Infectious couple had Kappa variant during NSW road trip

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NSW has experienced its first sighting of the COVID-19 variant which sent Victoria into lockdown after a Melbourne couple took a road trip through western NSW last week | marywardy

, Hunter New England Local Health District chief executive Michael DiRienzo said the town’s clinics had adequate supplies and encouraged people to keep coming forward if they were at an exposure site or have symptoms.

“We are prioritising people who have been at the exposure venues to ensure timely testing for these members of the community,” he said. As well as being a rarity in the community, NSW has also seen very little of the Kappa variant in its hotel quarantine system. Data from NSW Health’s weekly COVID-19 surveillance report there were just eight cases of the Kappa variant between November 29 and last Saturday, compared to 51 of the Delta variant.

The Alpha variant, seen in large numbers in returned travellers from the UK over summer, is the most prevalent variant of concern among the state’s returned travellers, with 177 cases among 802 overseas acquired infections during the time period.Lockdown restrictions were eased in Melbourne on Friday to remove stay-home requirements, allowing a return to in-person schooling and extending travel bubbles to 25 kilometres.

 

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marywardy NSW had Delta with BBQ man and wife. We had the privilege of experiencing an ‘Indian’ strain before vic. Still sensibly managed without any overreaction.

marywardy Kappa is the other Indian variant.

marywardy Freaking Melbourne.

marywardy It never ends, until people put an end to this perpetual 'variant' & 'vaccine' nonsense.

marywardy 'Flattening the curve' has mutated into a tyrannical monster

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