, 5 months ago

Queensland scraps more COVID-19 restrictions despite third wave of infections

ABC  

Many of Queensland's remaining COVID-19 restrictions have eased from today despite health authorities confirming the state is experiencing a third wave of new cases of the virus. Unless required by their employer, vaccinations will no longer be mandatory for workers in high-risk settings, such as early childhood centres, schools, outside school care, correctional facilities, and airports. A vaccine mandate remains …

Queenslanders wanting COVID-19 test to 'do the right thing' or return to work left frustrated and confused
2 years, 11 months ago

Queenslanders wanting COVID-19 test to 'do the right thing' or return to work left frustrated and confused

ABC  

Queensland's COVID-19 testing clinics are so overwhelmed, many people are being turned away without getting swabbed, while others are going to extreme lengths to get tested to protect family members, satisfy work and childcare requirements, or to have elective surgery. Key points: You should get a rapid antigen test if you need to leave home quarantine or have been around …

Victoria records 17,636 COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths, hospitalisations rise to 591
2 years, 11 months ago

Victoria records 17,636 COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths, hospitalisations rise to 591

ABC  

Elective surgeries in metropolitan Melbourne and major Victorian cities will be reduced as hospitals attempt to respond to heightened patient demand amid the surging Omicron wave. Key points: Nearly one in three Victorians being tested are returning positive results The number of COVID-19 patients in hospital has jumped by 75 in the past day A warning about ambulance delays was …

Frustration and heartbreak as COVID-19 testing delays force some to spend holidays alone
2 years, 11 months ago

Frustration and heartbreak as COVID-19 testing delays force some to spend holidays alone

ABC  

Kate Perry spent Christmas in isolation and in tears, waiting for a COVID-19 test result she had expected to receive days earlier. But Victoria's COVID-19 commander Jeroen Weimar said one pathology provider that had laboratories interstate was taking "a little bit longer" to get test results turned around. Mr Weimar said the increased testing load from interstate travellers was "jamming …

COVID-19 queues are depriving this cancer patient of precious time — and he wants PCR postal testing introduced
3 years ago

COVID-19 queues are depriving this cancer patient of precious time — and he wants PCR postal testing introduced

ABC  

Twice a fortnight, Philip Griffin attends Flinders Cancer Clinic for his chemotherapy treatment. Key points: While COVID-19 PCR testing is an imposition, it is especially so for cancer patients such Philip Griffin The former head of plastic surgery at Flinders Medical Centre says a postal method should be considered Health authorities have outlined measures to expedite testing in South Australia …

Two travellers test positive to COVID-19 in Western Australia, amid warnings about outdated modelling
3 years ago

Two travellers test positive to COVID-19 in Western Australia, amid warnings about outdated modelling

ABC  

The Australian Medical Association is warning modelling done around the nation ahead of state borders coming down is outdated, due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Key points: The two travellers flew in from Brisbane on December 19 The two travellers flew in from Brisbane on December 19 Doctors are warning that Omicron has not been considered …

COVID updates: Thousands of people in isolation in NSW as cases rise and Queensland's mask mandate begins — As it happened
3 years ago

COVID updates: Thousands of people in isolation in NSW as cases rise and Queensland's mask mandate begins — As it happened

ABC  

Residents at a north Queensland aged care home are being tested for COVID-19 after a contractor visiting the facility tested positive. The Mackay Hospital and Health Service confirmed it is testing residents, staff and visitors at the Blue Care Home Field Aged Care facility in Mackay. “The health service has deployed a team of testers to the facility following confirmation …

COVID-19 | States gear up to implement new airport protocols
3 years ago

COVID-19 | States gear up to implement new airport protocols

The Hindu  

States across the country have scurried to implement the testing, tracing and quarantine for international passengers from a few countries where the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been recorded, on advice from the Union Ministry of Health. The list of countries at risk is available in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website ; passengers coming from these …

Expensive COVID-19 test requirement may be scrapped as Queensland reviews border rules
3 years, 1 month ago

Expensive COVID-19 test requirement may be scrapped as Queensland reviews border rules

ABC  

The Queensland government is reviewing border requirements which currently see families faced with paying hundreds of dollars for COVID tests when entering the state. Key points: The PCR tests required before entering the state cost about $150 each The Acting CHO says the government is considering scrapping the tests, or making them free Deputy Premier Steven Miles says they should …

Why your interstate Christmas holiday may end up costing you hundreds of dollars in COVID tests
3 years, 1 month ago

Why your interstate Christmas holiday may end up costing you hundreds of dollars in COVID tests

ABC  

If you have family and friends interstate, you might be hoping for a Christmas reunion — but your festive season holiday could end up costing more than you think. Key points: Unlike getting tested when you're sick, you won't get a Medicare rebate for pre-travel COVID tests required by states to cross borders Unlike getting tested when you're sick, you …

