Expert highlights key differences in Melbourne and Sydney coronavirus clusters as NSW works to avoid second lockdown
4 years, 5 months ago

Expert highlights key differences in Melbourne and Sydney coronavirus clusters as NSW works to avoid second lockdown

ABC  

Infectious disease experts say Sydney can avoid a Melbourne-style second lockdown if it stops multiple clusters of community transmission through hard "ring fencing", compulsory mask wearing and a renewed focus on social distancing. Key points: The continued spread of Sydney's Crossroads Hotel cluster is worrying experts But they say there are key differences between the community transmission in Melbourne and what is happening in Sydney One expert has called on the NSW State Government to recommend masks for all Sydneysiders, as the city tries to avoid a second lockdown Yet one expert says the Crossroads Hotel in Casula already looks like "the ember that has started a bushfire", as cases connected to the south-west Sydney hotel continue to grow, including one confirmed case at Sydney's The Star casino. Cases linked to Crossroads Hotel 6 to 10 July Planet Fitness Casula Planet Fitness Casula 4 July Star City Casino 20:00‐ 22:30hrs Star City Casino 20:00‐ 22:30hrs 4 July Canterbury Leagues Club 23:00‐ 01:00hrs Canterbury Leagues Club 23:00‐ 01:00hrs 6 July Narellan Town Centre shopping town Kmart, Target, Best & Less, H&M and food court Narellan Town Centre shopping town Kmart, Target, Best & Less, H&M and food court 27 June Zone Bowling Villawood 11 am to 3 pm. Experts says Sydney has not yet reached the "tipping point" for another lockdown like the one which turned the Opera House in a ghost town.

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Victoria pushes for more COVID tests as cases and mystery infections climb
3 years, 4 months ago

Victoria pushes for more COVID tests as cases and mystery infections climb

ABC  

Victorian officials have ramped up a push for more people to be tested for COVID-19 amid fears the virus is spreading undetected in Melbourne. Key points: A new campaign urges people to assume any cold or flu symptoms are COVID-19 and get tested straight away An infectious diseases specialist says this outbreak is different to others this year due to …

Regional NSW towns fear the worst as Sydney's COVID-19 outbreak spreads
3 years, 4 months ago

Regional NSW towns fear the worst as Sydney's COVID-19 outbreak spreads

ABC  

The usually relaxed vibe of the seaside town of Byron Bay evaporated this week with the news that a visiting family of three from Sydney had tested positive for COVID-19. "We've got big family groups that share households, people that are either couch surfing or have no fixed place of abode," Mr Naden said. "If it spread quickly and the …

Coronavirus Australia: Muslim leader reveals why there's 'less cooperation' with Sydney's lockdown
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Muslim leader reveals why there's 'less cooperation' with Sydney's lockdown

Daily Mail  

A Muslim leader in the worst-hit area of Sydney's coronavirus outbreak says the local community's flouting of public health orders and resistance to government stay-at-home directions was always going to happen due to cultural traditions. Sheik Azzam Mesto from the Rahma Mosque in Old Guildford in Sydney's west, said getting close-knit families from ethnic communities to stay away from each …

Coronavirus Australia: Sydney Covid exposure sites - Coles, Dan Murphy's, Woolworths, Westfield
3 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Sydney Covid exposure sites - Coles, Dan Murphy's, Woolworths, Westfield

Daily Mail  

A worrying new Covid exposure list has been revealed with an alert for 19 venues across Sydney including Coles, Woolworths, Dan Murphy's and an Aldi supermarket. Three venues at Westfield Penrith Plaza in Sydney's west have been confirmed as Covid exposure sites by NSW Health The same applies anyone who visited grocery store 'Fred's One-Stop Shop' on Friday July 9 …

Sydney's coronavirus outbreak is moving from east to west and starting to look like Melbourne's second wave
3 years, 6 months ago

