When we heard about the Omicron variant in late Nov 2021, I think we were not prepared how it’d hit the country and how fast it would spread. At the time, flights were stopped from South Africa. At the time, people were just ready to have their holiday break as Christmas and New year was… Continue reading Omicron variant
Tag: covid-19 testing
Outbreak in Melbourne
Since my last post Melbourne, Australia (where we live) has been relatively free from COVID cases and we had experienced freedom like it was pre-COVID, sort of becoming a bit complacent as vaccinations started rolling out too. Until, as of yesterday, Greater Melbourne announced a restriction until early June (masks indoors, limit 5 per household… Continue reading Outbreak in Melbourne
Back into lockdown..
So the past few weeks it’s been quite a rollercoaster for Melbourne/Vic as we were the only state that was recording high numbers of COVID-19 cases, with some community transmissions that were untraceable. There were 9 postcodes that were in lock-down, our suburb wasn’t one of them but our neighbouring suburbs were. As we were… Continue reading Back into lockdown..
2nd wave?
Just as I was writing easing restrictions in the last post, and it was due for opening up more venues this week, our state (Vic) had the highest no. of cases on the country past few days and the restrictions are back (it’s also winter) – limiting 5 in our house, 10 outside, and still… Continue reading 2nd wave?
Surviving Corona Virus 2020 