Iām hoping we can at least stand up in a Melbourne bar soon.
36th consecutive day for Victoria.
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And be able to have a bit more spontaneity going out. I miss randomly calling up a friend and asking to meet me at the pub in 10 mins with no problems getting in 
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Agree. Those were the days!
When do we stop counting 
I think itās safe to say the virus has been completely eliminating from the Victorian community now.
Internatinal arrivals commence from this Monday, Iām expecting Victorias first new daily cases to be reported from international quarantine at the end of next week.
Hopefully we see a change to the daily reporting card that the Vic government tweet every morning. Similar to NSWs, in which it separates hotel quarantine guests from local transmission cases.
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Heās moving to Somers. An hour down the road from Malvern. Itās a rural fringe area of Melbourne.
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So she didnāt infect anyone?
Might be a bit early to determine that. Normally it take 2-3 days doesnāt it?
Why would it?
They announced it Thursday, get tested that day, results Friday. Weād know by now right?
A colleague of mine got tested Thursday afternoon, still no results by late Friday afternoon.
NSW Health said in the video:
https://twitter.com/NSWHealth/status/1335011003776393216
As reported yesterday afternoon, the viral genome sequence from the recent COVID-19 case who works at a Sydney quarantine hotel complex does not match the virus strains seen in recent clusters in Australia.
The virus may be of United States origin. The source of infection may be international aircrew who were self-isolating in the hotel at the time, however investigations are continuing.
NSW is working with Commonwealth agencies to identify potential COVID-19 cases among aircrew who stayed at the hotel, who may have since departed Australia.
Testing of close contacts of the case is continuing, with no further positive results.
This suggests the worker got infected by someone currently in hotel quarantine.
Itās not about the testing results though. Covid has a 3 day incubation period. So it depends how long she was infectious for. Her close contacts may not get a positive result for 3-5 days. And this is why it is so important to do the full 14 day quarantine if you are a close contact.
And I reckon theyāre not at the worst yet. The surge during Thanksgiving is really only the tip of the iceberg Americaās headed for.
Trump must be so proud of his achievement at botching up his coronavirus response.
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Two people arrived in Sydney on an international flight, didnāt quarantine and then boarded a flight to Melbourne and are now in quarantine here.
How the fuck can ANY of these people who land in Australia from overseas just go about their own business and board a domestic flight? Why arenāt they taken straight off their plane and sent straight to hotel quarantine?
I donāt get it.
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NSW is the gold standard.
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How is that even possible? I thought the exits and everything were guarded and everyone had a one-way path to the hotel shuttle bus instead of another plane.
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Any link to the details?
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