Returning NT resident tests positive for COVID in Darwin after travelling from Newcastle via Brisbane
3 years, 3 months ago

Returning NT resident tests positive for COVID in Darwin after travelling from Newcastle via Brisbane

ABC  

A domestic traveller has tested positive for COVID-19 in Darwin after travelling to the Northern Territory from New South Wales, via Queensland, however, the Territory's Health Minister, Natasha Fyles, says the case poses a "very minimal risk to the Northern Territory community". Key points: A returning Territory resident has tested positive to COVID-19 while in quarantine at Howard Springs He …

COVID-19 quarantine lifted for 960 Logan families, Queensland reviewing border rules for interstate truck drivers
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 quarantine lifted for 960 Logan families, Queensland reviewing border rules for interstate truck drivers

ABC  

Nearly 1,000 Logan families have been released from home quarantine overnight after health officials deemed there was a low risk they had been exposed to COVID-19 when a Queensland truck driver travelled back from NSW and tested positive last week. Key points: The 960 families were awaiting the negative results from two remaining children, whose parents initially did not want …

Girl, 4, tests positive to COVID-19 after contact with Logan truck driver
3 years, 3 months ago

Girl, 4, tests positive to COVID-19 after contact with Logan truck driver

ABC  

Queensland has confirmed one new case of COVID-19, a four-year-old girl who is a close contact of a Logan truck driver who tested positive to the Delta strain of the virus earlier this week. 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: …

Victoria records 71 local COVID-19 cases, Melbourne told to consider 'soft lockdown'
3 years, 4 months ago

Victoria records 71 local COVID-19 cases, Melbourne told to consider 'soft lockdown'

ABC  

Premier Daniel Andrews has urged Victorians to get the vaccine available to them today, as the state grapples to pull its worsening Delta outbreak under control. Key points: The Premier said around 10,000 people were abandoning appointments each day He has urged everyone to head to the appointments and support the state in "vaccinating our way out of this" Epidemiologist …

Victoria records new local COVID-19 case in Moonee Valley Racecourse drive-through testing site worker
3 years, 4 months ago

Victoria records new local COVID-19 case in Moonee Valley Racecourse drive-through testing site worker

ABC  

Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley says authorities believe there is a "minimal" risk workers at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site in Melbourne's west were exposed to the virus, after a traffic controller tested positive this morning. Key points: The worker from the Moonee Valley Racecourse drive-through testing site returned a positive result this morning The testing centre has been closed …

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 …

First positive COVID case identified in NSW Central West, linked to Sydney truck driver
3 years, 5 months ago

First positive COVID case identified in NSW Central West, linked to Sydney truck driver

ABC  

A factory worker in the Central West of New South Wales has contracted COVID-19, after a truck driver with coronavirus travelled to the region over several days. Key points: A pet food delivery driver has spread COVID-19 to the Central West Four hospitals in the region are on now red alert The region is on watch after three removalists visited …

Sydney aged care COVID-19 outbreak spreads, three residents test positive
3 years, 5 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, …

Flight attendant who tested positive for COVID-19 in Queensland does not have Delta variant
3 years, 6 months ago

Flight attendant who tested positive for COVID-19 in Queensland does not have Delta variant

ABC  

A woman who tested positive to COVID-19 in Queensland overnight does not have the Delta variant. 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. "She came into Brisbane on June 5 on an …

New rules for Victorians planning interstate travel during school holidays
3 years, 6 months ago

New rules for Victorians planning interstate travel during school holidays

ABC  

Victorian families will head into the winter school holidays in June. Queensland Regional Victorians are welcome but must apply for and receive a border declaration pass. Regional Victorians are welcome but must apply for and receive a Queensland border declaration pass at least three business days before entering Queensland. If regional Victorians are travelling by air, they must use private …

Specialist COVID-19 vaccine hub for people with disability opens in Melbourne's north
3 years, 6 months ago

Specialist COVID-19 vaccine hub for people with disability opens in Melbourne's north

ABC  

Scope Australia's specialist COVID-19 vaccination hub in Melbourne's north has opened its doors to offer disability staff and residents a "safe" space to receive their vaccines. Key points: Scope Australia opens a hub in Glenroy dedicated to vaccinating people with a disability and disability workers It is one of a number of specialist vaccination hubs being supported by the federal …

Covid-19: Testing clinic chaos across Melbourne as thousands race to check if they're infected
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19: Testing clinic chaos across Melbourne as thousands race to check if they're infected

