Thursday, July 16, 2020

Coronavirus infected people in apartments in Victoria allowed to use common areas.

The Victoria government seems to keep doing things wrong when it comes to coronavirus, so it's little wonder Victoria is experiencing the worst outbreaks in the country. When I read the following article I simply couldn't believe it. It appears that in Victoria if you live in an apartment complex and you're infected with coronavirus, you can leave your apartment and use communal areas. Those living in apartments aren't happy that this is not as strict as recommended by the Federal government.


It's understandable that infected people who are restricted to their apartments for 14 days would feel quite restricted. If you think about it, returned travellers have to stay in hotel quarantine for 14 days and can't leave their room even if they aren't infected. So it does appear Victoria's rules for infected apartment dwellers really aren't up to scratch. When you think about infections in public housing it now starts to make sense how others can get infected. From the media many people in public housing apartments were complaining about infected people leaving their apartments and it make made no sense why they were allowed to, until you understand the Victorian's guildelines.

The following in the article I thought was interesting.

Victoria's Chief Health Officer, Brett Sutton, said the public should not become carried away with the risk of contracting coronavirus from shared surfaces such as lift buttons or stairwells. "The virus can survive for a number of hours but it's almost over-emphasised in the sense that people don't understand that that 1.5-metre distance is the most critical thing you can do,' Professor Sutton said on Wednesday.

Interestingly is the following article on an outbreak in China, where the outbreak started from a single asymptomatic person who travelled in the building's lift, resulting in 71 people getting infected.


Irrespective of what the government tells us to do, we should all do the best by ourselves and those around us. It's your health so ultimately it's up to you to do the best you can.

Kelvin Eldridge





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