You can rapid test them in the airport when they arrive - itās not like you have people driving over the WA - Vic border, thereās literally one way into the state, and thereās no chance they could enforce people entering Vic from WA via another state, so this only encourages people to circumvent the restriction.
This isnāt even a NSW situation where they had the flimsy excuse that somehow people had warning that it could be closed at short notice - thereās no justification to have no method to allow Victorians home, other than illegally entering.
Iām sure most people would rather have a test than be stranded in another state away from home indefinitely until they orange zone Perth.
Potentially - they could even have a full 14 days if they thought the risk warranted it - thereās just plenty of viable ways to allow people to get home.
very very true. I have now changed my views by what has now been said on here. I am just wondering if out VIC govt is afraid of getting more backlash from the community if there are any cases that arise if they did get them home now. . they are appearing to protect the 0 days of community transmission at all costs and not wanting anything to break it
Legislation will be introduced into State Parliament this week to allow the State of Emergency to be extended by a further 9 months in 4 week blocks.
Now watch the media go into melt down with the proposed extension and the public will fall for their scaremongering tactics.
While, restrictions will ease further on office workplaces with Public and Private sector office workplaces will be able to return to 75% capacity from Monday, 8th February 2021.
I agree; itās the same thing as Morrisonās international arrival caps which have stranded ~40 000 Australians overseas.
Requiring people to quarantine if theyāve been in a hotspot is perfectly reasonable, and if someone lives alone, then why not quarantine at home? (With an ankle bracelet to ensure they donāt leave and random police checks that there are no visitors.)
Permits are fine, provided they donāt reject people returning home.
Unfortunately weāve already seen (last year) people try to circumvent restrictions by flying to a different city, such as Canberra, then flying in from there. (Remember people who flew Melbourne - Sydney - Brisbane and upon arrival falsely claimed they hadnāt been in Melbourne in the previous weeks?)
And thatās before you replace that last hop with a drive in a car.
Trying to check every possible entry into a state is very difficult. It would be easier if there was a national strategy with real cooperation.
As usual many people suffer or are inconvenienced because of the selfish misbehaviour of a few (or the fear of what those few may do).
This could get interesting, Hotel quarantine would be unviable without the state of emergency powers, If the state of emergency ends, victoriaās international intake would need to be reduced to zero. So Dan Andrews has leverage over Scott Morrison considering Victoria is now doing all the heavy lifting. So Victorain Libs / Newscorp and ScoMo could end up played against each other.
this is from the ABCs coronavirus live blog author is Michael Doyle:
investigations underway as a woman test positive after leaving Victoria
Victoriaās health authorities are currently investigating after a woman in her 60s tested positive to COVID-19 in the Philippines.
The woman tested positive on January 31, after arriving in the country from Victoria.
A statement from the CHOās daily report says it is likely the result is a false positive.
"The woman is asymptomatic and, to date, test results from family and close contacts in Victoria have been negative. Further testing of the woman in the Philippines has been requested. "
