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Life under social isolation or mandatory "stay home orders".
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[QUOTE="kingofnobbys, post: 1978386, member: 81934"] 16 December = Day 183 DELTA WAVE IN AUSTRALIA Continued (2) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NT , WA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NT NT recorded 1 LOCAL case. , . Their LOCAL total in this wave is 101. 0 are mystery cases. NT recorded zero delta deaths.. The Northern Territory will still reopen to the rest of the nation on Monday. Despite Covid case numbers surging in the Territory and around the country. The rules were relaxed even further today, allowing travellers outside of the NT's major centres. Parents across rural parts of the Northern Territory who have been separated from their children for an entire school term are celebrating a last-minute change to the jurisdiction's border rules. A controversial rule, which the NT Government scrapped yesterday, would have banned interstate arrivals from leaving Darwin, Alice Springs or Katherine for the first 14 days they were in the territory. Even if their home was on a remote station, in the middle of nowhere. "My phone has been ringing off the hook," Sarah Cook from the Isolated Children's Parents Association, which advocates for the education of children in remote and rural areas, said. "We feel heard. And I tell you what: that is a nice feeling." From Monday, December 20, interstate arrivals will now be able travel to regional areas, as long as they avoid remote communities where fewer than 80 per cent of the eligible population is vaccinated. Travellers must also be fully vaccinated and return three negative PCR tests, one prior to entry and two afterwards. Ms Cook — whose own son was trying to return to the remote station where they live for the Christmas holidays — says the change means families will no longer face lengthy and potentially expensive stays in the three towns before they could return home. "These families are absolutely exhausted and all they want is their family to be back together," she said. "When those families get their children home, they'll have no contact with the wider public. "They'll be in isolation, because that's where we live." Major employers, tourism hopeful In overturning the ban on travellers venturing outside Darwin, Alice Springs and Katherine, acting NT Chief Minister Nicole Manison described it as a "minor" change. The move followed about a week of sustained criticism from people outside the territory's major centres. Unions for some of the territory's major employers, including the NT Police Union, have also welcomed the decision, which will allow members working in regional and remote areas to travel interstate without being forced to spend a fortnight in a regional hub upon their return. However, Australian Medical Association NT branch president Rob Parker warned the move would increase the risk of COVID-19 entering remote Aboriginal communities. Dr Parker said the ban on people visiting remote communities where less than 80 per cent of the population aged five years and over was fully vaccinated was a good measure. The tourism sector had also been lobbying against the abandoned rules because they would have made tourism drawcards such as the Kakadu, Uluru-Kata Tjuta and Litchfield national parks out of reach for interstate visitors on short trips. Greig Taylor, who runs a 4WD tour business in some of those areas, welcomed the relaxed requirements. "We're heavily reliant on interstate travellers and, when people hear those sorts of measures, nobody is going to come to Darwin to spend 14 days in Darwin or even Alice Springs to be able to head out to Uluru or Kakadu," he said. "In a peak booking period, which this would be for us, we virtually received no enquiries since this announcement." However, he added, frequent rule changes had only added to uncertainty in the domestic travel market. "People are really confused, markets are really confused, so [what] governments need to do is set a reasonable set of measures and they need to stick to that and then we need to communicate that to [the tourism] markets," he said. "Right now, with all these compounding factors, markets are very confused and they're very nervous." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WA WA recorded 0 LOCAL case. WA recorded zero delta deaths.. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NEW ZEALAND'S DELTA WAVE NZ recorded 91 local delta cases overnight , includes 22 mystery cases .Total of local Delta transmissions is now 10071. NZ recorded 1 delta death today. [img]https://i.postimg.cc/NG5Z9g9c/16dec2021-NZ-situation.png[/img] [img]https://i.postimg.cc/hPRMDgVM/16dec2021-NZ-s-OURCES.png[/img] [img]https://i.postimg.cc/RhBfBS2H/16dec2021-NZ-cases-overnight-per-location.png[/img] [img]https://i.postimg.cc/FRsqrvc7/16dec2021-nz.png[/img] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AUSTRALIAN OMICRON OUTBREAK 16/12/2021 NSW OMICRON +12 NEW = 122 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NSW = 122 ACT = 5 NT = 2 QLD = 3 VIC = 10 SA = 2 WA = 2 TOT OMICRON = 146 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 16/12/2021 OMICRON R NO ESTIMATE Hopkins says that for Omicron, the R value is between 3 and 5 in the UK, and that the variant is spreading rapidly - doubling in size every two days. The current R value of the Delta epidemic in the UK is estimated to be between 1.1 and 1.2. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Denmark and the UK both tracking about the same Omicron growth rate (~1.8 day doubling time). Still tracking to have a massive wave around Christmas. 400-500% advantage over Delta. To put this severe growth into perspective, in the UK/Denmark you are about 10x more likely to be infected with Omicron today than you were one week ago. A week from now, 10x more likely than today. Two weeks from now, 100x more likely than today. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sth Korean Experience with Omicron + Delta , despite v-high vaxx rate , despite high maskup rate . [img]https://i.postimg.cc/nhQK8PPB/16dec2021-effect-of-Sth-Korea-very-hi-vaxx-rate-strong-social-distancing-but-now-living-with-De.png[/img] South Korea's experiment to "live with Covid" has turned disastrous with cases, hospitalizations, & deaths all rising. Now 148 #Omicron cases threaten to worsen it—if South Korea of all places can’t even control #COVID19 well… that’s a bad sign for rest of us. Same situation as AU. :( [/QUOTE]
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