Thread: Covid 19 C&P

COVID alerts for regional NSW.

Coronavirus alerts for Gundagai and Orange, hours from Sydney epicentre (thenewdaily.com.au)

The story behind the Twitter " war " over the Melbourne lockdown.



#IStandWithDan v #DictatorDan: How Twitter manipulated Melbourne (thenewdaily.com.au)

The mystery of where the virus started.


The coronavirus was circulating in Europe and China months before officials identified the outbreak in Wuhan, studies show (msn.com)

Dr. Ugur Sahin is co-founder and CEO of German biotech firm BioNTech. In cooperation with US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, the company is the first to have a coronavirus vaccine approved in the EU. Sahin is a medical doctor specialized in immunotherapy and oncology. He spoke with DW about the roll-out of the vaccine, the company's response to the new, more contagious strain of COVID-19, and why the BioNTech scientists are not superheroes.

BioNTech CEO: ′The science we did was important′ | Science| In-depth reporting on science and technology | DW | 22.12.2020

Authorities are urgently investigating how a Qantas crew member contracted Covid-19 after arriving in Darwin from Paris and then flying to Sydney without being tested or quarantined.
New South Wales, Northern Territory and federal health authorities are working with Qantas to understand how the man, who landed in Darwin on 17 December after working on a repatriation flight from Paris, became infected.



The case has again drawn attention to the relaxed rules for aircrews arriving in Australia, as officials acknowledged he was not required to undergo testing for coronavirus at any stage of his journey.
Under the special health provisions extended to Australian flight crew workers, the man was allowed to leave the overseas flight, use a private car to go to a regular, non-quarantine hotel in Darwin, where he spent one night before flying on the QF841 Darwin to Sydney service on 18 December.



Australian health officials scramble after Qantas crew member tests Covid-positive (msn.com)

There has been a scare in an aged care home at Castle hill. A man tasked with transporting sick returned travellers to hotel quarantine, was tasked with transporting an elderly resident of a Castle Hill Aged care home to get medical treatment. The driver has tested positive to COVID . Thankfully, staff and the elderly resident have tested negative, but wait in isolation for 14 days .

Coronavirus: Concern aged care residents have been exposed to coronavirus (msn.com)

Nurses in the USA are not looking forward to the Xmas holidays, with a large increase of infections expected.

The COVID-19 surge after Thanksgiving resulted in record hospitalizations. More than 47,000 Americans died of COVID-19 since Thanksgiving, after 13% of Americans travelled more than 31 miles from home to celebrate the holiday, according to an analysis of smartphone data. Some parts of California have almost no available intensive care unit beds left.



'I'm absolutely terrified for Christmas': Nurses say they're bracing for record-shattering COVID-19 hospitalizations after the holidays (msn.com)

And yet another breach in the system.

International pilots took an Uber to hotel quarantine after touching down (thenewdaily.com.au)