Both travellers arrived in Sydney on Saturday evening after flying from southern Africa and tested positive for the virus upon arrival.
After the two arrivals tested positive for the virus health authorities began urgent genomic testing to determine whether they were infected with the new Omicron B.1.1.529 COVID-19 variant of concern. “The best thing we can do as a state is keep that vaccination level as high as possible… I think this is just a reminder that there is a long journey to go.”
"As a result late on Friday night and again early on Saturday morning I convened with the Chief Medical Officer, the Health Minister and the secretary of the Health Department and immediately put in place a set of actions that were implemented successfully yesterday." Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton also admitted it would likely be"impossible" to keep the Omicron variant out of the nation.“It won’t be over in Australia until it’s over globally, or until it’s under significant control and that won’t happen until there’s much higher vaccination coverage, especially in the poorest countries of the world.
All travellers arriving in NSW who have been in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Malawi, and the Seychelles during the 14 day period before their arrival in NSW must enter hotel quarantine for 14 days, irrespective of their vaccination status.
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Great Just Great Here we go again Do you know why the Spanish Flu only lasted 18 mths Because there was NO TRAVELING across the Planet If you are going to keep locking us down Lock the gates OR is there too much $$ involved Let us Live Free
Amsterdam data: Of the 61 positive cases on the two flights from S. Africa, 13 are Omicron variant Most countries are banning travelers from several southern Africa countries Israel is closing its borders to ALL foreign travelers? Will others do so too?
More Coincidences! Same day that Sth Africa says no more Pfizer vaccines WHO announces the Moronic variant is found in fully vaxed people flying all over the world, ironically having departed from Sth Africa!
Convenient they have a test already thst detects the new strain……..🧐
This is amazing. Soon the PCR test will tell us how many times you cursed the government in your mind 🤔
Moronic variant..
And next, you will ask the PM how the Fed quarantine station builds are going, eh? Hmmmm.
Give it a few weeks and, like the Delta, will mysteriously disappear from the narrative.
OPEN THE CAMPS AUSTRALIA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?
Oh so they can test for that now? Because when delta first came out, the lab confirmed it was the same test, nothing different, that tests for covid. So how is this different? What testing method and device is used ? Or do we need to call the lab again to confirm?
Another lockdown for Australia 😂😂🤡🤡 you will never learn
GregHuntMP and ScottMorrisonMP and Dom_Perrottet won't be happy until we are all wiped out. Flights should of been shut down the moment it was known about. How many times? How many lives are they going to be responsible for losing.. It's bloody criminal.
Are they fully vaccinated? The four travellers who have first been detected having the new variant in South Africa are fully vaccinated, it’s hard to convince unvaccinated the vaccine is effective while at the same time convince single dosed it’s not effective without 2nd jab.
Sure it is ….
Send them back
Pump that fake news
'The two positive cases, who were asymptomatic, are in isolation in the Special Health Accommodation. Both people are fully vaccinated.' Its ok everyone, they are protected by a vaccine not designed to be effective with omicron. We are safe !!!
Here it is. This is for all you vx’d australians that ran out, got jbbed to be ‘free’. They’ll say you can’t be free now, oh sorry last shots don’t work on this variant, you’ll need two more!!! Until you wake up, this will continue FOREVER!!!!
Both are asymptomatic and double vaccinated!! Didn't even know they had it 🤣
Here we go 😡😡
Like every virus it will keep mutating till it mutates completely out. It will get less severe symptoms everytime. Won't even be as bad as a normal cold. Let everyone get it so we can all have natural immunity. Just be done already.
More fucking lockdowns I guess.
No ones fucking buying it, give it the fuck up
That’s fucked up
Can you buy 'Omicron' on coinspot?
Who cares? More scare mongering from the WHO lining their pockets w/ Global Elite Big Pharma money. If the world shuts down again when will you report this is madness as Aus is just about vaxxed from this 'deadly' cold?
Until I know that it is a deadly threat....Meh.
They're not freaking out! Why are our media and government freaking out! Came at a convenient time didn't it 🤔
That’s a bit of a coincidence, we’ve got two in the uk as well 🤔🤔🤔
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