Adelaide teenager who went clubbing after receiving positive COVID test quarantining in medi-hotel
3 years, 3 months ago

Adelaide teenager who went clubbing after receiving positive COVID test quarantining in medi-hotel

ABC  

A teenager who went clubbing in Adelaide after receiving a positive COVID-19 test has been moved into medi-hotel quarantine, SA's Chief Public Health Officer says. Key points: The 19-year-old man went clubbing after receiving a positive COVID test result Chief Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said the teenager was now in a CBD medi-hotel Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said investigators would work with SA Health The 19-year-old man received an SA Health text message notifying him that he had tested positive on Friday evening. Chief Health Officer Nicola Spurrier told ABC Radio Adelaide that authorities "are concerned about this young man, because we obviously have now got more entertainment in the evenings". Professor Spurrier said it was "really important" that if anyone tested positive, they stay home, stay away from other people and let close contacts know they were positive. SA Health adamant man didn't attend cricket Professor Spurrier echoed weekend health department statements acknowledging "there was some talk about him also being at the cricket" on Friday.

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Adelaide suburbs aged care facility in 'dire need' of staff amid COVID-19 outbreak, as paramedics called in to help
3 years, 3 months ago

Adelaide suburbs aged care facility in 'dire need' of staff amid COVID-19 outbreak, as paramedics called in to help

ABC  

An aged care home in Adelaide's north-eastern suburbs is urgently seeking staff over the holidays as 22 residents test positive for COVID-19 and paramedics are called in to work at the facility. Key points: Three workers and 22 residents from Bene Italian Village at St Agnes have tested positive to COVID-19 The ambulance union says paramedics were called in overnight …

SA Police investigating teenager who went clubbing in Adelaide after receiving positive COVID test
3 years, 3 months ago

SA Police investigating teenager who went clubbing in Adelaide after receiving positive COVID test

ABC  

A teenager who went clubbing in Adelaide shortly after receiving notification he had tested positive for COVID-19 is being investigated by police. Key points: The 19-year-old was told he had tested positive on Friday evening He went clubbing in the Adelaide CBD shortly after SA Police are investigating whether he breached the state's emergency orders The 19-year-old received an SA …

COVID-19 outbreak at Melbourne detention hotel sees 17 asylum seekers test positive, one admitted to hospital
3 years, 5 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 …

Boy tests positive to COVID-19 in Adelaide after flight connected with Virgin Australia case
3 years, 5 months ago

Boy tests positive to COVID-19 in Adelaide after flight connected with Virgin Australia case

ABC  

A boy has tested positive for COVID-19 after being on the same flight as a Virgin Australia flight attendant who tested positive for the virus. Key points: A Virgin flight attendant tested positive for COVID-19 last week Since then, a teenage boy on one of the same flights with the attendant has also contracted the virus Meanwhile, a truck driver …

One new COVID-19 case in Queensland as genome sequencing confirms man in backpacker hostel had Alpha variant
3 years, 7 months ago

One new COVID-19 case in Queensland as genome sequencing confirms man in backpacker hostel had Alpha variant

ABC  

Queensland has recorded one new case of COVID-19 in a person in hotel quarantine, as genome sequencing confirms a man in a Brisbane backpacker hostel acquired COVID while in transit from the Philippines. “Those other three travellers were sent to a different hotel quarantine to this individual, which confirms for us that this gentlemen has contracted it from one of …

Elderly SA man tests positive for COVID–19 at Modbury Hospital in Adelaide's north-east
3 years, 8 months ago

Elderly SA man tests positive for COVID–19 at Modbury Hospital in Adelaide's north-east

ABC  

South Australia has recorded a COVID–19 case in an 81-year-old man who presented to the Modbury Hospital in Adelaide's north eastern suburbs with symptoms late last night. Key points: An elderly man who returned from Argentina to Adelaide has tested positive to coronavirus Close contacts, hospital staff and patients will self-isolate A school his grandson goes to will reopen tomorrow …

Authorities investigate possible Adelaide medi-hotel breach and third COVID-19 exposure site connected to removalists
3 years, 8 months ago

Authorities investigate possible Adelaide medi-hotel breach and third COVID-19 exposure site connected to removalists

ABC  

South Australian health authorities are investigating a possible medi-hotel COVID-19 breach and an unknown regional SA location where three removalists from Sydney stopped on their way to McLaren Vale last week. Key points: SA Premier Steven Marshall said authorities were working through a list of 60 people He said some of them had stayed in their cars and were low …

