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New South Wales health officials are conducting genome sequencing after Sydney recorded a new community-transmitted case of COVID-19, with the ABC noting the man has likely been infected since Friday April 30, has not been overseas or worked in the quarantine system, and recorded a high viral load likely making him more infectious. Close contacts are in isolation and more cases are expected to be announced today.
NSW Health has listed at least 19 exposure sites across the city’s eastern suburbs, spanning Annandale, Balgowlah, Bondi Junction, Brookvale, Casula, Collaroy, Double Bay, Mascot, Moore Park, Paddington, Rose Bay, Rushcutters Bay, Silverwater and Sydney. Anyone who visited those venues, including those in other states, have been asked to immediately get tested and self-isolate.
“If COVID gets into one of these homes it will spread like wildfire and these residents will die,” he said.
Kate Marshall, assistant state secretary of Health and Community Services Union, estimates 98 per cent of disability workers who were meant to be in Australia’s first wave of vaccinations – group 1a – had not yet got the shot. Some members have been told by GPs they would have to be put on vaccine waiting lists for three or four months to receive their first jab, she said.
In contrast, almost all of the residents in the approximately 200 aged care homes that are run by the Victorian government have received their first dose (some residents in these homes received AstraZeneca while others got Pfizer).
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The Australasian Society of Association Executives (AuSAE) has announced its ‘Association Influencers’ of 2020.
‘Association Influencers’ is a programme highlighting the outstanding contributions of individuals in the association community across Australia and New Zealand.
Those on the list were selected based on how they demonstrated influence, leadership, resilience and service to the sector over the past 12 months.
It contains a mixture of CEOs, event professionals, general managers and other roles.
Lyn McMorran, AuSAE president and executive director of the Financial Services Federation, said: “It has been our privilege to acknowledge each and every one of these individuals; their tireless efforts to making a significant and lasting impact within our tribe and setting the benchmark for association professionals into the future.