Victoria announced no new COVID-19 cases on Saturday as all 17 household and social primary close contacts of the hotel quarantine worker infected with the mutant UK variant returned negative tests.
Victoria announced no new COVID-19 cases on Saturday as all 17 household and social primary close contacts of the hotel quarantine worker infected with the mutant UK variant returned negative tests.
Professor Lidia Morawska, director of the International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health at the Queensland University of Technology wants quarantine to be led from Canberra and has called for a review of every hotel providing quarantine in Australia.
âSo, here we are again. The most important aspect is acknowledgement at the top level in Australia that airborne transmission is a main route of transmission in general. This is the golden rule: hazard, not recognised [will] never be controlled and they are stubbornly refusing to recognise this hazard,â Professor Morawska said.
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â[Airborne transmission] has been rejected, rejected and rejected, even though it is so obvious.
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Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says the Government will offer COVID-19 vaccinations free to all visa holders in Australia, including refugees and asylum seekers, in order to achieve the maximum level of coverage .
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