Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

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It is something we have to deal with or else leave Australians stranded overseas. Would that be your preference? Could easily have been you stranded. Or maybe SA doesn’t share in the load that every other state has to deal with except currently Victoria. You were concerned about sheer numbers. In reality it only takes one. But that’s the reality of our lives now.

No I have never questioned bringing people back. I questioned that SA Health were giving no indication whatsoever that they were on top of the sudden increase in numbers, and guess what, looks like they weren't.

I will look forward to the cross examination of the medicos at the eventual inquiry.
 
No I have never questioned bringing people back. I questioned that SA Health were giving no indication whatsoever that they were on top of the sudden increase in numbers, and guess what, looks like they weren't.

I will look forward to the cross examination of the medicos at the eventual inquiry.
Thanks for the clarification. The numbers of people testing positive is completely out of their control. So what does ‘being on top of “ really mean?

And WA immediately slammed the border this afternoon with SA travellers immediately now having to isolate for 14 days.
 
Thanks for the clarification. The numbers of people testing positive is completely out of their control. So what does ‘being on top of “ really mean?

Yes the number testing positive was out of their control.

What wasn't out of their control, which might have indicated they were 'on top of' or 'coping with' it - publicly acknowledging the increased numbers, reassuring the public they were analysing the cases and looking for any patterns that might be there, reassuring the public that they had tightened their quarantine procedures even further to deal with suddenly having nearly ten times as many active cases (ie 19 active cases when I first posted, no longer 2 or fewer like it had been for ages). But it seems they were just complacent that everything was fine despite the Vic precedent.
 
A real shame for SA, but as we know this is going to happen to every state, everywhere at some time...

Clearly WA has received "urgent medical advice" that SA has become high risk enough to warrant the border being closed (again). Awful news for those looking to get across to see loved ones... I suspect QLD will be hot on the heels of this announcement unfortunately despite it looking like SA probably won't break our mystery case rule for border closures... lets see.....

Now we have to trust that SA's contact tracing and whatever their equivalent to VIC and NSW's rapid response units jump on this, will be interesting to hear exactly their approach as there are alot of contacts involved, will they go immedietly to third ring isolation like VIC did with their last clusters for example?

It was just on the news that VIC has already offered support to SA which is heartening to hear a collaborative/supportive approach rather than press releases of 'slamming borders down' from certain other states...
 
We are up to four community transmission cases in SA.

"Dozens" isolating doesn't sound like a lot....? so maybe hopefully they weren't very active people... or perhaps they aren't doing third ring?

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Prison worker worker becomes fourth SA coronavirus case as Adelaide cluster forces dozens into quarantine


Four people have tested positive for coronavirus in South Australia outside of hotel quarantine.

SA Health says an 80-year-old woman has tested positive for COVID–19 after being treated at the Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide's northern suburbs.

Two of her close contacts — a woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s — have also tested positive for the disease.

Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said one of them worked at one of the medi-hotels in Adelaide's CBD.

One of them is the elderly woman's child.

Four other family members are showing symptoms, Dr Spurrier said.

Later on Sunday, a South Australian Correctional Services employee also tested positive.

An email from SA Correctional Services chief executive David Brown said the employee who tested positive works at Yatala Labour Prison in Adelaide's northern suburbs.

The employee is believed to be linked to the developing cluster of cases.

The department said it was in the process of activating a health rapid response team to assist with contact tracing efforts at Yatala Labour Prison.

 
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We are up to four community transmission cases in SA.

"Dozens" isolating doesn't sound like a lot....? so maybe hopefully they weren't very active people...

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Prison worker worker becomes fourth SA coronavirus case as Adelaide cluster forces dozens into quarantine


Four people have tested positive for coronavirus in South Australia outside of hotel quarantine.

SA Health says an 80-year-old woman has tested positive for COVID–19 after being treated at the Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide's northern suburbs.

Two of her close contacts — a woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s — have also tested positive for the disease.

Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said one of them worked at one of the medi-hotels in Adelaide's CBD.

One of them is the elderly woman's child.

Four other family members are showing symptoms, Dr Spurrier said.

Later on Sunday, a South Australian Correctional Services employee also tested positive.

An email from SA Correctional Services chief executive David Brown said the employee who tested positive works at Yatala Labour Prison in Adelaide's northern suburbs.

The employee is believed to be linked to the developing cluster of cases.

The department said it was in the process of activating a health rapid response team to assist with contact tracing efforts at Yatala Labour Prison.

Apparently they are a large family. Seems a common pattern.
 
We are up to four community transmission cases in SA.

