![]() The country has been held up as a global model in how to curb the virus, but over the weekend its capital – as well as neighbouring Gyeonggi province and the nearby city of Incheon – ordered the closure of all clubs and bars after a burst of new cases sparked fears of a second wave.Īuthorities are scrambling to track down thousands of people who visited venues in the Itaewon entertainment district.The center of confidence, if not gravity, continues to shift east, especially as China roars back to life. South Korea announced its biggest spike in coronavirus infections in more than a month on Monday, driven by a cluster at Seoul nightclubs and forcing authorities to delay this week's planned reopening of schools. Nightclub cluster causes spike in South Korea “Taking Victoria as an example, the health departments and government setting up rapid response teams for outbreaks, it was clear in some circumstances cases earlier on weren’t recognised as being associated with that meatworks due to labour hire,” Professor Cowie said. “There needs to be high degrees of access to testing put in place and isolation measures to prevent transmission to broader communities. “Having the ability to rapidly respond to focal outbreaks is increasingly important. “It seems the government did not speak directly to the meatworks and there was a breakdown in communication,” he said. Professor Cowie said using the outbreak at the Victoria meatworks as an example, it was clear in some circumstances cases earlier on weren’t recognised as being associated with the meatworks due to labour hire. “I think the real cautionary part of that is outbreaks in particularly vulnerable populations, like in prisons, aged care facilities or meatworks, can see a loss of the control.” It’s arguably insecure meaning they may not have access to sick leave and may be concerned about ongoing employment if they call in sick or test positive. ![]() “Many of the workers in Germany were migrants and may have been employed through labour hire. The city-state managed to keep its outbreak in check in the early stages due to widespread testing and contact-tracing, but it slipped up by not giving foreign workers the same access to healthcare.Ĭedar Meats in Victoria was the source of the latest cluster in Victoria. However there was a mistake Singapore made and last month its cases surged past 9000 due to a growing number of infections in migrant workers. ![]() It had a response ready due to the outbreak of SARS in 2002-03 and started getting prepared when the globe was made aware of the first case in China back in December. Singapore was praised for its fast response to slow its infection rate. Professor Benjamin Cowie, infectious disease specialist and co-head of public health at the Doherty Institute, told Yahoo News Australia things took a disastrous turn for Singapore after it was held as one of the top examples of how to best control the virus. So what ‘mistakes’ have other countries made and what lessons can Australia learn to ensure cases can remain controlled. ![]() Many countries overseas who have experienced soaring numbers of coronavirus cases, such as Germany and the UK, have started easing lockdown as Australia too announced rules would be relaxed.īut with this comes the risk of a spike in coronavirus cases and the feared second wave of outbreaks. Australia should be looking to other countries for “cautionary tales” as it eases lockdown restrictions and the coronavirus curve flattens.
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