CORONAVIRUS —
HOTEL QUARANTINE — HEALTHCARE WORKERS
787. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question.
Further to the minister's response, why was Laura Petrie, as reported
by ABC last week, stuck in New Zealand because of quarantine restrictions or
capacity?
Mr R.H.
COOK replied:
Ultimately, the individual the
member spoke about would need to have a visa and have the opportunity to come
into Australia from New Zealand. In 99 per cent of these cases, the problems
that we find are that the nurse or the doctor involved have not provided the
necessary information, but our teams are working tirelessly to make sure that
people have the opportunity to come and practice medicine and use their nursing
skills here in this great state, practising in one of the most outstanding
health systems in the world.