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[QUOTE="kingofnobbys, post: 1977981, member: 81934"] AUSTRALIAN OMICRON OUTBREAK 08 December 2021 Omicron NSW There is now a total of 34 cases of COVID-19 with the Omicron variant in NSW. To date, no Omicron cases have been admitted to hospital in NSW for treatment of COVID-19. Genome sequencing carried out on Tuesday 7 December shows there is an additional case in this cluster with the Omicron variant. This brings to 21 the total number of Omicron cases linked to the Regents Park Omicron cluster. This number does not include two COVID-19 cases, Harbour party cruice superspreader event : announced via a public health alert last night, whose preliminary test results show they are likely to have the Omicron variant. These cases are among 5 confirmed cases who attended a cruise which departed from King Street Wharf 9 at 7.30pm on Fri 3 Dec, returning around 11pm. Operated by Cadman Cruises, the cruise was jointly marketed as ‘Flow Fridays - 90s Themed Boat Party’ and ‘Freaky Sunday Afrovibe: The Last Dance’. Genome sequencing to confirm the Omicron variant is underway and NSW Health is urgently contacting around 140 people who signed in with a QR code before boarding the boat and directing them and members of their households to immediately get tested, isolate and await further public advice. Genome sequencing carried out on Tuesday 7 December has confirmed an additional two Omicron cases among recently arrived international travellers. The total number of Omicron cases in NSW acquired either overseas or on an international flight is now 13 >>>>>>>>>>>>> VIC OMICRON Victorian health authorities have recorded the state’s first case of the Omicron variant. The Department of Health confirmed they had commenced genomic sequencing to test an infected overseas arrival in hotel quarantine on Tuesday. Authorities officially confirmed the traveller was infected with the Omicron variant on Wednesday. Following whole genomic sequencing, the case in Hotel Quarantine reported yesterday has been confirmed as having the Omicron variant,” the department said. Concerns are also growing over two additional “likely” Omicron cases recently detected in the Victorian community. “Two cases have returned results with S gene dropout – a signature of the Omicron variant,” the department said. “None of these cases are linked to international travel and their source of acquisition is under investigation.” The two suspected cases are located in the outer Melbourne cities of Casey and Brimbank. The fully-vaccinated traveller who tested positive for Omicron on Wednesday arrived from the Netherlands via Abu Dhabi on December 3. They immediately entered hotel quarantine upon arrival in Melbourne and have not been in the community while infectious. “The source of acquisition remains under investigation,” the department said. “All other passengers on the inbound flight will be assessed to ensure they have undergone a test.” The infected traveller initially returned a negative PCR test on December 4, but suddenly became symptomatic on December 6. They then returned a positive test with the finding of an S gene dropout – a mutation seen in the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. By Wednesday afternoon, genomic sequencing confirmed the traveller was infected with the new variant. Vic Omicron total = 1 + 2 possibles >>>>> ACT OMICRON There are now five cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the ACT, with one of the new cases forcing about 180 people linked to Lyneham Primary School into quarantine. Three more infections of the variant were confirmed yesterday — two are household contacts of the earlier cases and one is a casual contact — bringing the case total to five. ACT Health said one of the cases had attended the inner north school on November 30 and December 1, sending 180 people into quarantine for 14 days, according to rules adjusted by ACT Health after the new variant was detected in the territory. In an email to parents, carers and staff of Lyneham Primary School, ACT Health said all year 1 and 2 students who were at school on the two dates have to quarantine. All students who attended before school care, and any year 2-6 students who attended after school care, on those dates, also have to quarantine. "All household members of the close contact are also required to quarantine together with the close contact," the email said. "Household members are not required to undergo COVID-19 testing unless they develop symptoms."Vic Omicron Genomic sequencing is underway to determine whether an international traveller who landed in Melbourne last week might be infected with the Omicron strain of COVID-19. The traveller, who is fully vaccinated, went straight into hotel quarantine after arriving in Victoria from the Netherlands, via Abu Dhabi, on December 3. The person returned a negative PCR test on December 4 before developing symptoms and testing positive for the virus on December 6. Health authorities said the test results had shown an S gene dropout in the virus, a sign a person could be infected with Omicron, according to the World Health Organisation. "Several labs have indicated that for one widely used PCR test, one of the three target genes is not detected — called S gene dropout or S gene target failure - and this test can therefore be used as marker for this variant, pending sequencing confirmation," the WHO said on November 26. Health authorities said other passengers on the inbound flight would be contacted to make sure they have been tested for the virus, as contact tracers try to determine the source of the infection. QLD OMICRON= 1 + 1 OMICRON type2 An overseas traveler from Nigeria is currently in a Cairns hospital with the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Another overseas traveler from South Africa is currently in a Brisbane hospital with an ‘Omicron Like’ variant of COVID-19.. . By state: NSW = 34 ACT = 5 NT = 1 QLD = 2 VIC = 1 TOT OMICRON = 43 ALARMING FIRST ASSESSMENT OF VACCINES ON OMICRON ( by SOUTH AFRICAN HEALTH ) - the researchers investigated whether Omicron escapes antibody neutralization elicited by the Pfizer BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine and whether the virus still requires binding to the ACE2 receptor to infect cells. They used an early passage of isolated and sequence confirmed live Omicron virus isolated in South Africa. The key ( AND SCARY FINDING ) [IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/jS108VJx/8dec2021-comparing-vaccine-neutralisation-of-D614-G-w-Omicron-Sth-Africa-lab-assessment.png[/IMG] More than a 40 fold reduction in neutralization oberved against Omicron cf Delta. This may not mean vaccine efficacy is actually reduced 40 fold IN PEOPLE , or that breakthroughs with severe illness or resulting in death will increase 40 fold. The study : [URL]https://www.ahri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MEDRXIV-2021-267417v1-Sigal.pdf[/URL] So I hear you all asking : which booster and when ? Here is a chart that shows effectiveness improvements of different vaxxes used as boosters , same and mixed . [img]https://i.postimg.cc/C1pqHC2s/9dec2021-which-booster-anything-with-AZ-will-do.png[/img] If you were conned into getting AZ , get Moderna as the booster ASAP , don't wait for 6 mnths is advise I've heard from experts here. Know the new beast : [URL="https://covdb.stanford.edu/page/mutation-viewer/#sec_b-1-351"]Stanford Coronavirus Antiviral & Resistance Database (CoVDB)[/URL] Genetic codes for the main variants [img]https://i.postimg.cc/VshZ8Ffg/8dec2021-know-the-enemy-the-covid-variants-1.png[/img] [img]https://i.postimg.cc/sgYT5dpH/8dec2021-know-the-enemy-the-covid-variants-2.png[/img] [img]https://i.postimg.cc/SQw0r4Mm/8dec2021-know-the-enemy-the-covid-variants-3.png[/img] [img]https://i.postimg.cc/8PW2XYRM/8dec2021-know-the-enemy-the-covid-variants-DELTA-is-the-current-scourge-of-hunanity.png[/img] [img]https://i.postimg.cc/GtjkHd0v/8dec2021-know-the-enemy-the-covid-variants-OMICRON-1-AND-2-is-the-NEW-scourge-of-hu-Manity.png[/img] [/QUOTE]
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