CORONAVIRUS — AL
KUWAIT
374. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Thank you very much, minister, for the response. Will the minister give an
undertaking to table the communications protocols that he has outlined and
commit to undertake an independent review to
identify any shortcomings and potential improvements that can be made to
protect the Western Australian community and help in our recovery?
Mr R.H.
COOK replied:
Obviously, we learn from every
occasion of COVID-19. At least half a dozen agencies are involved in this line
of inquiry that will be looking at those protocols. Any serious concerns about
a biosecurity risk are usually conveyed by way of a phone call, which on this
particular occasion did not take place. I do not make any judgement on that. As the member would be aware, an email was sent to
a member of the department using a generic but incorrect email address,
so that person never received the email. We will continue to learn from this.
That is the important thing that we will do. Every time there is an opportunity
to do so after any incident, we will move forward and continue to learn from
the issues that come along. Obviously, the Commissioner of Police and the Chief
Health Officer will look very closely at this particular incident and make sure
that we learn anything we can from it.