Personal Protective Equipment

London, Jan 25 (IANS) With new Covid-19 strains reported from several parts of the world giving fresh threats to the fight against the pandemic, a group of scientists is calling on governments to consider the continued use of strict control measures as the only way to reduce the evolution and spread of the new variants of the virus.

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Outpatient services have been suspended at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre and Renji Hospital, also prompting the lockdown of surrounding residential communities.

<p>Premier Daniel Andrews has refused to relax quarantine rules for tennis players after three of the four new cases in hotel quarantine were linked to the tournament.</p>

<p>Six cases of the highly contagious UK strain of COVID-19 have been detected in WA, while two infections of the South African variant have also been discovered through genomic testing.</p>

The team of experts who advise the Federal Government on COVID-19 prevention measures looks to reconsider its advice around the airborne spread of the virus.

A COVID-19 negative test and face masks during flights will now be compulsory for all international arrivals into Australia as the federal government strives to contain the new strain of coronavirus from spreading into the country.

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Two West Australians are in hotel quarantine amid concerns over whether personal protective equipment protocols were followed, including an ambulance officer who took a COVID-19 patient to hospital.

A second wave of COVID-19 infections is threatening to overwhelm understaffed hospitals where patients are already dying due to a lack of equipment.

All workers should continue to take the necessary precautions such as wearing masks.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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