Let’s take a look at Victoria’s data today; 3 new confirmed cases today! 1 local case! 2 cases of overseas input! At present, the cumulative number of new cases has reached 28 locally, and the number of active cases has risen to 41
But this local case is an unknown case!
The infected person is a 30-year-old male who had been to Chadstone shopping mall on Boxing Day.
You know that Chaddy was almost full of people that day, and risk shops are basically popular series:
Culture Kings
Huffer
JD Sports
Jay Jays
H&M
Uniqlo
Myer
Superdry
Footlocker
Dumplings Plus
And on December 27th, I watched a cricket match at Melbourne MCG. At that time, the audience was 8,000!
At a press conference held by the Victorian government this morning, Allen Cheng, Chief Deputy Medical Officer of Victoria, introduced: This case is not associated with any known exposure sites, so it has been classified as a “case of unknown origin”. Australian Prime Minister Morrison condemned the call for Australia to accelerate the promotion of the new crown vaccine, which he considered “very dangerous”. It is expected that by the end of January, the Medical and Drug Administration will approve at least one vaccine. Image Image Next, batches of testing will be carried out before vaccination of medical staff and vulnerable groups in March. However, in the United States and the United Kingdom, where there are thousands of new cases every day, the emergency vaccine approval has triggered criticism from the opposition that Australia’s vaccination schedule is too slow. Prime Minister Morrison told 3AW on Tuesday that Australia is not in a state of emergency, so there is no need to take shortcuts to speed up vaccination. Morrison said: “I have heard calls for speeding up this process, which is very dangerous.”
"We should let health officials complete their work step-by-step, and do our best to do it quickly and safely, as all Australians expect." "I don't think Australians want us to just give out without going through. Vaccines tested in batches.” Mr Morrison also said that the highly infectious British new coronavirus variant has caused “great attention” in Australia.
But he claimed that the expert medical team does not recommend any new action by the national cabinet. Morrison said: "This is a serious problem, but it has been properly handled through isolation measures."
The Prime Minister also pointed out that most airlines, including Australia's own repatriation flights, require passengers to undergo COVID-19 testing before boarding. However, the move did not reduce the risk of this virus. Morrison said: "In some cases, some returnees may be complacent and negligent."
"If they test before taking off, they will think they are not in danger. "We hope that every passenger arriving in Australia will treat themselves as a potentially infected person, avoid contact, and be cautiously isolated. "
Beginning in July, the ban on international flights is expected to be lifted early
“Daily Mail” reported on January 4 that Qantas has begun to promote international flights in July 2021, which means that international travel is expected to resume sooner, and the state lockdown order is expected to be lifted earlier. It is reported that Qantas has opened air ticket booking services for the United Kingdom and the United States. A Qantas spokesperson earlier revealed to Executive Traveller that Qantas is expected to resume international travel to most destinations on July 1, including China, Hong Kong and other Asian regions. The editor found that Qantas’ official website is now accepting bookings for direct flights to Hong Kong, China in July! Image There are still no flights to Hong Kong available for booking in June and before! Image In addition, the fare can fly back to Hong Kong from Sydney at just over $500 in July. This is a new route for the Chinese who want to return to China and can be booked.
A Qantas spokesperson said: "We will continue to review and update the international travel schedule to respond to the evolving new crown epidemic."
It is reported that the only international flights of Qantas at present are New Zealand and Australia. In October 2020, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce stated that only people who have been vaccinated may be able to travel internationally.
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He said: "We are increasingly confident that vaccines can help international travel to gradually resume before the end of 2022." It is reported that passengers may still need to be tested for the virus before boarding.
He said that some countries that have implemented a "travel bubble" with Australia may become exceptions.
Since March 20, 2020, Australia has issued a "state closure order", except for basic reasons, Australians cannot leave the country, which means that most Australians have not traveled internationally for more than a year before the international border is reopened Up.
