Mr Tiley said DHHS reported cases when they were acute or incidences of viral shedding.
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When asked specifically if the positive cases included any players, Mr Tiley said: No . Of those six [cases in the Australian Open contingent], plus one – which was the flight attendant – none of them are players. (It s) player entourages, he said. There have been some players on the viral shedding list. Again, I’ll have to leave it to Quarantine Victoria to give those numbers. They re not big numbers. It s a few. As far as [players] testing positive and going to the medi-hotel – no, none.
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A MIDNIGHT smooch or hug for New Year s Eve revellers is off the table as Queensland s health authorities urge the state to not randomly kiss or cuddle strangers . Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young on Tuesday urged partygoers to adhere to COVID guidelines as they say goodbye to an unprecedented year. Dr Young said to limit kissing or cuddling to known close friends and family. We all like on New Year s Eve to give the closest person a kiss or cuddle, she said. I would suggest you limit that to your known close friends and family and don t randomly kiss and cuddle strangers that might be there at New Year s Eve.
Several COVID-19 vaccines are currently either in development or already rolling out across the world. When and how they will reach rural and remote communities is a question that needs to be answered.
Australia has secured 10 million doses of the 90+ percent effective Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine - enough for five million people.
The University of Queensland s Associate Professor Paul Griffin told NITV News while this vaccine is really impressive , it comes with a significant downside. Storage and transportation at temperatures of minus 70 degrees celsius are needed for the vaccine to be effective. If they re not kept at really cold temperatures, they can essentially degrade and, and not work so well, said Associate Professor Griffin. Obviously, this is going to pose some logistical challenges to rolling it out, particularly to more remote areas.