That would indicate aerosol spread and AHPPC PPE requirements are only effective against droplets. Any front line medical staff or those in hotel quarantine should be using N95 masks at minimum. Itâs becoming clear that COVID is/can be spread by aerosol.
Recent spate of COVID cases in high rise apartments in Hong Kong prove the virus can be spread by aerosols, either along the internal corridor, through sewerage pipes linking units with the same orientation across several floors, or light well between units.
Yep and if that is the case our PPE guidelines need to be updated.
What state?
Theyâre saying because there was a family of 5 - all positive - in the one room, the viral load was too high and just opening the door was enough to spread it.
Again tonight, Waleed pushing his borderline anti-vaxxer attitude. Very persistent against Tanya Plibersek, suggesting that conspiracy theorists and mis-information spreaders like Craig Kelly should be respected and engaged with instead of being silenced. Very much âvery fine people on both sidesâ.
Surprised Waleed hasnât been generating more condemnation, its one thing for Pete Evans to do this, much worse when a host of a news show with an academic background does it.
here in vic
Is there a clip of this? I usually only have The Project on in the background and saw the interview tonight but wasnât really paying attention⌠that attitude from Waleed surprises me to be honest - doesnât seem to be one whoâd side with an individual like Craig Kelly⌠Waleed is pretty hard left.
Dan Andrews due to speak tonight.
Here we go again. SA, Queensland and now WA have set a precedent on this (which I support), now itâs Victoriaâs turn.
In the midst of this breaking news, ABC NEWS is showing The bloody 7.30 Report at 8.30pm
Oh god, could Victoria be going into another lockdown?
Wouldnât surprise me if they add some restrictions on whilst they work to get this under control.
ABC Newsâs daily website blog has finished for the day and didnât cover the breaking news either.
WA Government imposed a 5-day lockdown for Perth and the South West region after a hotel security guard tested positive. It will be interesting to see the response from the Victorian Government, especially with Australian Open tennis starting next Monday.
dan could be speaking at 10pm
I donât know⌠I canât see Andrews putting Melbourne into a snap lockdown over 1 case.
Again⌠ugh.
As the minimum, I think the Victorian Government will postpone plans to allow 75% of private and public sector workers to return to the office next Monday.
I think this new case seen just now from a hotel worker in Melbourne reiterates the point that hotel quarantine must be taken out of the big cities and moved to rural and regional areas, with a similar setup to Howard Springs.
Hmm, but what if a Breach occurs in those Regional and Rural areas? A lot of them do not have the medical resources for a COVID outbreak, especially B117 and B1351 as well as COH.20G/501Y
For information about the COH.20G/501Y Strain
The probably only saving grace out of this news is that Hotel Quarantine workers get tested every day so hopefully a leak into the wider community it very low along with that personâs movements. Close contacts have been tested and are isolating.
10:30pm press conference -