Originally Posted by
fl dutchman
So, Mc Gowan is now issuing the daily Covid cases figures split into 3 categorys. Local cases, Interstate traveler cases and International arrival cases.
The distinction between 'local' or 'travel-related' cases seems sensible. For example, today's (9 Feb) total was 94 cases, but only 14 of them were local. The others were either in home isolation or hotel quarantine, isolated from the community.
McGowan and Sanderson (Health Minister) have used the high number of interstate traveller cases to defend their decision to continue the quarantine requirements for travellers. According to the Health Minister:
“Had we not made the decision to update our safe transition plan these people would be in our community and our locally acquired cases numbers would likely be growing rapidly.” As things stand, the number of local cases has remained relatively stable. That said, the true number of local cases might be masked by the relatively low testing rate.