Sydney's coronavirus outbreak is moving from east to west and starting to look like Melbourne's second wave

ABC  

As NSW records another 38 locally acquired COVID-19 cases, the race is on to nip the spread in Western Sydney in the bud, with failure to do so likely to prolong this outbreak. The situation could bear similarities to how the virus thrived through Melbourne's second wave: aided by a combination of higher rates of precarious work, larger households and …

Queensland's now dealing with multiple COVID-19 outbreaks. How likely is it there are more undetected cases?
3 years, 6 months ago

Queensland's now dealing with multiple COVID-19 outbreaks. How likely is it there are more undetected cases?

ABC  

Health authorities in Queensland are grappling with multiple different COVID-19 outbreaks, including one mystery case that has sent contact tracers racing to find out how the virus was spread. 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 …

Two new community Alpha COVID cases recorded in Brisbane and on the Sunshine Coast
3 years, 6 months ago

Two new community Alpha COVID cases recorded in Brisbane and on the Sunshine Coast

ABC  

Queensland Health has published a long list of new exposure sites after two community cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Brisbane and on the Sunshine Coast. Key points: Two new community cases have been confirmed in the south-east Queensland Health says they have visited a lot of sites It's believed the pair do not have the Delta strain currently impacting …

NSW records one new COVID-19 case linked to eastern suburbs cluster
3 years, 6 months ago

NSW records one new COVID-19 case linked to eastern suburbs cluster

ABC  

The COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has grown to three cases, as police probe whether the first infection identified — a limousine driver — breached quarantine protocols. Key points: The driver and his wife visited several eastern Sydney venues whilst infectious Police are investigating whether the man had breached health orders A fourth infection was recorded, but health authorities …

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 'serious' COVID-19 outbreak — here's what we know about the new cases so far
3 years, 7 months ago

Victoria's 'serious' COVID-19 outbreak — here's what we know about the new cases so far

ABC  

The next few days will be crucial to see how many new cases emerge from a cluster of coronavirus cases linked to Melbourne's northern and western suburbs. Genomic sequencing has confirmed the cases in the new cluster are all linked to the Wollert case but the "missing link" has not yet been found. Next, five new cases in the City …

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 …

Covid Australia: Map shows how a single case affected FOURTEEN Sydney suburbs
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid Australia: Map shows how a single case affected FOURTEEN Sydney suburbs

Daily Mail  

A frightening map shows how a man with Sydney's first Covid-19 case in a month traversed the city and put 14 suburbs on alert, as officials brace for a potential outbreak. Fourteen Sydney suburbs have been put on alert after an infected man in his 50s traversed the city THE 14 SYDNEY SUBURBS ON ALERT: Sydney CBD Paddington Bondi Junction …

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 …

Man linked to Brisbane's COVID-19 lockdown visited regional areas while infectious
3 years, 9 months ago

Man linked to Brisbane's COVID-19 lockdown visited regional areas while infectious

ABC  

The regional Queensland city of Gladstone is on alert after it was revealed a man visited the region while infected between March 25-28. Key points: The mayor of Gladstone is urging residents and travellers to double check the list of exposure sites after Queensland's latest COVID-19 outbreak The infected person was also in Gin Gin and Miriam Vale Regional residents …

How the hotel quarantine outbreak that's landed Victorians in coronavirus lockdown spread
3 years, 10 months 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 …

Melbourne set for FIVE-DAY lockdown with schools closed
3 years, 10 months ago

Melbourne set for FIVE-DAY lockdown with schools closed

Daily Mail  

Five million Melbourne residents are bracing for lockdown once again as a Covid-19 cluster grows to 13, with five new cases reported on Friday. Melbourne 's worrying Covid cluster has now climbed to 13 cases after five more positive tests linked to the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport were recorded State government advisers were instructed to draw up plans for a …

Melbourne hotel quarantine worker tests positive to coronavirus hours before Australian Open begins
3 years, 11 months ago

