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Coronavirus (COVID-19 Disease 2020)

Mohngf
11 min readNov 22, 2020

As of 21 November 2020, no new cases have been diagnosed since yesterday with the total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Victoria at 20,345. This is Victoria’s twenty-second consecutive day with no new cases.
Today’s 14-day average case number for metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria is zero.
There have been no new deaths from COVID-19 reported since yesterday. To date, 819 people have died from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Victoria (no change since yesterday’s report).
The total number of cases from an unknown source in the last 14 days is zero for metropolitan Melbourne and zero for regional Victoria. 3,762 cases may indicate community transmission (no change since yesterday’s report)
There is currently one active case in Victoria. 19,525 people have recovered.
One person is in hospital. There are no cases in intensive care.
A total of 3,487,082 test results have been received. This is an increase of 11,333 since yesterday.
There are no active coronavirus cases remaining among healthcare workers.
Following further test results and investigations, the Expert Review Panel has ruled out COVID-19 infection in a woman in her 80s who had a weak positive test result on Thursday 19 November.
The case had no identified links to a known COVID-19 case and was not showing symptoms. Close contacts of the potential case also tested negative yesterday. The Expert Review Panel agreed the results are consistent with the original result being a false positive. Public health actions in relation to this case have been stood down.

Victoria and Tasmania, regard South Australia as a coronavirus hotspot.
As of midnight Saturday November 21, South Australia will reduce the level of restrictions, and the stay at home order will be repealed. More information is available at covid-19.sa.gov.au.
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) authorised officers are meeting every flight from Adelaide into Melbourne airport at Tullamarine.
Upon arrival, name and contact details are taken and a request for information regarding recent locations. Temperature and symptom checking are also undertaken.
Depending on their risk profile, passengers are being required to quarantine if they attended any high-risk exposure sites or get tested and isolate until a negative result is received if they are from or have been to metropolitan Adelaide. All other South Australian (SA) travellers are advised to get tested if symptoms develop.
Anyone who has been in SA in the last 14 days should check the exposure sites listed on the SA Health website and take the appropriate action.
Current classifications for this outbreak:
Red: attended high risk exposure site — quarantine and will be managed as if close contact

Orange: all other travellers from metropolitan Adelaide — get tested and isolate until negative result returned
Green: all other South Australian travellers — get tested if symptoms develop. If any travellers have any symptoms, no matter how mild, they should get tested and self-isolate until the result is available.
Temporary border controls with South Australia

From 11:59pm Thursday 19 November the Victorian Government will implement a temporary “hard border” with South Australia for 48 hours in response to the coronavirus outbreak in Adelaide.
Under the hard border, only freight drivers, those with medical or emergency reasons, urgent animal welfare or as authorised by law, will be able to pass through the border.
Health workers, care facility workers and emergency services workers are exempt from the hard border and fall under the ‘medical or emergency reasons’ exemption category. You can use your official work identification badge as evidence you fall within this category.
From 11:59pm Saturday 21 November a permit system applies for anyone wishing to enter Victoria from South Australia. The permit scheme is currently being developed. The full list or reasons for obtaining a permit will be provided as soon as possible.
From Thursday 19 November, interstate truck drivers travelling through Victoria from South Australia will be offered extra testing at a site at Nhill on the Western Highway. Other testing sites are being activated at other major freight routes. Drivers can also be tested at more than 193 other sites across Victoria.
We are encouraging residents of Hume and Wyndham with even the mildest symptoms to get tested at one of the five testing sites with further pop-up sites to come in the following days.
The Department is working with the local councils to better understand the opportunities to provide better access to testing and information, through forums, community leader sessions and letterbox drops.
More pop-up sites will also be set up in coming weeks at other local government areas, as well as summer hotspots.
You can find further details in today’s coronavirus (COVID-19) media release.
The DHHS website has full details in the interactive daily report.
From 11:59pm Sunday 8 November, restrictions in metropolitan Melbourne eased to match the level of restrictions in regional Victoria. Visit the Summary of changes to restrictions for metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria page and stay up to date via the DHHS website.
Coronavirus fragments detected in Altona sewage catchment

On Wednesday 18 November Coronavirus fragments were detected in a wastewater sample collected from the Altona sewage catchment.
Suburbs in the wastewater catchment include Altona, Altona Meadows, Laverton, Point Cook and Sanctuary Lakes.
Residents and visitors to Altona and surrounding suburbs from Monday 16 to Wednesday 18 November are urged to get tested if they have any symptoms, no matter how mild.
Current advice to clinicians
Clinicians should be asking patients if they have been in South Australia and if so, to check the areas of risk defined by the South Australian government and recommended actions.
Statement on Rapid Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) diagnosis in symptomatic persons.
Notifications to the department of a confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus (COVID-19) can be done online. You can submit an online form to our public health team, rather than calling us, saving you time and resolving your case load more efficiently.
The department is continuing to ask commercial passenger vehicle drivers and food delivery drivers to get tested for coronavirus (COVID-19). If commercial passenger vehicle drivers and food delivery drivers do not have any of the symptoms of COVID-19, they will not have to stay home to wait for their test results. Commercial passenger vehicle drivers and food delivery drivers will need to tell staff at the testing centre/site that they work in the industry.
COVID-19 Testing Criteria
Practitioners should test any patients who meet the clinical criteria below:

Fever OR chills in the absence of an alternative diagnosis that explains the clinical presentation*
OR
Acute respiratory infection (e.g. cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, or loss or change in sense of smell or taste)

Note: testing is also recommended for people with new onset of other clinical symptoms consistent with coronavirus (COVID-19)** AND who are from the following cohorts: close contacts of a confirmed case of coronavirus (COVID-19); those who have returned from overseas in the past 14 days; or those who are healthcare or aged care workers. Testing is recommended for those cohorts with onset of other clinical symptoms**. Asymptomatic testing is not recommended at this stage except for targeted programs

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