Passengers from Melbourne's Jetstar (Jetstar) flight were allowed to leave Sydney Airport without police on Tuesday night as medical staff were busy on another airline flight.
During the apparent disruption of communication between the airline and the new state health bureau, it was confirmed that 48 passengers on the flight were able to leave Sydney airport without any inspection.
The surge in COVID infections in Melbourne has raised concerns that the flight could lead to another outbreak similar to the Princess Ruby —— which, upon arrival in Sydney, allowed passengers to disembark without examination, making it Australia's largest source of new crown infections.
The new state's chief health officer Kerry Chant doctors said the passengers had disembarked when the health screening team examined flights leave. another airline
"At the airport, regulations have now been put in place to ensure that medical teams are there and can be screened, and no one can get off until then ," Chant said Dr.
"All these people (from this Jetstar flight) are known. We're tracking them. If someone is travelling in violation of any ban, we will refer them to the police for handling and take appropriate action if someone has symptoms. "
Everyone on a flight from Melbourne is subject to a temperature and identity check before leave.
Jetstar, a female speaker, said the airline has worked with the new state health bureau to find some passengers in the terminal and provide a list of passengers on board.
"Together with Sydney Airport, we have improved landing procedures to prevent this from happening again ," the speaker said.
from now on, sydney airport will require all arriving flights to keep passengers on board until health workers are ready to screen them to prevent the same from happening again.
Alert Melbourne cases to spread to other states
The Nick Coatsworth of Australia's Deputy Chief Medical Officer said authorities failure to screen passengers on flights from Virginia to New State was "a matter for the New State Health Service ".
The authorities is on "high alert ", he said, after COVID-19 cases in the state spread to Canberra territory and the new state today.
"After seeing people who have recently gone north from Melbourne and COVID-19 symptoms in other jurisdictions, this is clearly a concern. "
On wednesday ,147 new COVID-19 cases were recorded nationwide, of which 134 were from the state of victoria, three which were confirmed in the capital canberra territory —— three from the same family, one of whom recently returned from melbourne to canberra, the first new case in the capital territory in a month.
At present, there are 46 infected people in hospital treatment ,8 of them in intensive care unit. Five people need ventilator assistance.
