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WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)?

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can make humans and animals sick. They cause illnesses that can range from the common cold to more severe diseases. This new Coronavirus originated in Hubei Province, China and the disease outbreak is named COVID-19. Coronavirus (COVID-19) was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan City in China. Other Coronaviruses include Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)?

Symptoms can range from very mild illness to pneumonia symptoms. Some people will recover easily, others may get very sick very quickly and it can be fatal. People with Coronavirus (COVID-19) may experience:

Fever
Coughing
Sore Throat

Fatigue
Headaches
Shortness of Breath

HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?

The virus spreads from person to person through:

close contact with an infectious person
contact with droplets from an infected person's cough or sneeze
touching objects or surfaces (like doorknobs or tables) that have cough or sneeze droplets from an infected person, and then touching your mouth or face.

RESOURCES

Official COVID-19 information are available online on:

Australian Government Department of Health
https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-resources

The World Health Organisation
https://www.who.int/

WA Department of Health
https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Coronavirus

Media Releases from the Prime Minister
https://www.pm.gov.au/media

AHCWA COVID page
https://www.ahcwa.org.au/coronavirus-updates

Other sites of interest:
http://www.mbsonline.gov.au/internet/mbsonline/publishing.nsf/Content/news-2020-03-01-latest-news-March

CONTACTS

NATIONAL HOTLINES

Coronavirus Health Information Line - 1800 020 080

REGIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRES (REOC) FOR COVID-19

Region	REOC Email	REOC Phone Number
Central Office		1800 975 224
Kimberley	KBR_REOC@health.wa.gov.au	1800 669 229
Pilbara	WACHSPB_REOC@health.wa.gov.au	1800 955 819
Midwest	MWR-REOC@health.wa.gov.au	1800 995 919
Goldfields	Goldfields.REOC@health.wa.gov.au	1800 976 123
Wheatbelt	WBR-REOC@health.wa.gov.au	1800 955 828
Great Southern	GSR.REOC@health.wa.gov.au	1800 975 335
South West	SWR.REOC@health.wa.gov.au	1800 966 219

COVID CLINICS IN WA

There are 28911 cases of COVID-19 in Australia.

6 new cases in the past 24 hours.

Western Australia has had 910 cases. There are currently 3 active cases and 898 people have recovered.

There are currently 13 unknown sources. 0 new regional cases have been reported. There have been 68 regional cases in total and all have recovered. See chart below for regional breakdown

Region	Cleared Cases	Total Cases
Kimberley	15	15
Pilbara	6	6
Mid-West	3	3
Goldfields	11	11
Wheatbelt	11	11
South West	20	20
Great Southern	7	7
	73	73

Information Roundup

The Perth and Peel restrictions have ended as planned from 12.01am, Sunday, 14 February

All of Western Australia returned to the prelockdown conditions, as experienced prior to 6pm on Sunday, 31 January as there is no indication of any community transmission.

Masks are no longer required to be worn, mandatory contact registration continues at businesses and venues and there are no travel restrictions in WA, except for remote Aboriginal communities.

WA’s controlled interstate border and capacity restrictions, which were in place prior to the snap five-day lockdown, will be in place pending ongoing health advice, with Victoria currently considered a medium risk.

As was the case before the lockdown, public or private events involving more than 500 patrons that require local government authority approval will need an approved COVID Event Plan as part of that process

Victoria set to move to low risk from Saturday February 20

self-quarantine for 14 days in a suitable premise;
present for a COVID-19 test on day 11;
all Perth Airport arrivals to undergo a health screening and temperature test on arrival;
be prepared to take a COVID-19 test at the airport COVID clinic, if deemed necessary by a health clinician (voluntary asymptomatic testing available for all airport arrivals); and
land arrivals to be met at the border checkpoint, for a health screening and to have their G2G Pass declaration checked before proceeding to selfquarantine premise.

Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approve AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine.

COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca is provisionally approved and included in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) for the active immunisation of individuals 18 years and older for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2

The use of this vaccine should be in accordance with official recommendations and given in two doses 4 to 12 weeks apart.

Provisional approval of this vaccine is valid for two years and is subject to certain strict conditions, such as the requirement for AstraZeneca to continue providing information to the TGA on longer term efficacy and safety from ongoing clinical trials and post-market assessment.

Further information can be found here, including the consumer medicine information, AstraZeneca product information sheet and the TGA decision summary.

Medical conditions associated with increased risk of severe COVID-19 illness

Organ transplant recipients who are on immune suppressive therapy
Bone marrow transplant in the past 24 months
Immune suppressive therapy for graft versus host disease
Haematological cancers, for example, leukaemia, lymphoma or myelodysplastic syndrome, diagnosed within the last five years
Chemotherapy or radiotherapy
Chronic renal failure
Coronary heart disease or heart failure
Chronic lung disease (excludes mild or moderate asthma)
Non-haematological cancer diagnosed in the past 12 months
Diabetes
Severe obesity (BMI ≥40kg/m2)
Chronic liver disease
Neurological conditions (stroke, dementia, other)
Some chronic inflammatory conditions and treatments
Primary or acquired immunodeficiency
Poorly controlled blood pressure

Australian Government COVID-19 Vaccination training program.

The National training program for COVID-19 Vaccination has been developed by the Australian College of Nursing and contains topics such as handling and storage of the vaccine, multi-dose vial training and documentation and reporting requirements. The course can be accessed via a login here. Some states and territories have their own supplementary modules, WA’s supplementary module for stage 1a can be found on the Healthy WA website here.

More general information related to the COVID19 Vaccine can be found on the Australian Government Department of Health covid-19vaccines information page.

COVID-19 vaccination resource pack for residential aged care.

Aged care and disability residents and staff are included in the first priority round of COVID-19 vaccinations when they commence rollout in the 1a phase.

A collection of resources for aged care facilities, workers, residents and families relating to the COVID-19 vaccinations are available at the Australian Government website here.

Information includes resources relating to clinical governance requirements, consent, planning lists for vaccination days and site readiness as well as well as consumer information sheets.

When will I get the COVID-19 Vaccine?

The National rollout of the COVID-19 Vaccine will become available in phases. For more information related to the rollout priorities and why the groups have been prioritised, visit the getting vaccinated for COVID-19" website.

Series of National Guidelines latest edition.

The Series of National Guidelines (SoNG) have been developed in consultation with the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) and provide nationally consistent advice and guidance to Public Health units in responding to a notifiable disease event such as COVID-19. The latest edition if the SoNG published 29 January 2021 can be found here.