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❓ Question on Notice 381 seeks details on specific COVID-19 modelling scenarios undertaken by the WA Department of Health, particularly for vulnerable and high-risk settings. The answer refers to another question, QoN 382.

AnsweredQoN 381Legislative Assembly

Asked

15 March 2022

Member

Ms M.J. Davies

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Health

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(1) I refer to the document WA Department of Health Omicron COVID-19 modelling, tabled 22 February 2022 in the Legislative Assembly as tabled paper 963, and i ask: (a) Is there specific modelling for outbreaks in the following scenarios: (i) Aged care setting; (ii) Remote Aboriginal Communities; (iii) Regional Western Australia, where a hospital is present; (iv) Regional Western Australia, where there is no hospital or healthcare present; (v) Homeless community; (vi) Major events, such as a grand final for football; (vii) Retail venues, for example bottle shops; (viii) Boarding schools; (ix) Step up, Step down facilities; (x) Women's refuges; (xi) Camp schools; (xii) Prisons; (xiii) Childcare facilities; (xiv) Day hospital venues or physical rehabilitation facilities; (xv) Hotels, with both negative pressure and positive pressure environments; and (xvi) Other venues where there's potential for high contact amongst a small group of people, where transmission is likely? (2) For all examples in (1), please provide details on how these scenarios had different variables compared to the baseline data? (3) If no scenario specific modelling has been done, why was this modelling not undertaken considering these high contact environments are widely accepted of being at greater risk of experiencing negative outcomes due to COVID-19?