Melbourne hotel quarantine worker tests positive to coronavirus hours before Australian Open begins

Daily Mail  

Australia's east coast is on high alert for yet another coronavirus outbreak after two hotel quarantine breaches within hours of each other. NSW Health authorities are also scrambling after a traveller tested positive two days after they were released from hotel quarantine in Sydney. A hotel quarantine worker at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport has tested positive to coronavirus …

NSW coronavirus outbreaks take three weeks to end, according to analysis of State Government data
3 years, 11 months ago

NSW coronavirus outbreaks take three weeks to end, according to analysis of State Government data

ABC  

NSW's current COVID-19 outbreak is likely almost at an end, if an analysis of State Government data is anything to go by. Key points: Analysis shows it takes three weeks on average to end a COVID-19 outbreak NSW Health defines a cluster as three cases that are epidemiologically linked The Avalon cluster, at 151 cases, has been the largest cluster …

Victoria records no local coronavirus cases, six infections in hotel quarantine
3 years, 11 months ago

Victoria records no local coronavirus cases, six infections in hotel quarantine

ABC  

Victoria has recorded no locally acquired coronavirus cases for the fourth day in a row, with six COVID-19 infections in hotel quarantine. Key points: The six cases in hotel quarantine acquired the virus overseas The six cases in hotel quarantine acquired the virus overseas There were more than 23,000 test results processed on Saturday There were more than 23,000 test …

NSW records four local coronavirus cases, Brisbane travellers to self-isolate
4 years ago

NSW records four local coronavirus cases, Brisbane travellers to self-isolate

ABC  

Health authorities have ordered travellers from the Greater Brisbane area who are now in NSW to isolate at home until Monday evening. Key points: John Barilaro said he supported Queensland public health orders NSW health authorities were "taking a precautionary approach" to mutated strains of COVID-19 Despite an unlinked Avalon case, Sydney's northern beaches will reopen again on Sunday The …

Victoria concerned about UK mutant coronavirus strain as experts say it's a 'serious threat'
4 years ago

Victoria concerned about UK mutant coronavirus strain as experts say it's a 'serious threat'

ABC  

A leading epidemiologist is calling for Australian border workers to be "immediately and urgently" vaccinated against COVID-19, to help prevent the highly infectious strain from the UK spreading into the community. Key points: Four cases of the UK strain have been detected in hotel quarantine in Victoria Experts say a strong hotel quarantine system is important for preventing its spread …

Western Sydney COVID-19 outbreak sees Berala community leaders working around the clock
4 years ago

Western Sydney COVID-19 outbreak sees Berala community leaders working around the clock

ABC  

Efforts to contain the Berala COVID-19 cluster in Sydney's west have intensified, with community leaders in the suburb locked in virus strategy meetings late last night. Key points: The centre of Sydney's latest virus outbreak is also a suburb with a high migrant population Many of the residents come from Afghanistan and have limited English comprehension Community leaders are working …

Victoria records three local coronavirus cases linked to Black Rock cluster, exposure sites list expands
4 years ago

Victoria records three local coronavirus cases linked to Black Rock cluster, exposure sites list expands

ABC  

Victorian authorities say it is "exceptionally positive" that three new locally acquired coronavirus cases were already quarantining, but have warned against complacency as the list of exposure sites continues to grow. Key points: The Sikh temple in Keysborough and the cafe at IKEA's Springvale store have been added to the list of high-risk sites The Sikh temple in Keysborough and …

Coronavirus Australia news: New venues added to the NSW COVID-19 health alert, including a cinema
4 years ago

Coronavirus Australia news: New venues added to the NSW COVID-19 health alert, including a cinema

ABC  

Victoria’s coronavirus response commander Jeroen Weimar says the Black Rock restaurant cluster is on a “positive” trajectory. Three new cases, all close contacts who were in isolation, were linked to the cluster today, bringing the total number of infections in the outbreak to 24. “We are seeing all of the positive cases that are emerging coming out of the close …