"Dozens" isolating doesn't sound like a lot....? so maybe hopefully they weren't very active people...

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Prison worker worker becomes fourth SA coronavirus case as Adelaide cluster forces dozens into quarantine


Four people have tested positive for coronavirus in South Australia outside of hotel quarantine.

SA Health says an 80-year-old woman has tested positive for COVID–19 after being treated at the Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide's northern suburbs.

Two of her close contacts — a woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s — have also tested positive for the disease.

Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said one of them worked at one of the medi-hotels in Adelaide's CBD.

One of them is the elderly woman's child.

Four other family members are showing symptoms, Dr Spurrier said.

Later on Sunday, a South Australian Correctional Services employee also tested positive.

An email from SA Correctional Services chief executive David Brown said the employee who tested positive works at Yatala Labour Prison in Adelaide's northern suburbs.

The employee is believed to be linked to the developing cluster of cases.

The department said it was in the process of activating a health rapid response team to assist with contact tracing efforts at Yatala Labour Prison.

It was already 90 just at the admitting hospital. Given it’s probably 7 or 8 over two families I expect at least 500 to be isolating at some level
 
This outbreak pretty clearly suggests it wasn't happening.
No it doesn’t at all IMHO. Whilst ever we have Australians returning to our country who are Covid positive there will always be the risk of transmission to those who work with them whether that be in Security, Medi-Hotels, hospitals etc. You can never eliminate the risk to zero. Unless of course you stop accepting anyone who could potentially have the virus.
Transmission from Quarantine has happened in several places including NZ. It doesn’t necessarily follow that the system is broken.
 
No it doesn’t at all IMHO. Whilst ever we have Australians returning to our country who are Covid positive there will always be the risk of transmission to those who work with them whether that be in Security, Medi-Hotels, hospitals etc. You can never eliminate the risk to zero. Unless of course you stop accepting anyone who could potentially have the virus.
Transmission from Quarantine has happened in several places including NZ. It doesn’t necessarily follow that the system is broken.

Yup, WA and NSW have both had several intentional breaches of quarantine - WA have just been lucky it hasn’t spawned a cluster yet. This seems like an non intentional one in SA.

No system is infallible against this virus unfortunately as has been demonstrated time and time again.
 
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My maths is different, if I get on a plane in for example Adelaide and fly to Melbourne, trip maybe 1.5 hours?? Could be Dan Andrews press conference whilst I am in the air announcing 31 cases and Melbourne now a hotspot. I could get off the plane in said Melbourne, buy a new ticket immediately at the airport on the next available flight say 1 hour later, then upon landing back in Adelaide be herded into a 14 day government imposed quarantine on arrival back home with a $3,000 fee?

How can anyone, at all, ever, fly interstate on visit/work/holiday without threat of possible immediate home state detention?
SOUND FAMILIAR?
 
Now we have to trust that SA's contact tracing and whatever their equivalent to VIC and NSW's rapid response units jump on this, will be interesting to hear exactly their approach as there are alot of contacts involved, will they go immedietly to third ring isolation like VIC did with their last clusters for example?
According to the National Contact Tracing Review, the SA Surge Plan envisages that 100 new cases per day could be managed for a sustained period.
 
Unfortunately Nicola Spurrier herself has called it "a wake up call". People only need wake up calls when they are asleep.
From what I heard of her speech she was referring to the testing numbers which have dropped in SA. She mentioned it was a wake up call for all SA residents with any symptoms to go and get tested
 
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Unfortunately Nicola Spurrier herself has called it "a wake up call". People only need wake up calls when they are asleep.
I believe she was referring to us, the population, crowding public places and not taking care but people can interpret as they will.

However, it's up to 17 today.😰 We are not far off a lockdown.

At the end of the day we have to let Australians return home. We have to manage that as best we can. The quarantine process has worked in every state except Victoria but trust they have learnt when that starts again. Even in the best managed hospitals there are many types of infections that simply can only be controlled never eliminated.
 
I believe she was referring to us, the population, crowding public places and not taking care but people can interpret as they will.

However, it's up to 17 today.😰 We are not far off a lockdown.

At the end of the day we have to let Australians return home. We have to manage that as best we can. The quarantine process has worked in every state except Victoria but trust they have learnt when that starts again. Even in the best managed hospitals there are many types of infections that simply can only be controlled never eliminated.
It’s had failings in multiple states, not just Victoria. Isn’t the spread in SA a failing of quarantine? All it takes is a couple of large families and ‘vulnerable’ workplaces and off it goes.
 
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