I agree Annie, over time, nothing is unsolvable, but the really clever bit is for the virus evolve and mutate. We may have won the battle, but the war is far from over…
As they say at the start of the six million dollar man “we have the technology”
Ha Ha Yes Annie, I never missed an episode…
Sometimes that technology produces more questions than it does answers Annie…
The UK strain has once more escaped from hotel quarantine in Sydney
Health authorities are racing to identify the source of infection of a security guard who has tested positive for coronavirus.
The positive case breaks NSW’s 55-day streak of no locally acquired coronavirus cases.
The 47-year-old works mostly weekends at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney’s CBD and the Mantra Sydney Central hotel in Haymarket.
Under the state’s routine surveillance of quarantine staff, workers are tested after each shift.
The guard had received the first dose of the Covid Vaccine and was due to receive the second dose this week.
Another case of the UK Strain has turned up in Brsbane.
Queensland health authorities have detected another case of community transmission linked to a Stafford man who was confirmed to have coronavirus on Thursday.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said a Strathpine man had tested positive and contact tracers were still determining his movements.
She said a list of high-risk places would soon be released.
The Strathpine man was a close contact of the landscape gardener from Stafford, whose case was linked to another cluster in early March involving the highly infectious UK strain of the virus, known as B117.
Current restrictions in place for Queensland travellers include the state being classified as an “orange zone” by Victoria, meaning Queenslanders will need a permit to enter.
In New South Wales, close contacts of the two men will not be allowed to enter the state at all, and people who have been to the same locations as the men are being asked to get tested and self-isolate until they receive their result.
The WA government has announced that all arrivals into the state from Queensland will now have to be tested for COVID-19 and self-quarantine for 14 days or until they return a negative test.
The directive is effective immediately, meaning all arrivals must be tested within 48 hours.
Authorities say the “interim border control” will be in place until at least 12.01am on Tuesday.
Tasmania is asking anyone who has been in Brisbane or Moreton Bay since March 8 to monitor for symptoms.
Those who are yet to travel from parts of Queensland that Tasmania has designated as high-risk must seek permission to enter before they travel.
Similar restrictions are in place in the ACT and NT.
South Australia still lists Queensland as a “Low Community-Transmission Zone”.
Thank god the canal is blocked then Swimmy??
Donkeyman!
Nothing is unsolvable ??
What about the what’s it all about question OGF ??
Donkeyman!
According to the news here the “UK Strain” is now known as the “Kent Strain” because they now know where it came from.
Brisbane has locked down for 3 days and been declared a hotspot but this strain might have got out so they are keen to shut it down. They have traced the connection back to the case in Hotel Quarantine via an asymptomatic relative
Some very good news in both Queensland and NSW about the Uk Strain outbreak. The three day lockdown in Brisbane has not been extended and while some measures remain in place things are looking good.
Another nurse at the Princess Alexandra Hospital has been diagnosed as having had COVID-19, with Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young saying the historical case is the “missing link” in one of Brisbane’s recent clusters. The nurse was asymptomatic but now all the cases coming from the returning traveller in hotel quarantine can be linked
Queensland recorded no new cases of community transmission of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
In NSW where some of the infected people travelled to Byron Bay there was equally good news. NSW recorded no new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8:00pm last night
There were 20,061 COVID-19 tests carried out in the 24 hours to 8:00pm last night.
More testing centres are now open in northern NSW, at venues in Byron Bay, Ballina, Lismore and Tweed Heads, where restrictions — including the wearing of masks in shops and public transport — have been reinstated.
While this outbreak cannot be said to be over yet these are very promising signs.