The new crown virus “will never just disappear like this”! The state of emergency in Victoria is extended to January 29! The health officer condemned the NSW mask order was issued too late! Long queues at Melbourne test site may miss infected people

Professor Catherine Bennett, director of epidemiology at Deakin University, believes that people infected with the new coronavirus will be missed because they may not return to the test site after being turned away.

Victoria added 4 new cases today, Melbourne CBD has fallen again! Three of them were local community transmission, all related to known clusters. One case was a returnee from overseas. Image A confirmed patient has been exposed in Chadston Shopping Center! The employees of Boot Juice stores were diagnosed with the new crown. The last time they went to work was December 29, which is the peak time for New Year shopping! Image What is frightening is that DHHS updated the epidemic site again last night, enough to make the Chinese take a few breaths of air-conditioning! First of all, there are a number of new outbreak sites in the CBD: On December 23, 11pm-11:30pm, the confirmed patient had visited Federation Square On December 28, 10:30pm-12:00pm, the confirmed patient had visited Melbourne Central Lion Hotel The person diagnosed from 1am-2am on January 1 visited Nandos on Elizabeth Street

Epidemic sites in multiple Chinese areas: The confirmed case visits Ritchies IGA in Mount Waverley on December 30 On December 28, 1:30pm-1:45pm, the confirmed case visits Mocha Jo’s in Glen Waverley On December 30, 7:30pm-7:45pm, the confirmed patients visit Woolworths-M-City in Clayton December 30, 12pm-12:40pm, the confirmed case visits Bunnings in Boxhill South On December 28, 6:15pm-6:30pm, the confirmed case visits Kmart in Burwood East On December 28th, 6:30pm-7pm, the confirmed case visits Coles Burwood store On December 28, 12pm-12:30pm, the confirmed case visits Coles Middle Camberwel store On December 28, 4pm-6pm, the confirmed case visits Ikea Springvale store From 4:30pm-5pm on December 30th, the confirmed case took the tram from Caulfied to Cheltenham On December 30th, 2:30pm-2:45pm, the confirmed patients visited Fu Lin Asia Super League

Net celebrity beach can't escape:
On December 26th, 12pm-1pm, and December 29th, 12pm-3pm, confirmed patients visited Brighton Beach

If you have visited an epidemic site at the corresponding time, you must be tested for COVID-19 immediately!
Due to the continuing risk of the new crown epidemic to public health, the Victorian government has extended the state of emergency until January 29


According to The Times, according to the Victorian Department of Health, after the Victorian Chief Health Officer made this recommendation to the state's Health Minister Martin Foley, the latter consulted the police and the Minister of Emergency Services Lisa Neville, And after the emergency services commissioner Andrew Crisp, approved this extension plan.

As Victoria worked hard to control the first cluster of epidemics in more than two months, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews also broke his silence during his vacation and issued a warning to Victorians, saying
The new crown virus "will never disappear like this"

According to a report from News Corp Australia this morning (January 4), the Governor of Victoria tweeted a tweet this morning. Prior to this, he had remained silent due to a holiday with his family.

Andrews wrote in a tweet: “This is not the beginning of the new year that anyone wants. After 60 days of zero cases and spending Christmas with their families, it is understandable that Victorians think and hope that everything is over. , But this virus will not disappear forever.” “Although it is difficult, we all have to get back into battle and control it.” The governor implored Victorians returning from NSW to follow the instructions of the state’s health department, “If you have symptoms, no matter how mild the symptoms are, you must be tested and stay home until you receive the test results. Long queues at Melbourne test site may miss infected people In the past two days, the number of confirmed cases in Melbourne has continued to rise, and everyone is worried Health experts worry that the “huge” delay in testing for the new coronavirus has put Victoria at risk of missing positive cases, and they said Victoria needs to do more to meet the sudden increase in demand. Some holidaymakers were forced to travel back from NSW by car and were told to be tested within 24 hours, but when they flooded into the COVID-19 testing site, they found: I have to wait for hours! It may not be detected yet! If the epidemic worsens in the next few days, the government may implement further restrictive measures. Now the authorities are hurriedly recruiting more inspectors and establishing more inspection points.

The Northern Hospital’s testing site opened at 8 am on Saturday, and the people in the line were turned away a few minutes later.
Signs outside the monitoring points at West Footscray and Greensborough clinics warned that there would be "serious delays" and please check back later.

Some people even waited 1-6 hours at the inspection point. Moorabbin resident Susie Wheatley said that when she arrived at Sandringham Hospital 20 minutes earlier than the opening time, there was a long queue in the parking lot there. After she took the book and drained the water for an hour, she was told that it might be faster if she went to the drive-through inspection team, because there was another two and a half hours to wait.

