Real estate agency's concerning note on window amid coronavirus scare
A note on a real estate agency’s office has revealed it has had to temporarily close after it emerged two people who attended an auction tested positive for coronavirus.
The pair, aged 60, attended the auction in the Adelaide suburb of Firle on January 22, a day after they arrived on a direct flight from Guangzhou in southern China.
They have since been admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital where they remain in a stable condition.
The notice in the window of the Ray White Dulwich office says it will be closed until February 6 after they were contacted by the Australian Government Department of Health on Monday in regards to the auction at 4 Pam Street, Firle.
“Australian Government Department of Health has advised that two people who were in attendance have subsequently tested positive for coronavirus,” the sign said.
“According to the advice from the Australian Government Department of Health we have elected to close the office to minimise any risk to our customers or the public until Thursday the 6th of February.”
Concerns for others on China Southern Airways flight
SA Health said in a statement 58 South Australians were currently awaiting test results for novel coronavirus. So far the couple are the only ones to test positive and 28 test results have come back negative.
The number of South Australians who have had tests has reached 88 and the department is now trying to track down anybody who arrived in Adelaide on the China Southern Airlines flight CZ663 from Guangzhou to Adelaide on January 21.
“We will be making direct contact with passengers on board flight CZ663 who were in close proximity to the individuals with novel coronavirus,” the statement says.
“Further discussions are underway with the two people who have returned positive results to identify any locations they may have visited while symptomatic.
“At this point in time, we are aware the two people attended a real estate auction at 4 Pam Street, Firle, on Wednesday 22.
“All registered people who attended the auction have been contacted by our Communicable Disease and Control Branch.”
Grandparents slam cruise’s ‘greed and stupidity’
Meanwhile, an Adelaide couple on a cruise through Asia say they have been "rejected again" and are feeling unloved after the Holland America liner was denied entry to several scheduled ports due to the coronavirus threat.
Grandparents David Holst and his wife Judy are on Holland America's MS Westerdam, which entered Hong Kong on Saturday resulting in a planned stopover in Manila being cancelled when authorities denied the boat entry.
Mr Holst posted on Sunday on his Facebook page, "It was greed and stupidity when Holland America sent our ship into Hong Kong yesterday given HK is on red alert, the highest level you can have around the virus and other cruise lines were cancelling HK stops as HK is the gateway to China".
He said the crew "did not even bother to offer face masks to passengers going ashore" so they disembarked using their own and they "did not see any temperature screening for those 700-800 joining the cruise".
He described sanitation prevention on the liner as "ordinary" and said they were not amused as it was totally avoidable if Holland America had acted "more responsibly".
Mr Holst said planned stops at Hualien in Taiwan on Tuesday had now also been cancelled, but the liner was heading to Kaohsiung further south on Wednesday.
He said there were "plenty of Aussies" on board, including others from Adelaide and criticised the cruise company for only really caring "about dollars".
Hong Kong has recorded 15 confirmed cases of coronavirus and one death.
With AAP
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