Lots of people Iâve spoken to this morning are feeling pretty nervous about the news that an Australian visitorâwho now has Covidâwas walking around so many tourist spots over the weekendâŠ
Lots of people Iâve spoken to this morning are feeling pretty nervous about the news that an Australian visitorâwho now has Covidâwas walking around so many tourist spots over the weekendâŠ
@herself yikes! What are your vaccination rates and was the tourist in question vaccinated?
@mbkriegh our vaccination rates are lowâbut so are our COVID rates. I donât know if the person was vaccinated, but because we have a tentative âtravel bubbleâ with Australia (the rest of the world still canât visit) this is unfortunately going to happen from time to time. Still doesnât mean we feel that comfortable with it!
@pimoore thanks - we are still in wait-and-see mode, going into âlevel 2â, which isnât a lockdown but there are some restrictions on sizes of gatherings and rules in pubs and things. Hopefully in the next week or so weâll know how infectious he was.
@herself Was he positive after the fact, or already infected and knowingly travelled anyway? If itâs the latter, thatâs just brutal.
@pimoore heâd had one vaccination jab and wasnât showing any symptoms. He scanned in everywhere he went and looks like he did all the right things. But itâs now looking like we were extremely lucky as no-one has developed any symptoms in the community, only his partner who had also returned a negative test earlierâbut they have it now apparently.