Queensland pushes for use of mining camps for Covid-19 quarantine
3 years, 11 months ago

Queensland pushes for use of mining camps for Covid-19 quarantine

Daily Mail  

Queensland wants to use Outback mining camps instead of Brisbane hotels to quarantine returned travellers, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Thursday. She said the mining camps she wants to use instead of hotels were comfortable and had balconies or outside space, just like the Northern Territory's Howard Springs quarantine facility. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said said held grave concerns about the Hotel Grand Chancellor cluster, which has grown to six cases of the highly-contagious UK virus strain Guests at the Hotel Grand Chancellor will be moved to other hotels in Brisbane after the coronavirus cluster grew to six cases. Pictured is two guests on their balcony at Hotel Grand Chancellor on Wednesday NSW Minister Hazzard rejected the idea of using mining camps in his state.

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Queensland nears record COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths with latest peak likely weeks away
2 years, 5 months ago

Queensland nears record COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths with latest peak likely weeks away

ABC  

With the peak of Queensland's latest COVID wave still weeks away, there are concerns several big events have the potential to become "superspreaders" putting further strain on the state's already stretched health system. Key points: Queensland recorded near-record COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations today Doctors warn there is a high risk of "super spreader" events Ventilation in schools deemed "absolutely crucial" …

COVID-19 patients fill regional Queensland hospital beds as surgery warning issued
2 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 patients fill regional Queensland hospital beds as surgery warning issued

ABC  

Almost half of Queensland's current COVID-19 hospitalisations are in regional parts of the state, new Queensland Health data has revealed. Key points: 427 of Queensland's 907 COVID-19 hospitalisations are in regional parts of the state Seven of those are in intensive care, compared to six in the Brisbane area Queenslanders urged to wear a mask in public and ensure vaccines …

Queensland records 39 COVID deaths with historical cases from January included in tally
2 years, 10 months ago

Queensland records 39 COVID deaths with historical cases from January included in tally

ABC  

Queensland has recorded 39 COVID deaths, however the latest cases stretch back to mid-January with the Chief Health Officer warning it does not indicate a peak in cases. Key points: Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says Wellcamp could cost $190million a year to operate Shadow Finance Minister Jarrod Bleijie says the Wellcamp project did not go to tender There has been …

Visiting hours cut at Perth hospitals as COVID detected at Hollywood hospital, Amana Living
2 years, 10 months ago

Visiting hours cut at Perth hospitals as COVID detected at Hollywood hospital, Amana Living

ABC  

Hospital visiting hours have been reduced to just two hours twice a day across all public hospitals in Perth in response to growing COVID-19 cases in WA. Key points: WA hospitals shifted to an 'amber alert' level as Omicron spreads This triggers a number of measures to protect patients and staff It comes as the virus is detected in another …

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 …

COVID-19 'spot fires' to spread quickly through Queensland but hospitals will cope, Chief Health Officer John Gerrard says
3 years ago

COVID-19 'spot fires' to spread quickly through Queensland but hospitals will cope, Chief Health Officer John Gerrard says

ABC  

Queensland's new Chief Health Officer John Gerrard is warning COVID-19 will spread rapidly through the community now the borders have opened, but does not expect hospitals to be overwhelmed. Key points: Dr John Gerrard says authorities will become less concerned about individual cases He says they expect most COVID cases to be mild and managed at home It could be …

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 …

Travel red list scrapped but ministers leave the door open for return of hotel quarantine
3 years, 2 months ago

Travel red list scrapped but ministers leave the door open for return of hotel quarantine

The Telegraph  

The red list was effectively scrapped on Thursday but hotel quarantine will remain as a threat until at least the New Year. All seven countries left on the red list will be removed from Monday at 4am, which means passengers will no longer be required to quarantine in a UK hotel at a cost of £2,285 per person. Ministers have, …

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 …

NSW records 1,284 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths as home quarantine trial for international travel announced
3 years, 3 months ago

NSW records 1,284 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths as home quarantine trial for international travel announced

ABC  

NSW will take "an important step" towards living with COVID-19 by allowing some returning international travellers to quarantine at home on their return to Sydney. Key points: Two people who died in the reporting period were in their 20s The home quarantine trial will begin in the next few weeks The state government hopes it'll help expedite the return of …