SA Health warns of potential for undetected COVID-19 cases amid testing drop-off
3 years, 9 months ago

SA Health warns of potential for undetected COVID-19 cases amid testing drop-off

ABC  

South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier has warned that coronavirus cases linked to the Victorian outbreak could be circulating undetected in the SA community, after a drop-off in the number of daily tests. Key points: The number of coronavirus tests dropped off over the weekend after surging last week Professor Spurrier says it is "quite possible that we …

Adelaide medi-hotel ventilation 'excellent' despite Melbourne COVID-19 outbreak, health chief says
3 years, 10 months ago

Adelaide medi-hotel ventilation 'excellent' despite Melbourne COVID-19 outbreak, health chief says

ABC  

Coronavirus testing in Adelaide is surging amid concerns about Melbourne's COVID-19 outbreak, as the state's chief health officer says SA medi-hotels have "excellent ventilation". Key points: South Australia's hard border with Greater Melbourne is now in effect Huge queues have formed outside drive-through testing stations SA Health has reopened the Tailem Bend testing site to keep up with demand Attendance …

SA border closes to Greater Melbourne, report into Adelaide medi-hotel COVID-19 leak released
3 years, 10 months ago

SA border closes to Greater Melbourne, report into Adelaide medi-hotel COVID-19 leak released

ABC  

South Australia has enforced a hard border with residents of Greater Melbourne, as authorities reveal the man at the centre of Melbourne's COVID-19 outbreak likely caught it through aerosol transmission in Adelaide hotel quarantine. Key points: SA Health authorities released their report into the "potential" medi-hotel transmission The report noted two occasions on May 3 when room doors opened within …

Playford hotel COVID transmission sends Adelaide woman back into isolation after two weeks' quarantine
3 years, 10 months ago

Playford hotel COVID transmission sends Adelaide woman back into isolation after two weeks' quarantine

ABC  

One of the 10 South Australians who has been ordered to quarantine for a second time after staying on the same floor of an Adelaide hotel as two COVID-positive men says she has been vaccinated and took "every precaution" while out in the community. Key points: Georgina Adam has been ordered to self-isolate after two weeks in hotel quarantine She …

Victorian man who tested positive for COVID–19 was on same flight as Adelaide hotel case
3 years, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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 hotel quarantine guard tests positive for COVID-19, along with two others
3 years, 10 months ago

Perth hotel quarantine guard tests positive for COVID-19, along with two others

ABC  

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has confirmed three new COVID-19 cases in Perth, including a hotel quarantine security guard potentially infectious in the community for four days. Key points: Three people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Perth The source case was infectious in the community for four days No lockdown has been enforced at this stage The cases stem …

NSW Health investigating possible COVID-19 transmission inside Sydney quarantine hotel
3 years, 11 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 …

COVID updates: NSW quarantine hotel worker who contracted COVID-19 had been vaccinated — as it happened
4 years ago

COVID updates: NSW quarantine hotel worker who contracted COVID-19 had been vaccinated — as it happened

ABC  

Dr Kerry Chant said around 130 people had been contacted who worked with the security guard. "In terms of where this person acquired it, as the Minister indicated, this gentleman works in our hotel quarantine systems and generally works on the weekend and does weekend shifts in the hotel quarantine system. He was infectious while doing a shift and we …

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread
4 years, 1 month ago

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread

ABC  

Victorians are still coming to grips with their return to life in lockdown as they wait for news about whether or not the so-called "circuit breaker" restrictions have been effective in helping to curtail the current cluster. Nebuliser use at root of cluster The starting point of the cluster has been traced back to Thursday February 4, when three family …

Hundreds of Australian Open players, officials and staff to isolate after single positive Covid test
4 years, 1 month ago

Hundreds of Australian Open players, officials and staff to isolate after single positive Covid test

The Independent  

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Hotel quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Victoria, transmission between rooms being investigated
4 years, 1 month ago

Hotel quarantine worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Victoria, transmission between rooms being investigated

ABC  

Victorian health authorities are investigating a case of COVID-19 in a hotel quarantine worker, with a public health team working to notify the staff member's close contacts. Key points: The new case comes as authorities investigate the spread of coronavirus from one room to another in a quarantine hotel The new case comes as authorities investigate the spread of coronavirus …

Australian Open Arrivals Hit by Two Positive COVID-19 Tests, Players to Quarantine
4 years, 2 months ago

