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But if they bring back the travel ban and hotel quarantine caps it could take a while to get back.
Not going to happen in NSW and Vic, other states who knows. Just choose your flights wisely.
But if they bring back the travel ban and hotel quarantine caps it could take a while to get back.
The UK has put South Africa on its Red List.
“Flights from South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini and Zimbabwe will be suspended in the UK from midday on Friday and all six countries will be added to the country’s red list, UK health secretary Sajid Javid has said.”
The Irish Times
I wonder if Australia will follow ?
We don’t (yet) have a Red List
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PLEASE don't tempt fate!It’s 10 days Hotel Quarantine in the UK and you can only enter from a Red list country if you are a British National or permanent resident.
I imagine this will all be over long before June.
Not so sure of that given that currently NSW has had more unsourced leaks from Hotel Quarantine than Qld & Vic combined.Not going to happen in NSW and Vic, other states who knows. Just choose your flights wisely.
Intrigued-are you are saying Mrs Limo was in/working in HQ and he didn't catch it from pilots Sounds worse than him not wearing a mask or vaccinatedNot so sure of that given that currently NSW has had more unsourced leaks from Hotel Quarantine than Qld & Vic combined.
There have been several (not publicly announced) leaks from NSW Hotel Quarantine since the June 16th limo driver's wife case (NSW Health changed her to 1st case quietly, and him to second).
Not so sure of that given that currently NSW has had more unsourced leaks from Hotel Quarantine than Qld & Vic combined.
There have been several (not publicly announced) leaks from NSW Hotel Quarantine since the June 16th limo driver's wife case (NSW Health changed her to 1st case quietly, and him to second).
Not so sure of that given that currently NSW has had more unsourced leaks from Hotel Quarantine than Qld & Vic combined.
as can't believe it hasn't been all over the news
Partly correct. No, Mrs Limo had nothing to do with HQ.Intrigued-are you are saying Mrs Limo was in/working in HQ and he didn't catch it from pilots Sounds worse than him not wearing a mask or vaccinated
Apologies if I have wrong end of stick which I may have as can't believe it hasn't been all over the news
Partly correct.
It was never announced publicly by Brad Hazzard, Gladys Berejiklian, Kerry Chant nor NSW Health. It finally emerged in late June when a reporter asked it as a Friday 11am briefing. Brad Hazzard would not answer the question asked & refused to allow the reporter to challenge him, instructing the reporter that 'you've had one question, that's it."
Hazzard nominated another more friendly reporter, who disappointed him by asking him to answer the question. Brad again deflected.
Next reporter, same question. Deflected. 4th reporter quite loudly & abruptly asked for the question to be answered. Deflected. 5th reporter, again picked by Hazzard demanded it be answered, "Can you please confirm if that report from the limo driver is true?".
Worth looking at the video (I'll try & track down the date), Gladys glares at Hazzard & all Hazard says is "Yes, that's correct."
IIRC the briefing was shut down very shortly after.
Original question came as (IIRC), "Can you please confirm what the limo driver told me when I interviewed him yesterday, that NSW Health re-contacted them a few days after the intital days of interviews and asked to conduct more extensive interviews. When the limo driver asked why as he'd already spent many hours - the response was, no we want to speak more with your wife. He then asked why and was told that both of the FedEx aircrew had tested negative so he had not caught it from them. NSW Health now believed that he'd caught it from his wife who had previously been designated case #2."
BTW The police investigation confirmed the limo driver had actually not only complied with all requirements but had gone further in his precautions than required (confirmed by CCTV footage obtained from more than a dozen locations) before, arriving, during, leaving the airport pickup and before, arriving, dropping off & leaving the hotel.
Also not ever publicly mentioned at the 11 am briefings.
It is not up to Dom to decide on international borders though as Scott Morrison already reminded him. So far reportedly been detected in Hong Kong from a SA traveller (a couple of days ago) and Botswana (a couple of days ago). Hopefully not spread any further & even more that it is not a 'worse' variant despite its reportedly many more mutations. We could be lucky and it goes the way of the Beta variant from SA.Irrelevant given fully vaxed Australian Citizens and PRs aren't required to do HQ in NSW.
NSW case numbers have stabilized under 300 a day despite your claimed secret HQ leaks, the daily case count is now a combined local/overseas acquired figure too.
Dom isn't about to backflip and start locking fully vaxed Aussies and PRs out of NSW.
It is not up to Dom to decide on international borders though as Scott Morrison already reminded him.
And as if by magic:
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Australian health authorities won’t hesitate to shut border to South Africa
Health Minister Greg Hunt said the country would not hesitate to block flights from South Africa if health experts are concerned about the new coronavirus variant.click.email.fairfaxmedia.com.au
Mainly because Brad Hazzard intially reported that the limo driver had not followed the State Govt requirements, he'd flaunted the rules etc & would face the full force of the law.Yet the poor guy had tabloid media chasing him into his unit and shoving their cameras in his kitchen window.
If anything, just an indication of how insane our obsession with the impossible “covid-zero” was.
Hmm.And NSW processed more people than QLD & VIC combined, so not surprising.
I'd be surprised if it doesn't happen within the next 48 hours. Looks like other countries are jumping on the bandwagon now, Singapore, Germany, Israel, Japan...
EU is in the process of stopping travel from southern Africa
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EU, US to halt air travel to and from southern Africa
European Union states have agreed to suspend travel from southern Africa after the detection of a new Covid-19 variant named Omicron, the presidency of the EU has said.www.rte.ie