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denem

(11,045 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:25 AM Jan 2020

Australian coronavirus evacuees to be quarantined on Christmas Island for 14 days.

Australian coronavirus evacuees to be quarantined on Christmas Island

Australia has unveiled plans to evacuate some of its nationals from Wuhan and the surrounding Hubei province, flying the most “isolated and vulnerable” of 600 citizens to quarantine on Christmas Island.

In a joint operation with New Zealand, which has about 50 citizens in the city at the epicentre of the global coronavirus outbreak, Australians will be evacuated from the locked-down city on a “last-in first-out” basis.

All those who are evacuated on the charter flight will be quarantined in the Christmas Island immigration detention centre for up to 14 days, the internationally recognised incubation period for the virus.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/29/australian-coronavirus-evacuees-to-be-quarantined-on-christmas-island

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Australian coronavirus evacuees to be quarantined on Christmas Island for 14 days. (Original Post) denem Jan 2020 OP

Apparently the U.S. Is not so bright. Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #1

They will be screened in Alaska, then fly to a CA AF base and isolated there per CNN n/t Baclava Jan 2020 #2

Better than the earler plan I heard, Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #6

Three days quarantine, I think. nt Ilsa Jan 2020 #3

Three days is not enough if incubation period is up to 14 days. LisaL Jan 2020 #4

I know. But if the CDC can quickly distribute the newest RT-PCR Ilsa Jan 2020 #5

The critical number isn't the R0 Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #7

"Those who show signs of the illness and need to be tested could be held for as many as 14 days" Baclava Jan 2020 #8

That's good news. nt Ilsa Jan 2020 #9

Ms. Toad

(34,074 posts)

1. Apparently the U.S. Is not so bright.

Reply to denem (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 03:51 AM

Jan 2020

The plan is to screen them at the airport and release them, last I heard. Dumb.

Baclava

(12,047 posts)

2. They will be screened in Alaska, then fly to a CA AF base and isolated there per CNN n/t

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 04:33 AM

Jan 2020

Ms. Toad

(34,074 posts)

6. Better than the earler plan I heard,

Reply to Baclava (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:44 AM

Jan 2020

Which is only called for screening

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

3. Three days quarantine, I think. nt

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:15 AM

Jan 2020

LisaL

(44,973 posts)

4. Three days is not enough if incubation period is up to 14 days.

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 08:19 AM

Jan 2020

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

5. I know. But if the CDC can quickly distribute the newest RT-PCR

Reply to LisaL (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:07 AM

Jan 2020

(reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction) tests to sites, theyll be able to properly screen the travelers they stopped.

It won't change the R0 but they might be able to reduce or halt spread. Better than nothing at all. I'd rather the travelers be kept for a longer period, until the CDC and WHO know the most likely incubation period instead of just waiting for prodrome and hoping the lab test has few false negatives.

Edit due to my mistyping and mispelling.

Ms. Toad

(34,074 posts)

7. The critical number isn't the R0

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:51 AM

Jan 2020

It's the length of time from exposure until there is no chance of converting to a positive test. Pressure they don't have enough experience to know that yet - and if it's longer than 3 days, a 3 day hold isn't sufficient. On e they release someone with a false negative, the R0 kicks in as they start exposing others.

Baclava

(12,047 posts)

8. "Those who show signs of the illness and need to be tested could be held for as many as 14 days"

Reply to LisaL (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 11:52 AM

Jan 2020

The U.S. government's chartered flight evacuating American consulate staffers and private U.S. citizens from the coronavirus epicenter of Wuhan, China, has been rerouted from its original California destination to a nearby military base.

The plane's 201 passengers underwent two sets of health screenings upon arrival in Anchorage, and all were approved to continue on to California, officials said in a press briefing early Wednesday morning.

Upon arrival in California, all passengers will be quarantined for at least three days and monitored by the CDC, per authorities. Those who show signs of the illness and need to be tested could be held for as many as 14 days.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-chartering-evacuation-flight-wuhan-coronavirus-zone-california/story?id=68571310

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

9. That's good news. nt

Reply to Baclava (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:22 PM

Jan 2020

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