Australia s former deputy chief medical officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth has called on Australia to prepare for the return of COVID-19 cases as we gradually re-open our borders. The infectious disease expert made the bold claim that Australians could not continue to live in a pandemic eliminationist bunker and said that the full eradication of the virus was a false idol, as reported by Fairfax. It is clear we will not have our borders closed indefinitely, he said speaking at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeon s annual scientific meeting. We will not have quarantine stations in perpetuity while we aim for the false idol of eradication.
Australia s former deputy chief medical officer, Dr Nick Coatsworth has called on Australia to prepare for the return of COVID-19 cases as we gradually re-open our borders. The infectious disease expert made the bold claim that Australians could not continue to live in a pandemic eliminationist bunker and said that the full eradication of the virus was a false idol, as reported by Fairfax. It is clear we will not have our borders closed indefinitely, he said speaking at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeon s annual scientific meeting. We will not have quarantine stations in perpetuity while we aim for the false idol of eradication.
One passenger with a ticket booked on the first flight from India to Australia since the travel ban, who spoke anonymously for fear of losing his spot, said not all passengers had been told their final test results.
âWe heard that news [that 40 passengers had tested positive] and now weâre very scared,â the passenger said from his hotel room in Delhi.
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âItâs nerve-racking because Iâm pretty sure I donât have it, but Iâm still stressing about it.â
Pandemic planning and global health security expert Associate Professor Adam Kamradt-Scott said both the federal and state governments had a moral responsibility to let all stranded citizens return.
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