France Impose Restrictions on UK Visitors

[Zoophonic]

France to impose Covid quarantine on visitors from UK

France joins Germany in restricting travellers from Britain amid fears over spread of variant

www.theguardian.com

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

Amd Melbourne back in to lockdown on the back of the so called Indian variant

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-57265134

 

[Derby_Red]

Bloody sovereign nations controlling their borders to defend against a pandemic. Whatever next?

 

[asredastheycome]

Caravan in Filey is looking good this year.

 

[asredastheycome]

Bloody sovereign nations controlling their borders to defend against a pandemic. Whatever next?

at least they are acting quickly.

 

[Randy]

Amd Melbourne back in to lockdown on the back of the so called Indian variant

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-57265134

Off of 1 case.

 

[Zoophonic]

Off of 1 case.

Melbourne have 26 active cases.

 

[bear66]

Shows how seriously they take contact tracing:

(Premier) Merlino said on Thursday contact tracers were struggling to keep up despite quickly identifying more than 10,000 primary and secondary contacts and 150 potential exposure sites, as the number of positive cases linked to the cluster reached 26.

 

[Randy]

Melbourne have 26 active cases.

They do now yes.

 

[WoodallServices]

They do now yes.

Exactly, and before you know there’s a few noughts after that.

 

[Laughing]

Caravan in Filey is looking good this year.

Ah Filey, fond memories, particularly on the days you pretend to be posh and travel into Scarborough.

 

[Randy]

Exactly, and before you know there’s a few noughts after that.

How did it get in? Thought all the borders were closed?

 

[bear66]

How did it get in? Thought all the borders were closed?

Not to Australian citizens or full time residents.

 

[SmallTown]

They do now yes.

they always have

 

[Randy]

Not to Australian citizens or full time residents.

Do they not need to quarantine on arrival anymore?

 

[bear66]

Do they not need to quarantine on arrival anymore?

Yes. Person believed to be infected whilst door was open delivering food.

 

[bear66]

There have been 19 breaches at quarantine hotels in the last year. The variant is more infectious than previous Australian strains, but not as infectious as the Bolton variant.

 

[Randy]

Bolton variant?

There have been 19 breaches at quarantine hotels in the last year. The variant is more infectious than previous Australian strains, but not as infectious as the Bolton variant.

 

[bear66]

Bolton variant?

The variant prevalent in Bolton.

Australia has B.1.617; Bolton B.1.617.2. Both first analysed in India.

 

[Pak_Doo_Ik]

Surely big Sam is to blame for the Bolton variant

Or El Hadj Diouf as it is also known.