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| Australia live news: Queensland orders hundreds to restart quarantine over fears of UK Covid variant | Australia live news: Queensland orders hundreds to restart quarantine over fears of UK Covid variant |
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| Annastacia Palaszczuk calls for hotel quarantine rethink after cluster discovered; NSW records one new community case. Follow all the latest news and information, live | Annastacia Palaszczuk calls for hotel quarantine rethink after cluster discovered; NSW records one new community case. Follow all the latest news and information, live |
| Gosh, there are a lot of hotspots to keep up with nowadays. Good thing here at the Guardian we have you covered. | |
| Here you can find all the exposure sites in NSW: | |
| You are in Queensland you say? Never fear, here if your hotspots: | |
| Victoria? No problem. Your hotspots can be found here. | |
| Firefighters have saved more than 80 homes after battling through the night to contain a bushfire in Perth’s southern suburbs, reports AAP: | |
| The Victorian government is funding research into how Covid-19 has changed the risk and intensity of family violence and sexual assault in the state. | The Victorian government is funding research into how Covid-19 has changed the risk and intensity of family violence and sexual assault in the state. |
| Details about the research, which is set to start in March, were included in a government tender released last month. | Details about the research, which is set to start in March, were included in a government tender released last month. |
| The research will be funded by Family Safety Victoria (FSV), an office of the Department of Health and Human Services, and will require a partnership between a university and a service provider. | The research will be funded by Family Safety Victoria (FSV), an office of the Department of Health and Human Services, and will require a partnership between a university and a service provider. |
| “The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the prevalence and patterns of family violence and has rapidly transformed how government and services respond to family violence and sexual assault,” FSV says in the tender. | |
| “The organisation is looking to commission research into the changes to drivers, presentation, risk and intensity of family violence and sexual assault in Victoria during and in recovery from the pandemic, as well as the impacts of service innovations and changes to responses for family violence and sexual assault services and clients.” | “The organisation is looking to commission research into the changes to drivers, presentation, risk and intensity of family violence and sexual assault in Victoria during and in recovery from the pandemic, as well as the impacts of service innovations and changes to responses for family violence and sexual assault services and clients.” |
| FSV says it expects multiple research projects will be funded by the tender, and that the collaboration between providers and universities will inform a broader Victorian family violence research program. | FSV says it expects multiple research projects will be funded by the tender, and that the collaboration between providers and universities will inform a broader Victorian family violence research program. |
| The Consumers Health Forum has welcomed the Australian Medical Association’s position statement on health literacy as important recognition of the need for strong public support for people to have access to valid health information.Yesterday, the AMA urged political leaders to be clear in their support of science and public health, describing some of the comments by politicians in recent days as “torching the foundation of community health and science”.The CHF is the national peak body representing the interests of Australian healthcare consumers and its CEO, Leanne Wells, said on Wednesday: | The Consumers Health Forum has welcomed the Australian Medical Association’s position statement on health literacy as important recognition of the need for strong public support for people to have access to valid health information.Yesterday, the AMA urged political leaders to be clear in their support of science and public health, describing some of the comments by politicians in recent days as “torching the foundation of community health and science”.The CHF is the national peak body representing the interests of Australian healthcare consumers and its CEO, Leanne Wells, said on Wednesday: |
| The Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in her press conference seemed to allude to speaking to national cabinet about hotel quarantine, leading to speculation that she may wish to stop accepting returned travellers altogether. | The Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in her press conference seemed to allude to speaking to national cabinet about hotel quarantine, leading to speculation that she may wish to stop accepting returned travellers altogether. |
| The NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has been asked about this at her press event. | The NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has been asked about this at her press event. |
