Victoria’s Acting Premier has remained tight-lipped about the government’s preferred site for a stand-alone quarantine facility despite reports it could be housed at a new youth prison. A report in The Age on Tuesday suggested Avalon Airport was no longer the state government’s number one location for a dedicated COVID-19 quarantine facility to house returned… Read More »
A man who allegedly escaped mandatory hotel quarantine in Queensland has handed himself into police after sparking a major manhunt. The 25-year-old returned to the state from a declared coronavirus hotspot in New South Wales at the start of August and entered quarantine at an accommodation facility in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane. Yesterday, on the… Read More »
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that he would implement checkpoints throughout the five boroughs to enforce the state travel advisory for people visiting from coronavirus hot spots. “The checkpoints are going to send a very powerful message that this quarantine is serious. Even if we can’t reach every single person, I… Read More »
Article content continued The public-health department of Peel region west of Toronto said Wednesday it typically manages to reach contacts within 24 to 48 hours of a case being identified. At the peak of the pandemic the unit had 237 staff doing contact tracing, though that number had dwindled to 190 by the end of… Read More »