Cruise outbreak again! Australia: no landing, leave immediately

Another cruise has novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak.

Novel coronavirus pneumonia was detected on Wednesday (March 25th) in Western Australia. The health police in the state of Hong Kong boarded the Artania cruise ship, which was parked in the Australian offshore. The COVID-19 was tested on the boat's crew. The results showed that 7 passengers were diagnosed with new crown pneumonia and at least 25 passengers had symptoms of influenza.

Western Australian authorities said only emergency medical aid personnel on board could get ashore and asked the navy to assist the ship in completing its replenishment and leaving the waters of Australia. The crew and tourists of the ship are not allowed to land, and they hope to leave the nearby sea area immediately.

Australia has also learned from this tough measure. Novel coronavirus pneumonia was released in Sydney on a cruise ship in the port of Hong Kong. 2700 tourists were allowed to leave the ship without COVID-19 test. More than 130 people have been diagnosed with pneumonia.

Rejected cruise line artania

The armania, which carries 800 passengers and 500 crew members, is currently berthing near the coast of freemantel, Western Australia. The cruise ship started from Hamburg, Germany, on December 21 last year for 140 days of global navigation. According to Australian media reports, the passengers on board are mainly German and have no Australian passengers.

After the news of confirmed passengers on board, the Australian states have expressed their firm opposition to the disembarkation of the passengers into Australia. New South Wales governor gladis announced in the first time (March 26) that passengers on the cruise will not be able to disembark to New South Wales in order to prevent the spread of the new crown virus. West Australia Governor Mark mcgorn said he hoped that the armania and MSc magnifica, also docked at freemantel port, would be able to sail out of the state's waters off the coast of Western Australia.

Dubai is the next port of docking for magnifica, and after being refused access by Dubai, she returned to freementle for refueling and replenishment.

"Both magnifica and artania need to leave Australian waters as soon as possible and return to their ports of origin," mcgorn said. "I don't allow the tragedy of Princess ruby to repeat in Western Australia."

Currently, the cruise line artania and magnifica are still stranded in the sea near Western Australia, and passengers on board can still stay in the cabin and wait for the next instruction.

As for those diagnosed, Western Australian authorities said the government had asked the Commonwealth for help and should be in isolation facilities far away from the masses if any passengers needed medical care on the shore.

According to Mike, novel coronavirus pneumonia is diagnosed in Western Australia. Almost 1/4 of the 205 new crown pneumonia patients are from the eastern states.

It is worth noting that another Vasco da Gama cruise ship was planned to arrive at freemantel port on Friday (March 27), and the Australian authorities have made the most stringent anti epidemic measures for the cruise ship: all Australians on board will immediately transfer to rotannis island in Western Australia through ferry for 14 days of self isolation; All crew members and foreign residents will remain on board until arrangements are made to take them directly on board and leave the country.

The ventilator is in a hurry

Apart from continuous cruise ships, COVID-19 in Australia can not be ignored.

According to the novel coronavirus pneumonia data from Melbourne University and the forecast for the next 10 days, the number of confirmed cases in Australia is likely to show a sharp rise.

Novel coronavirus pneumonia has been diagnosed in 2799 cases by 376 at 26 hours local time 26 in Commonwealth of Australia, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of health in 26. Among them, NSW is the most serious area of the epidemic, with 1219 cases confirmed in total, 520 cases confirmed in Victoria, 493 cases in Queensland and 231 in Western Australia.

It is worth noting that the Australian side acknowledged on 20 March that about 80 per cent of cases in the country are imported from abroad or who have direct contact with people travelling abroad. Novel coronavirus pneumonia is the largest source of pneumonia in Australia, according to The Associated Press, Australian Prime Minister Morrison said in an interview that the overwhelming majority of Australian new crown pneumonia cases were from the United States.

Meanwhile, the surging COVID-19 has exposed Australia's fragile healthcare system. At present, the country is facing a difficult situation of medical equipment shortage.

Local media quoted Dr Michael Holland of New South Wales as saying clinics in the epidemic area are trying to provide enough personal protective clothing for employees, and dozens of big towns have no ventilators“ We don't have long-term ventilator reserves, and if 5 percent of patients with serious illness need a ventilator, we can provide zero ventilator. "

Andrew Gibson, a doctor in Batemans Bay in southern Sydney, is facing a more urgent situation. Novel coronavirus pneumonia is also not available for the medical staff who is not satisfied with his throat. "The fact is that the situation is very confusing. We don't have protective clothing, no masks, we can't do tests. "

In the case of a shortage of medical supplies, Professor George Milne of the University of Western Australia suggested that if 80 per cent of people in the next three months can be isolated at home, Australia has the opportunity to control the spread of the new crown virus.

George Milne made two computer models. One of the models shows that COVID-19 will peak in July according to the current social alienation measures in Australia, and will basically end by September.

He noted that at the peak of the epidemic, about 110000 Australians were infected with the virus every day. Another computer model shows that 80 percent of people who take measures to reduce social and isolation at home can effectively slow down the curve growth in the next three months.