Victoria records 10 locally acquired coronavirus cases as authorities confirm link to NSW outbreak
4 years ago

Victoria records 10 locally acquired coronavirus cases as authorities confirm link to NSW outbreak

ABC  

Restaurants in Melbourne's CBD are among the latest coronavirus exposure sites listed by Victorian health authorities as they battle to contain a cluster "directly linked" to the outbreak in New South Wales. Key points: Victoria recorded 10 locally acquired infections on Friday, including two who were tested in New South Wales Victoria recorded 10 locally acquired infections on Friday, including …

More Victorian COVID cases are confirmed in Melbourne linked to Sydney outbreak
4 years ago

More Victorian COVID cases are confirmed in Melbourne linked to Sydney outbreak

ABC  

There are now six active cases of locally acquired coronavirus in Melbourne, after three further cases were identified in addition to three announced last night. Key points: There are now six active cases of coronavirus in Victoria acquired in the community The outbreak has been linked to a Thai restaurant at Black Rock The wearing of masks indoors will be …

Victoria records three new locally acquired coronavirus cases believed to be linked to Sydney outbreak
4 years ago

Victoria records three new locally acquired coronavirus cases believed to be linked to Sydney outbreak

ABC  

Victoria has recorded three new COVID-19 infections in suburban Melbourne, ending the state's two-month streak of no locally acquired cases. Key points: The three new Victorian cases are not from hotel quarantine Authorities believe the cases were acquired from community transmission Victoria has announced further border restrictions with NSW The new cases are from Mentone, Hallam and Mitcham and were …

Australia has detected its first case of the South African variant of coronavirus in hotel quarantine. What do we know?
4 years ago

Australia has detected its first case of the South African variant of coronavirus in hotel quarantine. What do we know?

ABC  

As coronavirus infections in South Africa continue to surge, Australia has detected its first case of a new, potentially fast-spreading variant linked to the country. Queensland authorities yesterday announced a woman who had tested positive for COVID-19 in hotel quarantine was infected with the new "South African" variant, known as 501.V2. On Tuesday, Queensland authorities announced that genomic sequencing had …

Three new coronavirus cases linked to northern beaches, other infections in Sydney's inner west and Wollongong
4 years ago

Three new coronavirus cases linked to northern beaches, other infections in Sydney's inner west and Wollongong

ABC  

Key points: The three unlinked cases are believed to have spent time in the Sydney CBD The Premier has called for more testing following 16,000 tests in the last 24 hours NSW Police confirmed the bride and groom at a wedding in Pyrmont were from the northern beaches Three new cases of COVID-19 linked to Sydney's northern beaches have been …

Australia records first case of new South African variant of coronavirus in Queensland returned traveller
4 years ago

Australia records first case of new South African variant of coronavirus in Queensland returned traveller

ABC  

Queensland has detected a case of the new South African variant of coronavirus in a returned traveller — the first time the new strain has been identified in Australia. Key points: The South African strain is considered a "more contagious" variant of coronavirus The South African strain is considered a "more contagious" variant of coronavirus The emerging strain is new …

Covid: Sydney cut off from rest of Australia following outbreak
4 years ago

Covid: Sydney cut off from rest of Australia following outbreak

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Authorities are trying to get to grips with the …

Victoria records first coronavirus cases since relaunching international hotel quarantine program
4 years ago

Victoria records first coronavirus cases since relaunching international hotel quarantine program

Daily Mail  

Victoria's 42-day COVID-free streak has come to an end, with five cases of the virus uncovered in the state's revamped hotel quarantine system. There were 571 international arrivals in quarantine hotels on Friday, including 44 with symptoms or complex health needs at the Novotel 'hot hotel' in Melbourne's South Wharf. The hotel quarantine program was kickstarted again on Monday after …

