20-02-2020, 09:59 AM
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The Australian Federal Government has extended its coronavirus travel ban for another week until Saturday February 29.The Government first implemented strict new border-control measures in an effort to halt what it dubbed an "escalating threat" of the coronavirus.
The ban means foreign nationals who have been in mainland China are not allowed into Australia for 14 days from the time they left China.
Australian citizens and permanent residents are able to enter Australia but need to isolate themselves for a fortnight.
The Government first introduced a 14-day travel ban for travellers from mainland China at the start of the month.
This is now the second time the ban has been extended for another week
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-...-time/11979312
20-02-2020, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by summer
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Ludicrous controls on that ship....it is like one giant Petri dish. Scary stats
On the subject of the Diamond Princess, how in the world do they ever hope to decontaminate an entire ship ?
20-02-2020, 12:47 PM
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Two Japanese from the ship have died .https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...eport-1193829120-02-2020, 01:39 PM
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Good news for Britonshttps://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...riday-11938414
20-02-2020, 11:38 PM
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Latest Stats:Diamond Princess
Cases 634
Recovered 17
Deaths 2
Critical 27
Australia
Cases 15
Recovered 11
U.K.
Cases 9
Recovered 8
USA
Cases 15
Recovered 3
Only slight changes?
Chinese health officials expressed new optimism on Thursday over a deadly virus outbreak while authorities in South Korea's fourth-largest city urged residents to hunker down as fears nagged communities far from the illness' epicentre.
The confidence voiced by China's government came as it reported a reduced number of new infections. But doubts remained about the true trajectory of the epidemic as China again changed its method of counting and new threats emerged outside the country.
"The downward trend will not be reversed," insisted Ding Xiangyang, deputy chief secretary of the State Council and a member of the central government's supervision group.
Whatever promises were aired where the illness poses its biggest threat, countries around the world continued to grapple with the rippling effects. The latest front in the widening global fight against COVID-19 emerged in Daegu, South Korea, where the city's 2.5 million residents were urged to stay inside, wearing masks even indoors to stem further infection.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/ch...21-p542xj.html
21-02-2020, 02:39 AM
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Latest Stats:Cases 634
Recovered 17
Deaths 2
Critical 27
Australia
Cases 17
Recovered 11
U.K.
Cases 9
Recovered 8
USA
Cases 16
Recovered 5
Six people were isolated after presenting minor symptoms on arrival at Darwin airport yesterday morning.
The 164 people from the cruise ship will spend two weeks in quarantine at the Howard Springs quarantine centre.
21-02-2020, 02:50 AM
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https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/ch...21-p542xj.htmlBut those statistics came after yet another change in how cases are counted.
Last week, China's National Health Commission said officials in Hubei would record new infections without waiting for laboratory test results, relying instead on doctors' diagnoses and lung imaging. On Thursday, though, it returned to its prior way of counting, a decision sure to aggravate observers who say consistency is key to understanding COVID-19's path.
The health commission said it was reducing its count of infections by 279 after lab tests found they had wrongly been included in the tally.
21-02-2020, 09:14 AM
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Latest Stats with some fairly big changes:Australia
Cases 17
Recovered 11
U.K.
Cases 9
Recovered 8
USA
Cases 27
Recovered 6
No change on the Diamond Princess
Authorities have confirmed two people evacuated to Darwin from the Diamond Princess cruise ship yesterday have tested positive for coronavirus.
A 24-year-old South Australian woman who tested positive for the virus is being flown from Darwin to Royal Adelaide Hospital to be held in isolation, health authorities said.
The woman tested negative for the virus in Yokohama before flying to Australia, but alerted health authorities of flu-like symptoms on her arrival in Darwin.
South Australia's chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier described the woman's "mild symptoms" as including a sore throat and runny nose.
The confirmed cases come after six people were isolated after presenting minor symptoms on arrival at Darwin airport on Thursday morning.
The 164 people evacuated from the cruise ship will spend two weeks at a quarantine facility at Howard Springs, 30 kilometres south-east of Darwin's CBD.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-...cuees/11987368
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