Daily Mail  

Melbourne's Covid-19 testing clinics have been stretched to their limits as thousands of the city's residents rushed to be swabbed amid the latest outbreak in cases. Victoria has recorded 11 new cases of the deadly virus on Wednesday Acting Premier James Merlino said the 'genesis' of the outbreak was a breach at a quarantine hotel in South Australia. The new …

Melbourne COVID-19 restrictions return as outbreak in northern suburbs grows to nine
3 years, 6 months ago

Melbourne COVID-19 restrictions return as outbreak in northern suburbs grows to nine

ABC  

Victoria has recorded another four COVID-19 infections, bringing a cluster in Melbourne's north to nine, as restrictions have been tightened in the city. Key points: The four new cases are family contacts of a man who is being treated as a potential source of the cluster The four new cases are family contacts of a man who is being treated …

Brisbane COVID-19 case infected despite 'no breaches' in protocol as doctor waits to see if she has highly transmissible UK strain
3 years, 9 months ago

Brisbane COVID-19 case infected despite 'no breaches' in protocol as doctor waits to see if she has highly transmissible UK strain

ABC  

Queensland health authorities are investigating how a Brisbane doctor caught COVID-19 within a hospital as they wait to find out if she has the highly infectious UK strain. Key points: Contact tracers are racing to find people who attended three "high risk" locations on Thursday The doctor tested positive on Friday after waking up with a sore throat Hospitals and …

Queensland Health says 'all protocols followed' when woman left hotel quarantine to accompany father to hospital
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland Health says 'all protocols followed' when woman left hotel quarantine to accompany father to hospital

ABC  

Health authorities say "all protocols were followed" when a woman in Brisbane hotel quarantine accompanied her father to and from hospital wearing full PPE before she later tested positive for the UK strain of COVID-19. Key points: There was a report an overseas traveller was left unattended at a hospital and travelled back to hotel quarantine in a ride-share vehicle …

COVID-19 roundup: Low-key Christmas observed, more UK returnees test positive; Centre to conduct vaccine dry runs
3 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 roundup: Low-key Christmas observed, more UK returnees test positive; Centre to conduct vaccine dry runs

Firstpost  

India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,01,46,845 on Friday with 23,067 new infections being reported in a day, while the total recoveries crossed 97 lakh, according to Union Health Ministry data Several states like Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Assam reported UK returnees among new COVID-19 positive cases amid a countrywide effort to trace, isolate and curb the spread of a …

COVID-19 testing team doubled at Delhi Airport for passengers arriving from UK
4 years ago

COVID-19 testing team doubled at Delhi Airport for passengers arriving from UK

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In the wake of the government's directive to conduct mandatory RT-PCR testing for all passengers and crew arriving from the United Kingdom, the organisation tasked with conducting Covid-19 tests at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Genestrings Labs co-director Dr Gauri Agarwal said on Tuesday that their team has been doubled to test passengers. She said that five out …

No new local cases of COVID-19 in NSW, Health Minister Brad Hazzard confirms
4 years, 1 month ago

No new local cases of COVID-19 in NSW, Health Minister Brad Hazzard confirms

ABC  

NSW health authorities are warning residents of south-west Sydney with "even the mildest of COVID-19 symptoms" to get tested after traces of the virus were detected at a sewage pumping station in the region. Key points: Two cases were recorded but both were in isolation within hotel quarantine NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the Queensland Premier is ignoring her Sydneysiders …

Passenger from India repatriation flight tests positive to COVID-19 in Darwin quarantine
4 years, 1 month ago

Passenger from India repatriation flight tests positive to COVID-19 in Darwin quarantine

ABC  

A 31-year-old woman who was repatriated from New Delhi to Australia yesterday has tested positive to COVID-19 while in quarantine in Darwin. Key points: Health authorities say the woman is asymptomatic Health authorities say the woman is asymptomatic She was travelling with two children She was travelling with two children The children are awaiting further test results Professor Len Notaras, …

Coronavirus testing in Melbourne went down — here's why some Aussies are avoiding the swab
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus testing in Melbourne went down — here's why some Aussies are avoiding the swab

ABC  

Every day, state leaders front the media, revealing the latest case numbers and the number of tests conducted in the previous 24 hours. — Anna L One person put off their test because of bad weather I have been tested three times, even though I don't leave my house. — Caleb V I know it's bad but getting a test, …

Police fine 60 revellers over Sydney house party, as Woolworths reports another COVID-19 case
4 years, 5 months ago

Police fine 60 revellers over Sydney house party, as Woolworths reports another COVID-19 case

ABC  

NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance has blasted 60 people who attended a house party in Sydney's north-west, labelling their behaviour as "shameful". Key points: Police broke up a house party on Saturday night in Schofields attended by 60 people Police broke up a house party on Saturday night in Schofields attended by 60 people Another Woolworths store has reported a …

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