As a result, she spent another one and a half hours in the queue for drive-through testing. Another netizen named Anne said that her family had to rush back from NSW before the border was closed. Then on Friday and Saturday, they were rejected by the inspection site twice.

At 6:30 pm on Saturday afternoon, she, her husband and her teenage children were still waiting in line at the new crown testing point. At that time, they had been in line for more than 6 hours.

Professor Bennett also has a view that the long border line on Thursday and Friday may have allowed many potential communicators from Sydney’s new crown hotspots to enter Victoria. Victorian virus testing commander Jeroen Weimar said that the state’s new crown testing capacity has risen by 20% to 50%. At the same time, he apologized for the long delay and asked those who were not in line to go home and isolate themselves. There are currently more than 190 test points in Victoria. In order to allow more people to be tested as soon as possible, the opening hours of 13 drive-through test points will be extended (from 8 am to 8 pm). The opening hours of Melbourne Showgrounds testing points are 9:30am-7pm 88% of people received test results within 24 hours, and 99.9% of people received test results within 48 hours.

The Victorian Department of Health expects that most of the travelers returning from NSW will be tested by Wednesday. The health officer condemned the NSW government for issuing the mask order too late! The Victorian government accused the NSW government of taking too long to issue a mask order to combat the outbreak in Sydney’s North Beach. Starting on Sunday, masks eventually became mandatory in some indoor environments in Greater Sydney, and this regulation was promulgated more than two weeks after the outbreak. The Sydney epidemic spread to Melbourne a few days after the North Beach case first appeared, and more than a dozen cases have now tested positive. Nervous Victorian officials were scarred by the second wave of the outbreak in Melbourne. They had requested the NSW Health Department to issue a mandatory mask order early in the outbreak. According to the “Herald Sun” report, Victorian Health Officer Brett Sutton had called NSW Chief Health Officer Dr. Kerry Chant to urge the state to learn from Melbourne and let local residents wear masks. But NSW did not announce until last Saturday that residents of Greater Sydney must wear masks in indoor public places such as movie theaters or shopping malls. According to reports, Victorian health authorities are beginning to worry that NSW has adopted an overly lenient attitude towards the epidemic. They are also worried that NSW does not require secondary contacts to be isolated from confirmed cases and close contacts of these cases, and Victoria believes this is the key to controlling the epidemic.

A source told the Herald Sun that people are worried that NSW does not require masks and does not introduce a second-round contact tracking mechanism to track every case. This in turn means that there will be more mysterious cases in NSW. What to do if Victorians are “trapped” in NSW? Apply for permission Image According to the ABC report: Today, thousands of Victorians are trapped in NSW because they missed the border crossing deadline.

According to News reports, at least 1,500 applications for exemption are currently before the Victorian authorities, after the state closed its border to NSW on Friday. So, what should you do if you are trapped in NSW or Queensland and want to go home? The Australian Broadcasting Corporation responded to this question based on information given by the health authorities.

Jeroen Weimar, head of the New Coronary Pneumonia Response Team of the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), said that the border needs to be closed because of concerns that the epidemic will spread across the border to Victoria.

In NSW, but want to return to home in Victoria, what should I do? DHHS recommends that people stay where they are and isolate themselves as much as possible. Weimar warned people not to start their own transit journey unless they have been granted a transit exemption. “Anyone who finds themselves trapped in NSW can apply if they think they have important reasons to return to Victoria. But that doesn’t mean that your application will be approved.” Weimar said. “We will only grant exemptions to those who have to go home for medical, emergency, family reasons, or difficult reasons. But these people must also comply with some preconditions… (including) mandatory hotel isolation.” “I am very sympathetic to those who are locked out of state boundaries…but we must consider the rights of the wider Victorian community.”

It is reported that each exemption will be reviewed by the Chief Health Officer or its authorized person, and it may take 24-48 hours to receive a response.
Approved applicants will be given instructions, including instructions on which specific checkpoint they should pass through to enter Victoria.

In addition, applicants should go directly to Victoria when entering the country, wear a mask, and be isolated after arrival and undergo testing.

Can you bypass the border directly and go to the hotel for isolation?
No way. If you need to enter Victoria now, you need to apply for an exemption even if you go to a hotel for isolation.

What if I want to go home in another state, such as Queensland or the Capital Territory?
People who move from other jurisdictions such as Queensland or the Capital Region can also obtain transit permits.

According to DHHS regulations, commercial freight workers and people temporarily passing through NSW from other states or regions can apply for entry permits online, and every adult must apply.

At the same time, the authorities advise people not to stop "unnecessarily", wear masks and maintain hand hygiene.

DHHS advises the public to pay attention to changes in permit regulations.

The new crown virus “will never just disappear like this”! The state of emergency in Victoria is extended to January 29! The health officer condemned the NSW mask order was issued too late! Long queues at Melbourne test site may miss infected people

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