More viruses imported. Govt says “OK” and plans for faster morgues

Moving at sedimentary-rock speed, the Australian government has finally put a ban on flights from Italy effective at 6pm, and only ten days too late. On the 28th of February Italy had 1700 cases and infections were growing at 30% a day. At that point it was obvious where the numbers were headed. Today France, Spain and Germany are where Italy was then. How many infections will we fly in before we do the inevitable and ban them too?

Meanwhile Western Australia “has a plan” to strangle the state bit by bit, change shopping hours and do faster burials.

All the cases are imported on planes, and all of the solutions include people getting sick. Are we missing something here?

Three more diagnosed cases of COVID-19 brings the total to nine in WA WA has released a pandemic plan to keep delivering essential services

Dr Robertson said the three people had recently flown back from Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Health officials were working to identify the flights on which the three patients travelled and would contact the passengers who sat closest to them, Dr Robertson said.

The pandemic plan, which […]