//Foreword//
After the restart of cruise ships in Australia,
3 "horror cruise ships" are about to dock, and
thousands of confirmed infected people,
experts urgently appeal:
the government should restart the mask ban!
01:
3 horror cruise ships will dock,
Thousands of infected people will disembark
When the epidemic first broke out, the Ruby Princess cruise ship in Australia had a large number of confirmed cases. .
Now that the relaxation has begun, cruise ships will berth. Soon, 3 cruise ships will berth in Sydney. According to statistics, there are thousands of new crown confirmed infections on these three ships.
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According to Australian media reports, the first cruise ship is called The Celebrity Eclipse, This cruise ship will just end its trip in Bay, the western coast of New Zealand this morning.
There are more than 3,000 people on board, including tourists and crew members, and among them, the number of people infected with the new crown may have reached half of the total number...
On this cruise ship alone, the number of confirmed infections may be as many as 1,500 ...
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Currently, the NSW government regards The Celebrity Eclipse as a "Tier Two COVID-19 Cruise Ship". This also means that even if more than 1,500 people are infected with the new crown virus, the cruise ship will still maintain basic operations and provide some necessary services.
Under such circumstances, there will only be more and more confirmed patients on the cruise ship, and after docking, these infected people will disembark, and Sydney will usher in a new batch of confirmed infected patients.
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In addition to this large cruise ship, there are two other cruise ships that will dock in Sydney today. There are also confirmed infections on board, but the New South Wales government defines the epidemic level of these two cruise ships as level one, representing The number of confirmed infections on board the ship is not high.
02:
Experts issued an urgent appeal
The government should restart the mask ban
In view of the current situation of the epidemic in Australia, the fourth wave of the epidemic has appeared, and the number of confirmed cases continued to increase. peak has not yet been reached.
Given the extent of the current spread of the epidemic, many experts believe that the Australian government should not allow this situation to develop indiscriminately, but should restart some epidemic prevention bans, first of all, the mask ban should be restarted immediately.
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant has previously predicted that Omicron sub-variants BQ.1 and XBB will soon replace BA.5 as the mainstream strain in Australia.
Now her prediction has come true, Australia's fourth epidemic wave has begun to sweep across Australia.
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She reminded all the public: Vaccination is the best protection against new variants and new strains and urged patients to stay at home. The elderly and those with underlying health conditions are still at risk.
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton also warned that weekly reports showed an increase in cases in the BQ system. The
BQ.1 and XBB subvariants are of concern because of their "capacity to evade immunity from past infection" and "weakened immunity from past vaccination".
Therefore he hopes that the people of Victoria can take the initiative to vaccinate, wear masks, pay attention to ventilation, testing, and stay at home when sick to reduce transmission, so as not only to protect their own health, but also to protect the medical system from greater pressure .
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Although experts and even the chief health officer have said so, but so far, the government has not taken any mandatory epidemic prevention measures.
Finally
Perhaps after the lockdown was completely unblocked, the Australian government’s vigilance against the new crown virus began to decline. Even if a new wave of epidemics emerged and new variants were more contagious, no mandatory measures were initiated.
Although the government has not made up its mind, it is hoped that Chinese Australians must wear masks when they go out. The epidemic is still raging and it is not over yet!
