Eleven days without community COVID in NSW - The Young Witness

Even after chalking up 11 days on the trot with no new cases of COVID-19 community transmission, Premier Gladys Berejiklian is doubtful that NSW can go 28 days without a single infection. The spat between the NSW and Queensland premiers continued on Tuesday after Ms Berejiklian bemoaned the ambitious 28 day benchmark Annastacia Palaszczuk has set for the border to fully re-open on November 1. Ms Berejikilian went on Sydney radio to say the requirement was unrealistic. "If you apply that criteria: what's the next step?" Ms Berejiklian asked on WSFM. "Does that mean that they'll open the borders and we'll get a case and they'll close again? You can't live like that." Ms Palaszczuk, who goes to the polls on October 31, told reporters she would take advice from her chief health officer who would consider: testing rates, sewage testing results and the rate of community transmission. "I think there'd have to be widespread community transmission," she said. NSW Health's Christine Selvey on Tuesday urged people with symptoms to get tested, particularly in the Hawkesbury and southwestern Sydney areas, after sewage surveillance detected the virus at the North Richmond and West Camden treatment plants. The most recent cases in the West Camden catchment were reported last month but no one living in the North Richmond catchment had recently tested positive. "Virus fragments in sewage can mean active cases but people can continue to 'shed' virus genetic material for some weeks after recovery," Dr Selvey said Tuesday. There were 5385 tests conducted in NSW in the 24-hour reporting period, compared with 4789 the previous 24 hours. NSW Health maintains at least 8000 people should be tested every day. NSW Health is treating 50 COVID-19 cases, including three in intensive care, none of whom are being ventilated. Australian Associated Press

Even after chalking up 11 days on the trot with no new cases of COVID-19 community transmission, Premier Gladys Berejiklian is doubtful that NSW can go 28 days without a single infection.

The spat between the NSW and Queensland premiers continued on Tuesday after Ms Berejiklian bemoaned the ambitious 28 day benchmark Annastacia Palaszczuk has set for the border to fully re-open on November 1.

Ms Berejikilian went on Sydney radio to say the requirement was unrealistic.

"If you apply that criteria: what's the next step?" Ms Berejiklian asked on WSFM.

"Does that mean that they'll open the borders and we'll get a case and they'll close again? You can't live like that."

Ms Palaszczuk, who goes to the polls on October 31, told reporters she would take advice from her chief health officer who would consider: testing rates, sewage testing results and the rate of community transmission.

"I think there'd have to be widespread community transmission," she said.

NSW Health's Christine Selvey on Tuesday urged people with symptoms to get tested, particularly in the Hawkesbury and southwestern Sydney areas, after sewage surveillance detected the virus at the North Richmond and West Camden treatment plants.

The most recent cases in the West Camden catchment were reported last month but no one living in the North Richmond catchment had recently tested positive.

"Virus fragments in sewage can mean active cases but people can continue to 'shed' virus genetic material for some weeks after recovery," Dr Selvey said Tuesday.

There were 5385 tests conducted in NSW in the 24-hour reporting period, compared with 4789 the previous 24 hours.

NSW Health maintains at least 8000 people should be tested every day.

NSW Health is treating 50 COVID-19 cases, including three in intensive care, none of whom are being ventilated.

Australian Associated Press

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