Aboriginal health organisations call for increased COVID testing for FIFO mine workers
Mining sites that operate near vulnerable remote Aboriginal communities and rely on FIFO workers need to regularly test staff for COVID-19, insist peak health groups. 1 July 2021
Mining sites that operate near vulnerable remote Aboriginal communities and rely on FIFO workers need to regularly test staff for COVID-19, insist peak health groups.
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation chief executive Pat Turner said people should be immediately isolated and given a rapid COVID-19 test when they arrived on site.
And Ms Turner said workers should only be allowed to mingle after returning a negative result.
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WA s Chief Health Officer hasn t spoken at a media conference in more than 100 days
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Western Australiaâs Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson insists he isn t being muzzled after it was revealed he hasn t spoken at a government press conference in more than 100 days despite Premier Mark McGowan regularly referring to his health advice when it comes to the state s border decisions.
In the past six months, the stateâs top adviser during the coronavirus pandemic has fronted government press conferences on two occasions, one on September 26 while in Port Hedland responding to an outbreak on an iron ore carrier, and another on November 16, when he sat in the front row as Mr McGowan outlined WA s decision to close its border with South Australia.
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Northern Territory Health Minister Natasha Fyles has apologised to passengers forced into quarantine after arriving in the territory on a flight from Sydney.
Darwin Bureau Chief Matt Cunningham says the plane from Sydney arrived at Darwin airport at about 3:20pm on Sunday, yet at 3pm the same day, Acting Chief Minister Nicole Manison and Chief Health Officer Hugh Heggie announced the Greater Sydney region as well as the New South Wales Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Illawarra would be a hotpot, effective immediately.
The announcement meant people coming off the flight would need to either return immediately to New South Wales or enter 14 days of mandatory hotel quarantine.