It is said that initially Australia was expected to implement a travel bubble with Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore and other Asian destinations before March 29, but it has been postponed to July 1.
Chinese students return home to diagnose new strains As 2021 has just entered, there have been many domestic outbreaks of large and small outbreaks. Near the Spring Festival, many overseas Chinese and international students rushed home from all over the world to reunite with their families. Inexplicable cases of infection with the virus have appeared one after another. In just one week, China There have been 2 cases of “new strain” in China! The first case of a 23-year-old Chinese female studying abroad! According to reports, the student who returned to Shanghai from the UK underwent a new crown test within 48 hours before boarding in the UK and boarded the plane with a “double negative test report”, but arrived at Shanghai Pudong Airport on December 14. After being tested for the new coronavirus, the result was positive! What’s more frightening is that the virus whose test result is positive is different from the one that appeared in China before. After further confirmation, it was found to be highly similar to the “VOC-202012/01” mutant strain that exists in large numbers in the UK!
It is understood that this code-named new coronavirus variant was first discovered in the UK, and it has appeared in more than 30 countries and regions so far!
Following the first case of the "mutant strain" in China, a case of highly similar to the British variant strain was also found in Guangdong.
This time is also a Chinese student, younger!
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This male student entered Guangzhou from the UK on December 4th. He was also tested and boarded the plane with a "double negative certificate". When he got off the plane, the nucleic acid test was negative. He can be quarantined for 14 days and be tested again on December 18. When the nucleic acid test result was positive, the virus was a British mutant!
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The point is that only 4 days ago, on December 14, the United Kingdom had just notified the mutant of the new coronavirus, which shows that the virus has become more and more cunning, not only spreading faster, but also having a longer incubation period. The good news is that at present A female student’s nucleic acid test has turned negative and has left the isolation ward. The male student has also been discharged from the hospital, but is still in the centralized isolation point of Guangzhou Eighth People’s Hospital for medical observation after discharge...
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Compared with the ordinary new coronavirus, the new mutant strain is obviously more contagious!
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Just before Christmas, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the new coronavirus strain found in central and southern Britain is 70% more infectious than the previous virus.
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With the discovery of new strains, the number of confirmed cases in the UK has also started to soar, even leading to the third blockade of the entire territory starting today.
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Since then, countries around the world have also "blocked" the United Kingdom, suspended flights and no-fly flights. But this still failed to prevent the spread of new strains. . .
Victoria closes the border with NSW, many Victorians stay in NSW
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Due to the sudden closure of the border to NSW, some Victorians stranded in NSW cannot go home at all.
Adam Laws from Eltham North is one of many Victorians trapped in New South Wales. He has nowhere to go after the state government closed the border on Friday night.
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Victorian travellers to the NSW area are allowed to return to the state before 11:59pm on Friday, but those who have traveled in the "red area" during the Christmas period cannot apply for a transit permit.
For the first time since the cancer diagnosis in early 2020, Laws visited and cared for a sick mother in Sydney. He arrived in Sydney on December 20.
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At that stage, Victorians were told that they would need to complete 14 days in hotel isolation when they returned.
He said: "It seems crazy that Victorians are prohibited from going home."
Certain Victorians who want to return from NSW need to obtain an exemption from the Chief Health Officer.
Image According to the Ministry of Health and Human Services, such exemptions are “very rare” and are only issued in limited circumstances. Victorian COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said on Saturday that it would take 24 to 48 hours for the waiver to be approved. However, some people said that they have been waiting for a few days, but the Victorian health department has little communication. The border between Victoria and New South Wales has been closed indefinitely as the authorities confirmed that the case in Victoria was linked to the outbreak in Sydney’s northern beaches. Image “You will need to provide the necessary evidence and documents to prove why you need to return to Victoria.” He said people who want to be exempt must call the hotline of the Department of Health and Human Services. Due to high demand, the hotline on Saturday was not connected. Laws said he will apply for permission to go home. He said: “We are here to support my mother, we have no choice.”
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