The outbreak is affecting operations at the busy Sealink Townsville ferry terminal . There are numerous signs related to the virus , including the following one informing the public that the tourist information centre there and others in the city have closed down until April 15, presumably to cater for the lead up to the official April 25 Anzac Day observation.
The commercial bus desk next to the information office is also shuttered, seemingly empty , without any explanatory sign . Helpful advice about how to avoid spreading and catching the virus and what to do if you have returned from overseas is displayed about the terminal.
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A Townsville Bulletin report said a private hospital had been busy carrying out coronavirus tests, but strangely did not mention the number, which you would think was an obvious fact to include , a sharp Melbourne sub editor we know would have immediately asked why not .
Several Townsville op shops have closed, partly due to protect elderly volunteer staff ; donations are also not being accepted .
This blog has sighted a letter from a community care organisation saying its CEO has been directed not come to work for 14 days following his return from leave in Italy and is working from home on the mainland .
