written by Isabella Richards
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July 12, 2021
Dozens of Qantas passengers onboard a Launceston to Melbourne flight earlier this month are being urged to get tested and self-isolate after a vaccinated health care worker tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after his connecting flight to the UK.
In total, 61 passengers on Qantas flight QF1542 to Melbourne from Tasmania on 2 July are affected, after the man initially tested negative for COVID prior to boarding the flight.
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The man spent around four hours in Melbourne before boarding his connecting flight to the UK via Singapore, flight SQ228. More than 72 hours after leaving Melbourne, the man returned a positive COVID-19 test.
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Jeremy Rockliff,Minister for Health
I’d like to thank the clinicians and health representatives who joined the Health Secretary and I today to discuss ideas and solutions to address increasing demand on our health system.
Today was about listening to those around the table, because it is by taking a collaborative, solutions-based approach that we are best able to address the health challenges Tasmania is facing – something that is also being experienced Australia-wide.
It was a constructive meeting with a lot of goodwill in the room. I appreciated the frankness and willingness of those present to contribute ideas which largely aligned with strategies already being looked at or underway such as the streamlining of processes across our hospitals to create better patient flow, governance improvements, incentives to both attract and retain staff and exploring alternative pathways to care. We have committed to exploring any new ideas presented and continuing to keep the lines of