Tag: Rapid Antigen Tests

COVID-19

Covid-hit Coral Princess cruise ship docks in Sydney | Health | The Guardian

The Covid-hit Coral Princess docks at Circular Quay in Sydney on Wednesday morning

At the same time RAT tests are being reported to be inaccurate in 4 out of 10 cases and the subsidy on the tests is being dropped nevertheless passengers are being allowed to leave. Are we witnessing the repeat of the Ruby Princess time-bomb?

After departing Eden on the New South Wales south coast with more than 2,300 people onboard, the Coral Princess berthed at Circular Quay just before dawn on Wednesday, where it will remain for a day before returning to its home port of Brisbane.

Passengers will have to record a negative result on a rapid antigen test before disembarking but the crew will have to remain.

Source: Covid-hit Coral Princess cruise ship docks in Sydney | Health | The Guardian

Scott Morrison

Doctors reveal they warned Australia’s governments to secure rapid antigen tests | Health | The Guardian

Australian prime minister Scott Morrison

Another STROLLOUT by Morrison whos still behind doors Planning

Australia’s peak doctors’ body has revealed that it had warned governments to secure rapid antigen tests when they began planning to open up the country, after Scott Morrison described the scarce screening tool as a “precious commodity”. With fresh claims that the long-standing PCR testing system was “crumbling” as the country recorded more than 18,000 daily Covid cases for the first time, Australians were lining up at pharmacies to try to buy rapid antigen tests (RATs). Some state governments on Wednesday accused the federal government of not “stepping up” to “fill the gap” by failing to procure more supplies of the vital screening tool, while Morrison called a snap national cabinet meeting for Thursday to discuss the sharp rise in cases fuelled by the Omicron variant.

Source: Doctors reveal they warned Australia’s governments to secure rapid antigen tests | Health | The Guardian