In the Perth case, contact tracers had already tested the man’s housemates (negative so far) by the time the lockdown was announced and placed them under 14-day quarantine at a state-run facility. Britain and the United States are only now seeking to make quarantine mandatory for people coming from coronavirus hot spots.Īustralia has also maintained a strong system of contact tracing, even as other countries have essentially given up. Australia has strictly limited interstate travel while mandating hotel quarantine for international arrivals since last March. Still, it has taken a number of decisive steps. Mackay said.Īustralia’s geographic isolation offers it one great advantage. “I’m not sure we’re being looked at with enough interest,” Dr. New Guidelines: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention loosened its Covid-19 guidance, saying those exposed to the virus no longer need to quarantine.Fauci, President Biden’s top medical adviser who was catapulted into the spotlight at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, said he would leave government service by the end of the year. Moderna’s Lawsuits: The vaccine manufacturer sued Pfizer and BioNTech in Massachusetts and Germany, claiming that its rivals’ Covid-19 shot copied groundbreaking technology that Moderna had developed before the pandemic.
Boosters: The Biden administration plans to offer updated doses of the vaccine targeting the versions of the virus now predominant in the United States to Americans 12 and older soon after Labor Day.
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