West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has pledged to work constructively with the federal government to establish a purpose-built COVID-19 quarantine facility in Perth as quickly as possible. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has written to Mr McGowan proposing two parcels of land owned by the Department of Infrastructure as potential sites, one at Jandakot Airport in… Read More »
Two returned travellers have contracted COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in Perth, sparking an investigation into the source of the infections. The WA Health Department had previously reported the infections as being acquired overseas. But genome sequencing has since confirmed transmission occurred at the Mercure Hotel Perth. “The virus was transmitted in hotel quarantine at the… Read More »
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Placing an entire city under quarantine to prevent the spread of a virus is inconceivable, unenforceable and ineffective — and in Canada would be against the law, experts say. Steven Hoffman, a professor of global health, law and political science at York University, said he was shocked when he heard China had shut down Wuhan,… Read More »