South Australia's coronavirus cluster probe has taken another twist — here's what we know
4 years, 1 month ago

South Australia's coronavirus cluster probe has taken another twist — here's what we know

ABC  

South Australia's coronavirus cluster remains a matter of intense investigation, as police, health authorities and the SA Government try to determine how the virus escaped quarantine. But SA's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said on Wednesday that theory had changed after authorities scrutinised CCTV to determine "who was on what floor at what time". "We now are fairly clear …

How did Adelaide's COVID-19 cluster begin and are medi-hotel procedures to blame?
4 years, 1 month 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 …

This is what we know about the Adelaide coronavirus cluster so far
4 years, 1 month ago

This is what we know about the Adelaide coronavirus cluster so far

ABC  

Seventeen people have tested positive for coronavirus in South Australia outside of hotel quarantine. The fourth case works at Yatala Labour Prison in Adelaide's northern suburbs and they're a close family contact of one of the earlier cases. But a female prisoner from a different corrections facility has also been affected because she was at the Lyell McEwin Hospital emergency …

Seventeen new cases linked to Adelaide northern suburbs coronavirus cluster
4 years, 1 month ago

Seventeen new cases linked to Adelaide northern suburbs coronavirus cluster

ABC  

Seventeen coronavirus cases have now been linked to a cluster in Adelaide's northern suburbs, South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer says. SA Health yesterday said an 80-year-old woman tested positive after being treated at the Lyell McEwin Hospital in the city's north. It said people did not need to self-quarantine but should get tested if they had any symptoms of …

Adelaide's coronavirus cluster — will the city face the same situation as Melbourne?
4 years, 1 month ago

Adelaide's coronavirus cluster — will the city face the same situation as Melbourne?

ABC  

South Australian health authorities are working rapidly to get on top of a growing coronavirus cluster in Adelaide's northern suburbs, in an effort to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 right before Christmas. What we know about Adelaide's outbreak so far South Australia hadn't had a case of community transmission since April 17, but that streak has been brought to …

SA now has more active coronavirus cases than Victoria with a child joining tally
4 years, 2 months ago

SA now has more active coronavirus cases than Victoria with a child joining tally

ABC  

There are now more positive cases of coronavirus in South Australia than Victoria — but all of them are in hotel quarantine. Key points: There are 15 active cases of coronavirus in Victoria There are 15 active cases of coronavirus in Victoria There are 17 active cases in South Australia There are 17 active cases in South Australia All of …

Could home coronavirus quarantine really get more Australians to come home from overseas?
4 years, 3 months ago

Could home coronavirus quarantine really get more Australians to come home from overseas?

ABC  

Completing two weeks of quarantine in a small hotel room has been the norm for returning travellers for months, but home quarantine is apparently on the horizon. Jan experienced Hong Kong's 'fantastic' home quarantine system Jan Browne has Queensland residency, but husband Nigel has not been a resident for the past 30 years. Jan Browne said the Hong Kong home …

Five new coronavirus cases in NSW, Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirms border conversations
4 years, 3 months ago

Five new coronavirus cases in NSW, Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirms border conversations

ABC  

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says talks with her Queensland counterpart over the border closure have ground to a halt and that the "door is bolted". Key points: Of the five new coronavirus cases, three are from local transmission Stadium restrictions have also eased, permitting for double the previous capacity Ms Berejiklian said Queensland border conversations had not proceeded Health authorities …

51 Sydney venues put on alert after visits from coronavirus cases
4 years, 3 months ago

51 Sydney venues put on alert after visits from coronavirus cases

Daily Mail  

There are now 51 venues across Sydney on high alert after they were visited by coronavirus-infected residents. Diners at popular Chinese restaurant New Shanghai Night in Ashfield, in the inner west, must self-isolate after a positive COVID-19 case visited on Friday September 4 Customers who visited the beer garden and pavilion at Albion Hotel in Parramatta from 8:15pm to 11:15pm …

