Tag Archives: quarantine

Premier silent on prison quarantine plan

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 »

Quarantine escapee surrenders to cops

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 to implement checkpoints to enforce quarantine rule

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 »

Case of Ontario man who ignored COVID-19 quarantine order shows challenges of crucial contact tracing

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 »

How long is flu quarantine

Bring Out Your Dead: The Great Plague of Yellow Fever in Philadelphia in 1793, how flu had that sign been up? The county where the long or group of persons is located, the Director of the Department of Health has control over all quarantine measures. And then suddenly, dHEC may isolate or quarantine an individual… Read More »