| Anyone else really sick of the term “mopping up”. Well if so, you are out of luck in this press conference. | Anyone else really sick of the term “mopping up”. Well if so, you are out of luck in this press conference. |
| Chant has been asked exactly how long this “mopping up” period is going to last, where a trickle of locally acquired cases (most from close contacts already isolating) keep appearing. | Chant has been asked exactly how long this “mopping up” period is going to last, where a trickle of locally acquired cases (most from close contacts already isolating) keep appearing. |
| Chant: | Chant: |
| Reporter: | Reporter: |
| Chant: | Chant: |
| So while the Mount Druitt hospital case has been genomically linked to the Berala cluster, we still don’t know exactly how that man is linked to the other infected people. | So while the Mount Druitt hospital case has been genomically linked to the Berala cluster, we still don’t know exactly how that man is linked to the other infected people. |
| Chant was asked if this means there might be undetected infected people still out in the community. | Chant was asked if this means there might be undetected infected people still out in the community. |
| Chant said there has also been viral fragments detected in wastewater. | Chant said there has also been viral fragments detected in wastewater. |
| Berejiklian says she expects the UK variant of Covid-19 to become dominant in Australia’s (rather sparse) cases. | Berejiklian says she expects the UK variant of Covid-19 to become dominant in Australia’s (rather sparse) cases. |
| Chant has given a bit of an update on the Mount Druitt hospital cases, which have now been genomically linked to the Berala cluster. | Chant has given a bit of an update on the Mount Druitt hospital cases, which have now been genomically linked to the Berala cluster. |
| NSW also recorded six cases from returned overseas travellers chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant says. | NSW also recorded six cases from returned overseas travellers chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant says. |
| Testing has also ramped up again in NSW after the number of testes dropped below 15,000 yesterday. Over the last 24 hours, 20,664 tests were conducted. | Testing has also ramped up again in NSW after the number of testes dropped below 15,000 yesterday. Over the last 24 hours, 20,664 tests were conducted. |
| NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian is giving update now: | NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian is giving update now: |
| Palaszczuk said she will be discussing the new strain with other state leaders. | Palaszczuk said she will be discussing the new strain with other state leaders. |
| OK, so here is the list of new Covid-19 expose sites that Young just listed | OK, so here is the list of new Covid-19 expose sites that Young just listed |
| Woolworths Calum Vale North between 11:00am and midday on 3 January | Woolworths Calum Vale North between 11:00am and midday on 3 January |
| Coles Sunnybank Hills shopping town between 7:30am and 8:00am on 5 January | |
| Nextra Sunnybank Hills newsagent between 8am and 8:15am on 5 January | |
| Bunnings Warehouse Acacia Ridge between 2pm and 2:40pm on 5 January | |
| Sunnybank Cellars, Sunnybank Hills between 2:05pm and 2:15pm on 6 January | |
| Anyone who visited the Grand Chancellor from 30 December onwards. | |
| Young says people who have visited these locations must come forward for testing (and possibly isolate). | Young says people who have visited these locations must come forward for testing (and possibly isolate). |
| Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young is speaking now: | Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young is speaking now: |
| So here is Queensland Health’s break down of those six cases at the Grand Chancellor Hotel. | So here is Queensland Health’s break down of those six cases at the Grand Chancellor Hotel. |
| A man in his thirties who arrived from the UK on December 30. | A man in his thirties who arrived from the UK on December 30. |
| His partner – a woman in her thirties who arrived from the UK on December 30.(They shared a room) | His partner – a woman in her thirties who arrived from the UK on December 30.(They shared a room) |
| A hotel cleaner in her twenties. | A hotel cleaner in her twenties. |
| Her partner – a man in his twenties. | Her partner – a man in his twenties. |
| A man in his forties who arrived from Lebanon on January 1. | A man in his forties who arrived from Lebanon on January 1. |
| His daughter – a woman in her twenties, who arrived on January 1. | His daughter – a woman in her twenties, who arrived on January 1. |
| After a cluster of the highly contagious UK variant of the coronavirus was discovered at the Grand Chancellor quarantine hotel, Palaszczuk says all those in the hotel will have to restart their quarantine period. | After a cluster of the highly contagious UK variant of the coronavirus was discovered at the Grand Chancellor quarantine hotel, Palaszczuk says all those in the hotel will have to restart their quarantine period. |
| She says Australia needs to reassess its hotel quarantine system. | She says Australia needs to reassess its hotel quarantine system. |