Australian Open Arrivals Hit by Two Positive COVID-19 Tests, Players to Quarantine

News 18  

Three coronavirus cases have been detected among charter flights carrying tennis players, coaches and officials to Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open, health authorities and tournament organizers said Saturday. Health authorities said two positive COVID-19 cases emerged from a charter flight from Los Angeles, and later Saturday, Tennis Australia said there was a third positive case from a flight from …

Medi-hotel guest fears for safety as two others test positive for coronavirus despite quarantine
4 years, 4 months ago

Medi-hotel guest fears for safety as two others test positive for coronavirus despite quarantine

ABC  

A professional golfer locked down in an Adelaide medi-hotel says he fears for his safety after it was revealed two other returned travellers were infected with coronavirus while in quarantine. Key points: Stephen Leaney is currently locked down in the Peppers Waymouth Hotel Authorities say two people caught COVID-19 inside the medi-hotel Health authorities have committed to overhauling SA's medi-hotel …

How did Adelaide's COVID-19 cluster begin and are medi-hotel procedures to blame?
4 years, 4 months ago

How did Adelaide's COVID-19 cluster begin and are medi-hotel procedures to blame?

ABC  

Adelaide's coronavirus cluster started with a medi-hotel worker, but South Australian health authorities maintain there hasn't been a breach in safety protocols. COVID-19 testing for hotel staff was not mandatory The fact employees were not required to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing is perhaps the biggest cloud hanging over South Australian health authorities. "There are daily declarations of symptoms by medi-hotel …

Victorian coronavirus hotel quarantine staff became infected in community, not at work, CHO says
4 years, 5 months ago

Victorian coronavirus hotel quarantine staff became infected in community, not at work, CHO says

ABC  

An investigation suggests it's unlikely the Melbourne hotel quarantine workers who recently developed COVID-19 were infected while at work, Victoria's Chief Health Officer says. Key points: The last positive case in hotel quarantine was detected in late August All nine workers likely caught COVID-19 in other settings, Brett Sutton says Two staff members who attended work while infectious were asymptomatic …

SA nurse who worked on front line of Victoria's aged care coronavirus crisis tests positive for COVID-19
4 years, 7 months ago

SA nurse who worked on front line of Victoria's aged care coronavirus crisis tests positive for COVID-19

ABC  

A South Australian nurse who worked on the front line of Victoria's coronavirus crisis has been diagnosed with COVID-19 after returning to Adelaide. Key points: The nurse had been working to assist with outbreaks in Victorian aged care facilities She and eight other nurses have since been quarantining in Adelaide SA Health has issued new advice to travellers from Queensland …

South Australian man returning from Victoria tests positive to COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

South Australian man returning from Victoria tests positive to COVID-19

ABC  

A South Australian man, who returned from Victoria earlier this month as an essential worker, has tested positive for COVID-19. Key points: A man in his 40s has tested positive for COVID-19 He returned from Victoria earlier this month and self-isolated Only three people are believed to be at risk of transmission from him SA Chief Public Health Officer Dr …

How Victoria's coronavirus quarantine system has potentially left other states vulnerable
4 years, 8 months ago

How Victoria's coronavirus quarantine system has potentially left other states vulnerable

ABC  

Hotel quarantine arrangements are different in every state, and — as Australia found out this week — those small discrepancies can have big consequences. Key points: The NSW Government has so far picked up the tab of over $50 million for at least 25,188 people in quarantine The NSW Government has so far picked up the tab of over $50 …

Melbourne coronavirus scare as NSW man who tested positive returned to work at Sydney Woolworths
4 years, 8 months ago

Melbourne coronavirus scare as NSW man who tested positive returned to work at Sydney Woolworths

ABC  

A Sydney man who spent two weeks in hotel quarantine in Victoria has tested positive for coronavirus after returning to NSW, sparking a crisis at the Woolworths he worked at. Key points: The man works in the self-service section of Woolworths and is believed to be "low-level" infectious The man works in the self-service section of Woolworths and is believed …

SA records first coronavirus case in 22 days, but authorities say it won't count
4 years, 9 months ago

SA records first coronavirus case in 22 days, but authorities say it won't count

ABC  

SA Health says a man who has tested positive for coronavirus has entered South Australia, but insists the state's 22-day record of no new cases remains intact as he is not infectious and was diagnosed in Victoria. Key points: A man arrived at Adelaide Airport from Melbourne and tested positive He had been diagnosed with COVID-19 and quarantined in Victoria …

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