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** Daily COVID-19 update for Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands 30 June 2022**
There are currently 201 active COVID cases across Christmas and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
🇨🇽Christmas Island :
There were 7 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Christmas Island overnight.
Current active cases on Christmas Island = 112
Cleared = 130
🇨🇨Cocos (Keeling) Islands :
There was 8 new case recorded on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands overnight.
There are 89 active case on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
(West Island) = 5 active
(Home Island) = 64 active
Cleared cases = 94
⚠️ Exposure site for Christmas Island
Anyone seated in rows 8-12 on Tuesday’s flight from Perth to Christmas Island please monitor closely for COVID symptoms. If symptoms please develop please contact the IOTHS.
🤧 😷🤮 It is absolutely critical that if you have any cold and flu-like symptoms, nausea/vomiting/diarrhoea or loss of taste/smell, to remain at home, and contact the IOTHS team via phone.
Natasha Griggs, Administrator Christmas and Cocos Keeling Islands I think the CKI numbers need checking?
** Daily COVID-19 update for Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands 29 June 2022**
There are currently 209 active COVID cases across Christmas and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
🇨🇽Christmas Island :
There were 10 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Christmas Island overnight.
Current active cases on Christmas Island = 128
Cleared = 106
🇨🇨Cocos (Keeling) Islands :
There was 9 new case recorded on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands overnight.
There are 81 active case on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
(West Island) = 9 active
(Home Island) = 72 active
Cleared cases = 74
⚠️ Exposure site for Christmas Island
📍Anyone seated in rows 8-14 on yesterday’s flight (28/6/2022) from Perth to Christmas Island please monitor closely for COVID symptoms. If symptoms develop please contact the IOTHS.
🤧 😷🤮 It is absolutely critical that if you have any cold and flu-like symptoms, nausea/vomiting/diarrhoea or loss of taste/smell, to remain at home, and contact the IOTHS team via phone.
** Daily COVID-19 update for Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands 28 June 2022**
There are currently 187 active COVID cases across Christmas and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
🇨🇽Christmas Island :
There were 7 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Christmas Island overnight.
Current active cases on Christmas Island = 115
Cleared = 106
🇨🇨Cocos (Keeling) Islands :
There was 8 new case recorded on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands overnight.
There are 72 active case on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
(West Island) = 6 active
(Home Island) = 67 active
Cleared cases = 74
🤧 😷🤮 It is absolutely critical that if you have any cold and flu-like symptoms, nausea/vomiting/diarrhoea or loss of taste/smell, to remain at home, and contact the IOTHS team via phone.
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IOT COVID-19 SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE - 27 June 2022
Latest on local COVID outbreak and interim measures on Christmas and Cocos Islands
The IOT COVID-19 subcommittee thanks everyone for their cooperation with the interim measures put in place last week to slow community transmission of COVID on Christmas and the Cocos Islands. While we are still seeing new cases every day, the numbers have remained stable over several days and not increased dramatically. This demonstrates the effectiveness of the interim measures in checking the community spread and reducing our risk. It has meant that businesses and essential services are able to continue to operate
While we will continue to record daily cases, we are now in a position to ease the interim measures in every IOT location with the exception of Home Island, where there is still higher risk of community spread.
Effective immediately, the following applies:
On CI:
• Interim measures are ceasing effective immediately.
• Restaurants and pubs will go back to regular service arrangements. However, staff and patrons must comply with mask-wearing requirements, follow hygiene practices and abide by physical distancing.
• The recreation centre will re-open. Again, mask-wearing requirements must be complied with and personal protective measures followed.
On CKI:
On Home Island:
• food and beverage service remains takeaway only.
• the mosque remains closed.
• the ferry will be limited to essential travel only (with the exception of tourists travelling to Direction Island).
On West Island:
• The Cocos Club can re-open for seated service, staff and patrons must comply with mask-wearing requirements, follow hygiene practices and abide by physical distancing.
• Food service can resume on West Island, with outdoor dining only. Masks must be worn when physical distancing is not possible outdoors.
• The mosque on West Island is re-opening under COVID safety measures, including mask-wearing, no physical contact and appropriate distancing.
The interim measures in place for Home Island will be reviewed again on Monday 4 July and adjusted as required, based on case numbers.
Only high-risk public exposure sites are being listed. The health service will direct people for testing as required during contact tracing. Community members and visitors are asked to regularly check the listed public exposure sites, monitor for symptoms and test.
If you are informed that you are a close contact – by either the health service or a confirmed positive case to whom you have been exposed – you are required to isolate in accordance with the IOT-specific guidelines.
These guidelines are available online here:
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It is critical that each and every one of you continues to follow the local COVID-19 requirements and your personal protective measures like hand hygiene, mask wearing and physical distancing.
Please remember the risks of COVID-19 to the most vulnerable in our community – the elderly, the immunocompromised, those with chronic illnesses and those unable to be vaccinated – we need to continue to work together to keep everyone safe – and now more than ever, we cannot afford complacency or unchecked community transmission.
Anyone who is unwell with symptoms needs to stay home and contact the health service for assessment and further testing as required, even if you have returned a negative test at home. A single negative RAT does not exclude COVID-19, particularly when you are experiencing symptoms. These include any cold and flu-like symptoms, nausea/vomiting/diarrhoea or loss of taste/smell.
IOT COVID-19 SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE
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The IOT COVID-19 subcommittee thanks everyone for their cooperation with the interim measures put in place last week to slow community transmission of COVID on Christmas and the Cocos Islands. While w...As a close contact I have been in isolation since the 19th of June and 5 days into this I tested positive for covid which has me in isolation until the 2nd of July. As a keen walker I fail to understand why I cannot leave my tiny room for a daily walk at 5am every morning, this is vital for one’s mental and physical health and would welcome your thoughts on this please.
** Daily COVID-19 update for Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands 27 June 2022**
There are currently 219 active COVID cases across Christmas and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
🇨🇽Christmas Island :
There were 10 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Christmas Island overnight.
Current active cases on Christmas Island = 118
Cleared = 93
🇨🇨Cocos (Keeling) Islands :
There was 5 new case recorded on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands overnight.
There are 101 active case on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
(West Island) = 10 active
(Home Island) = 91 active
Cleared cases = 37
🤧 😷🤮 It is absolutely critical that if you have any cold and flu-like symptoms, nausea/vomiting/diarrhoea or loss of taste/smell, to remain at home, and contact the IOTHS team via phone.
🇨🇨🇨🇽While we are still seeing new cases every day, the numbers have remained stable over the past couple of days and not increased dramatically. This is a positive indication that the interim measures are working to slow the transmission rate in the community. This means businesses and essential services are able to continue to operate.
Mily Barrett Rozi Iku Linda Henderson Betty Ong Sal Badlu Jody Adams
Hi Tash does this mean dine in for restaurants , or is it still take away only ? . Thank you .
Could also be mentioned that with fewer people not exposed (whether infected or not) mathmatically over time there is less opportunity for the virus to spread.
Tania Charlston Rod Swain Sal Badlu Siti Yaserie Farzian Zainal Belinda Van Zundert Vanessa Goh ʚϊɞ Mily Barrett
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