NSW Health has confirmed two returned travellers have tested positive for the new Omicron COVID-19 variant in Sydney.Both people, who are fully vaccinated, arrived in Sydney from southern Africa on Saturday, November 27.The remaining 12 passengers from southern Africa are undertaking 14 days of hotel quarantine, also in the Special Health Accommodation.
Anyone arriving in the state from the nine impacted southern African countries — South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Malawi, and the Seychelles — is now required to go into hotel quarantine for 14 days. Earlier today, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said the pandemic wasn't over and living with COVID-19 also meant learning to live with new strains.
We have a new variant that we don’t yet understand, and all unvaxxed people will be released from lock down on Dec15 in NSW, so can we please keep the precautions we already have - QR Check in & masks, until we know we are safe from this? Omicron
How could this possibly be? I mean, they were all vaxxed right?
Wow. Let's go now for Covid-21. Because 19 wasn't enough. Let's close again. There's no evidence this virus is anything the irresponsible media claim it is. NONE. But who cares? Once a prison, always a prison. Horrible society. Aussies are Prisoners who love their jailers.
The Amsterdam info: 61 positive cases on flights from S. Africa; 13 are the 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?
Soon to be exported from NSW to Vic & SA no doubt.
'we abolish the interest system and form a system of banking free from interest, and all forms of oppression and terrorism were uprooted' - Time of Imam Al-Mahdi in Muhammad Qasim's dreams.
This is the anti vaccination’s problem, not the majority so call it how it is.
Fk this is boring.
They will not let you into Myers without proof according to regulations. So, these two diplomatic officials came with it from sth Africa. Does no one see the very peculiar connection. Passed two customs, abruptly tested for a variant discovered merely weeks ago?WAKE THE FK UP!
Responsible reporting would state that the two positive cases were double vaccinated and ASYMPTOMATIC. In fact Omicron reportedly has only mild symptoms and hospitalisation is not required. So why the HYSTERIA from all the media.
I saw a whole bunch of people congregating around the country this weekend who I’m sure can tell us all about Omicron. They seem to know more than the medical fraternity. They tell me they do their own research and we shouldn’t listen to the govt/sciencists
Did all these passengers have a PCR test with 72hrs and receive a negative result before boarding the plane to enter into Australia GregHuntMP
Is it more dangerous then other virus 🦠 strains !!! If not then don’t spread panic news .!! It is a virus which will keep mutating for many years until anti viral drug arrive .!!!
Why the fuck hasn’t the government said no-one can come through immigration without showing a -ve test & vax certificate?!?!? How incompetent are these people
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Gasp.
Deja vu 2020. Border will be lockdown, shop closed, vaccine mandates. For those who wants to travel to Australia be quick.
So deal with them, don't deal with us all.
Please report accurately. Omicron didn't originate in SA. It was detected by world class scientists
We need to be tougher on antivax idiots. No excuses other than medical. Remove welfare
The implication being that we weren’t testing for it so those with it would have come through to quarantine with “indeterminate strain” and serve out their 14days all the while potentially infecting others.
God dammit
Is it 72 hours home isolation or 14 days for intl arrivals from other countries? Article above states the latter
It’s here the next version of Chinese strain
Did someone mention Ruby Princess
Why are they allowed in?
How exactly do they detect this new variant? How was it identified in the first place?
Close international boarders for Christmas to allow Australians freedom to move to see love ones. Follow Israels led and experience. Our Government needs to react with caution. Border control is a must for living with this virus now and into the future.
See ya Sydney!
Why can’t they name the country rather than saying Southern Africa?
I wish people could arrive in a state capital which has a far more responsible approach than Sydney, NSW. NSW will let it rip again and stuff the rest of Australia
Your NSW Premier only recently gloated about welcoming all international travellers. This is his Christmas present to you!
How often, for how long & at what cost to Australians & our economy will our Politicians & 'health experts,' keep mandating us to get jabbed, lock us up & lock us down against a flu like virus which kills less than 1 in 100 ? Do we need to start accepting we will have to live it?
The Call: The Babbling Brooke's of Wisconsin Argued with his Sheila because she pestered while he took a wee wee. He got fed up. Drank too much. Too much drugs. Uses car as a weapon in a blind Dutch courage rage vis a vis a coori rage.
Sooner Paxlovid lands the better!
Yes we'll keep it in Sydney this time, we are still suffering from last one you let into Victoria.
More Freak MSM fear porn propaganda! They're not freaking out, why are you!
NSW does it for a third time.
They don't seem to be freaking out! And found in fully vaccinated people 🤷♀️ we know the vax created ADE/breakthrough, are censored experts correct that vaccines are leaky and will create new variants 🤔 seems warnings once again have been ignored! Rinse, repeat, propaganda MSM
“14 days” home iso for “travellers of other countries”? Or 72hrs as advised previously?
NSW opens up internationally, gets omni cron and ruins Xmas. News Corp, it’s WA, QLD and VIC fault. In 3, 2, 1…
The next season of Covid is coming early!
Tell the whole truth! DOUBLE VACCINATED travellers are carrying the 'germ'! WHY? Because the Unvaccinated don't travel!
Ugh with Christmas only weeks away. Hopefully it’s contained.
Let them free in the community like they did with rubyprincess
These flights should never have been allowed to land. Time to stop international flights till we learn more. Thanks for letting Omicron holiday in Australia Omicron
There goes Christmas folks
Awesome! 😩🥺😳
When can we officially panic
Both fully vaxxed and asymptomatic, excellent news!
Surprise surprise…… not
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