Here's what we know so far about Queensland's coronavirus outbreak in the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre
4 years, 4 months ago

Here's what we know so far about Queensland's coronavirus outbreak in the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre

ABC  

It all started when a prison worker, who was largely asymptomatic, tested positive to coronavirus after working five shifts at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre in Wacol. Here's a full list of the new cases: Male worker from the suburb of Marsden, in the Logan City Council area Male worker from the suburb of Marsden, in the Logan City Council …

NSW Premier warns 'further measures' will be brought in as school coronavirus cluster grows
4 years, 4 months ago

NSW Premier warns 'further measures' will be brought in as school coronavirus cluster grows

ABC  

Health authorities in NSW have confirmed 18 new coronavirus infections including two new infections at a cluster connected to a private school in Sydney's north-west. Key points: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said her state was on "high alert" NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said her state was on "high alert" She also said NSW residents returning from Victoria would no longer …

New NSW coronavirus case visited three Sydney venues, new exposure risk at Mounties club
4 years, 5 months ago

New NSW coronavirus case visited three Sydney venues, new exposure risk at Mounties club

ABC  

NSW health authorities have warned of potential coronavirus exposures at three venues in Sydney's west and south-west. Key points: A Newcastle boy contracted coronavirus in Sydney A Newcastle boy contracted coronavirus in Sydney A close contact of his visited several hotels and a stadium A close contact of his visited several hotels and a stadium Health authorities are scrambling to …

Coronavirus Australia news: Victoria records 471 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus Australia news: Victoria records 471 new coronavirus cases and eight deaths

ABC  

ABC News: Kathleen Ferguson NSW health authorities have warned of potential coronavirus exposures at three venues in Sydney's west and south-west. NSW Health said a newly-confirmed COVID-19 case attended Penrith Plaza, the Master Hot Pot in Canley Vale, and the BBQ City Buffet in Bankstown on August 1. Patrons of a restaurant in Glebe called Jambo Jambo should immediately isolate …

Suspected SA coronavirus case a false positive, but hotel says cleaner among cluster
4 years, 5 months ago

Suspected SA coronavirus case a false positive, but hotel says cleaner among cluster

ABC  

A suspected coronavirus case that sparked concerns of community transmission in South Australia has now been declared a false positive, but more details have emerged about a cluster linked to a hotel. Key points: New tests of a woman diagnosed with COVID-19 in SA came back negative Authorities were concerned the case had meant community transmission was occuring South Australians …

Coronavirus contact tracing shows COVID-19 problems in Victoria, NSW and Queensland
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus contact tracing shows COVID-19 problems in Victoria, NSW and Queensland

ABC  

It seems every time daily case numbers appear to drop, it's not long before Melburnians get stung by a dramatic new number. A single day doesn't tell us much about the state's trajectory, but over the past week Victoria has averaged more than 400 new infections every day. But those cases relate to infections first found days ago, so it …

Three problems stopping Victoria from flattening its coronavirus curve
4 years, 5 months ago

Three problems stopping Victoria from flattening its coronavirus curve

ABC  

We are two full weeks into Melbourne's city-wide stay-at-home rules, but Victoria's curve is still on the rise. Stage three restrictions have clearly had some impact on the spread throughout the state: we would have expected to be seeing far more cases per day than this without tighter controls. Data from Apple Maps users suggests driving activity is down to …

Two venues added to growing list of NSW coronavirus danger zones, as 15 new cases reported
4 years, 5 months ago

Two venues added to growing list of NSW coronavirus danger zones, as 15 new cases reported

ABC  

Health authorities have added two new venues to a growing list of places where people who visited at the same time as COVID-19 cases were present need to self-isolate. Key points: Fifteen new confirmed cases have been reported to 8:00pm Friday Fifteen new confirmed cases have been reported to 8:00pm Friday Five are linked to the Crossroads Hotel, bringing that …

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