Queensland authorities discussing COVID-19 quarantine 'bubble' for soldiers returning from Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Queensland authorities discussing COVID-19 quarantine 'bubble' for soldiers returning from Afghanistan

ABC  

The Queensland government says it is in negotiations with the Australian Defence Force over a quarantine "bubble" for hundreds of soldiers returning from Afghanistan. Key points: Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young has given her support in principle to a quarantine "bubble" for ADF soldiers returning from Afghanistan The ADF has secured a hotel on the Gold Coast It will submit …

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 …

Queensland records zero new cases of COVID-19, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces easing of restrictions
3 years, 4 months ago

Queensland records zero new cases of COVID-19, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces easing of restrictions

ABC  

Queensland has recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced. Key points: It has been 20 days since Queensland last recorded an active case in the community Masks will not be required outdoors anymore, aside from people attending sporting events at stadiums There were no new cases reported on Palm Island after traces of the virus …

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 …

Queensland records seven new community cases of COVID-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Queensland records seven new community cases of COVID-19

ABC  

Queensland has recorded seven new community cases of COVID-19 with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk saying virus creep from New South Wales was very concerning. 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. Dr Young …

Brisbane hospitals under pressure, health staff in isolation as COVID Delta outbreak escalates
3 years, 5 months ago

Brisbane hospitals under pressure, health staff in isolation as COVID Delta outbreak escalates

ABC  

Surgeries are being cancelled, COVID-19 care facilities ramped up and the state's children's hospital is being kept in reserve as Queensland Health braces for a possible major surge in coronavirus infections, especially among children. Key points: Four hospitals can handle COVID-19 cases but Queensland Health is urgently trying to "ramp up" and bring more online There were more than 400 …

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 …

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 …

Fears customers exposed to COVID-19 at Campsie shopping centre for 11 days
3 years, 5 months ago

Fears customers exposed to COVID-19 at Campsie shopping centre for 11 days

ABC  

Health authorities have identified a shopping mall in Sydney's south-west as "a key venue of concern" amid fears customers could have been exposed to COVID-19 there for 11 days. Key points: Anyone who attended the Campsie Centre between July 14 and 24 is deemed a close contact Dr McAnulty says "many people" have been exposed at the centre Shopping centre …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Victoria's COVID outbreak sees travel restrictions return for Queensland border
3 years, 7 months ago

Victoria's COVID outbreak sees travel restrictions return for Queensland border

ABC  

Victoria is tackling another COVID-19 outbreak, which means some restrictions are back for Queenslanders travelling to and from the southern state. 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. New exposure sites Contact …

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 and Peel COVID-19 lockdown reaches third day as WA awaits case numbers
3 years, 8 months ago

Perth and Peel COVID-19 lockdown reaches third day as WA awaits case numbers

ABC  

As Perth and the Peel region enter a third day of lockdown, residents and businesses are anxiously waiting to find out whether the snap shutdown will end tomorrow as scheduled. Key points: The Perth and Peel lockdown is due to end at 12:01am on Tuesday However, the WA Premier says some measures will remain More potential exposure sites are likely …

Perth lockdown ends as no new COVID community cases recorded
3 years, 8 months ago

Perth lockdown ends as no new COVID community cases recorded

ABC  

The lockdown of the Perth and Peel region has ended after Western Australia recorded no new community spread of coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. Key points: The interim restrictions include the mandatory wearing of face masks The Premier says the lockdown was the "circuit-breaker" WA needed Two people caught COVID-19 off a man infected in hotel quarantine But …

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 …

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 …

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 …

WA government announces interstate border rule relaxation, confirms quarantine-free New Zealand travel
3 years, 9 months ago

WA government announces interstate border rule relaxation, confirms quarantine-free New Zealand travel

ABC  

Western Australia is making major changes to its COVID-19 restrictions, by relaxing its interstate border rules to re-open to other states quicker following closures. Key points: WA's border will re-open after 14 days without community spread Mark McGowan says he won't hesitate to reintroduce the hard border New Zealand travellers will be able to arrive quarantine-free from April 19 WA …

One new community acquired COVID-19 case detected in Queensland connected to existing clusters
3 years, 9 months ago

One new community acquired COVID-19 case detected in Queensland connected to existing clusters

ABC  

Queensland has detected one new locally acquired case of COVID-19 of a close contact of one of the existing clusters that saw Greater Brisbane locked down 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: 92.7 per cent Latest case …

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 …

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