NSW recorded four locally acquired cases on Friday, with one from the Avalon cluster yet to be linked to a source. The upper northern beaches will exit lockdown at midnight tonight.
Victoria recorded no new cases for a second day on Friday, as Premier Daniel Andrews flagged he would make border (currently closed to NSW) announcements next week. Many residents are stranded outside Victoria with the sudden closure.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced caps on international arrivals will be halved in NSW, Western Australia and Queensland until February 15.
Western Australia has closed its border to Queensland.
International flight crews will be subject to stricter conditions and testing, while quarantine workers across Australia will be subject to stricter testing requirements
(well duh!)
And locally, fragments of COVID-19 have been detected in a sewage treatment plant at Ulladulla for the first time.
This catchment serves a population of 32,000 people and takes sewage from Narrawallee, Milton, Mollymook Beach, Ulladulla, Kings Point, Burrill Lake, Dolphin Point, Lake Tabourie.
There have been no recent locally acquired cases or returned travellers who tested positive from our area.
However it could mean there are undetected cases of COVID in the community - or that someone with the virus visited the area.
Everyone in the area is being urged to be especially vigilant in monitoring for symptoms, and if they appear get tested and isolate immediately.
"This is a time of year where we have lots of mobility so we can't exclude that someone who has cleared the infection in either NSW, Victoria or a returned traveller from interstate may have visited the area," Dr Chant, the state’s chief medical officer, said.
Yep, this was inevitable.
However it could mean there are undetected cases of COVID in the community - or that someone with the virus visited the area.
Everyone in the area is being urged to be especially vigilant in monitoring for symptoms, and if they appear get tested and isolate immediately.
"This is a time of year where we have lots of mobility so we can't exclude that someone who has cleared the infection in either NSW, Victoria or a returned traveller from interstate may have visited the area," Dr Chant, the state’s chief medical officer, said.
Yep, this was inevitable.
For us it means total self isolation.....once again.
Update: 10th January
NSW has reported three local cases and three in hotel quarantine.Victoria has reported no local cases and six in hotel quarantine.
Queensland has reported no local cases and none in hotel quarantine.
South Australia has reported no new cases.
The ACT (Canberra) has reported no new cases.
Australian Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly started his coronavirus update by constrasting the situation in Australia with the rest of the world.
There have been 750,000 fresh coronavirus cases worldwide over the past 24 hours.
In Australia, seven of eight jursidictions have recorded no new local cases today with NSW reporting three.
There were 1000 deaths in the UK on Saturday and 4000 in the US.
We should be aware in comparison we are doing well, albeit with considerable economic and social cost, but should not be complacent.
There were 1000 deaths in the UK on Saturday and 4000 in the US.
We should be aware in comparison we are doing well, albeit with considerable economic and social cost, but should not be complacent.
Update: 23rd January
Victoria reached 17 days without community transmission today.NSW made it sixth straight days without a local case.
Queensland made it 12 straight days without a new case.
So far so good.
The Christmas/summer holiday break has less than a week to run so it could be we are out of the virus woods in our region.
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