📺1st case was confirmed (not false +)
📺more positives produced - 6 additional cases (n=7)
📺3 extra POS from shio crews - unrelated
📺gatherings i him reduced to 10ppl
📺10 also in outside gatherings - Brisbane, Ipspwich, Logan etc
📺ANY SYMPTOMS WHATEVER - please get tested now!
📺new fever clinics in south east Qld to be stood up
📺very important time over next few days
📺plans in place; "been plannig for this"
📺Please listen to the messaging and to the Chief Health Officer (CHO; Dr Young)
📺Key is physical distancing-stay clear of place where its not happening this weekend
📺one case worked in a school (partner also tested POS-another generation)
📺one in Ipswich hospital
📺500 workers been tested-working through them
📺speed is of the essence
📺gatherings in the key sububrbs, only in groups of 10 own homes in greater Brisbane area (30 outside that)
📺"PPE for every single patient they see" in EDs
📺Ipswich hospital to use PPE throughout "until we get on top of this"
📺hand hygiene
📺if sick, stay home, isolate yourself, get tested (check the website for clinics see health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/…
📺"9,447 tested in last 24h but we need to test more over this weekend"
📺Qld emergency disaster group - representing all the key response groups - is very experienced in managing disasters
📺2 new cases - both linked; 9 cases in cluster now
📺all children in eth centre tested negative so far, staff still being tested (staff work in multiple locations and have been [appropriately] moving about normally)
📺5388 people tested yesterday (but cold weather may have slowed this)
📺all the clinics are open, queues were not long
📺symptomatic people are the focus of testing
📺right now, we need to be testing "a lot more people than we have in the past 24h period"-capacity is there, people are not
📺"acting on the evidence in the best interest of people"' --Qld State Premier
📺anyone in greater Brisbane, Logan Ipswich & West Moreton with *any* symptoms need to get tested
📺all the children are being managed within the Centre; some had already left and are being tracked down
📺the incubation period is 14d but most become ill around 5-6d
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