❓ Ms. Davies questions the Minister for Health on the inclusion of port staff and arrivals in the DETECT program. The Minister responds that there are ambitions to extend the program to ports and consider more rigorous testing for travellers and airline staff.
AnsweredQoN 376Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS —
DETECT PROGRAM
376. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Health:
Does
the DETECT program include all port operation staff and arrivals to WA ports to
ensure that we have a rigorous community testing and detection regime in
place; and, if not, considering the incidents over the weekend, will the
minister now include them in the expanded program?
DETECT PROGRAM
376. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Minister for Health:
Does
the DETECT program include all port operation staff and arrivals to WA ports to
ensure that we have a rigorous community testing and detection regime in
place; and, if not, considering the incidents over the weekend, will the
minister now include them in the expanded program?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the member for the question. We have ambitions to extend DETECT to our
ports, both sea and air, although not necessarily as a result of the Al
Kuwait incident. In particular, there should be an opportunity for us to
really focus on the incoming passengers as part of that work. What has also
been put to me, particularly by some members of the industry, is that they
would like to see a more rigorous testing regime for travellers generally as
well as airline staff, for instance. We are looking at those issues. Obviously,
the partnership we have with the resources industry and HBF will provide us
with an opportunity to look at extending the testing processes. The idea of the
DETECT program is to look at symptomatic and asymptomatic testing to make sure
that we detect where outbreaks occur. The symptomatic testing regime and the public health policies generally
have kept, and continue to keep, Western Australians very safe. In reference to
the Al Kuwait situation, it is important for everyone to note that
no-one left that ship and there was no risk to public health for the WA public
because of the measures that we have in place to do just that.
thank the member for the question. We have ambitions to extend DETECT to our
ports, both sea and air, although not necessarily as a result of the Al
Kuwait incident. In particular, there should be an opportunity for us to
really focus on the incoming passengers as part of that work. What has also
been put to me, particularly by some members of the industry, is that they
would like to see a more rigorous testing regime for travellers generally as
well as airline staff, for instance. We are looking at those issues. Obviously,
the partnership we have with the resources industry and HBF will provide us
with an opportunity to look at extending the testing processes. The idea of the
DETECT program is to look at symptomatic and asymptomatic testing to make sure
that we detect where outbreaks occur. The symptomatic testing regime and the public health policies generally
have kept, and continue to keep, Western Australians very safe. In reference to
the Al Kuwait situation, it is important for everyone to note that
no-one left that ship and there was no risk to public health for the WA public
because of the measures that we have in place to do just that.
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