Endnotes

_{1 World Health Organization ‘Pneumonia of unknown cause – China’ (Disease Outbreak News Release, 5 January 2020) .}

_{2 Ibid.}

_{3 World Health Organization, Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 1 (21 January 2020) 1 .}

_{4 This name was announced on 11 February. World Health Organization, ‘Naming the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-10) and the Virus that Causes It’ Technical Guidance (web page) .}

_{5 Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ‘WHO Director-General’s Remarks at the Media Briefing on 2019-nCoV’ (Speech, World Health Organization, 11 February 2020) .}

_{6 World Health Organization, ‘Pneumonia of unknown cause – China’ (Disease Outbreak News Release, 5 January 2020) .}

_{7 World Health Organization, How WHO is working to track down the animal reservoir of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, (web page, 6 November 2020) https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/how-who-is-working…>.}

_{8 World Health Organization Timeline of WHO’s response to COVID-19, (web page, 9 September 2020) .}

_{9 Ibid.}

_{10 Ibid.}

_{11 World Health Organization, ‘Novel Coronavirus – Japan (ex-China)’ (Disease Outbreak News Release, 16 January 2020) .}

_{12 World Health Organization, Timeline of WHO’s response to COVID-19, (web page, 9 September 2020) .}

_{13 World Health Organization, ‘Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)’ (Final Report, 16–24 February 2020) 14–15 https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mi…>.}

_{14 World Health Organization ‘Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 1’ (Situation Report, 21 January 2020) 1 .}

_{15 World Health Organization, ‘Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 3’ (Situation Report, 23 January 2020) 1 .}

_{16 World Health Organization, ‘Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)’ (Media Release, 30 January 2020) ; World Health Organization, ‘Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Situation Report 11’ (Situation Report, 31 January 2020) 1 .}

_{17 Statement on the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), 30 January 2020, https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/30-01-2020-statement-on-the-second…-(2019-ncov).}

_{18 Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ‘WHO Director General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19’ (Speech, World Health Organization, 11 March 2020) .19}

_{World Health Organization, ‘Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report 51’ (Situation Report, 11 March 2020) 1 .}

_{20 Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ‘WHO Director General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19’ (Speech, World Health Organization, 11 March 2020) .}

_{21 World Health Organization, What is a pandemic? (web page, 24 February 2010) .}

_{22 Ibid.}

_{23 Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ‘WHO Director General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19’ (Speech, World Health Organization, 11 March 2020) .}

_{24 Ibid.}

_{25 World Health Organization, ‘Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report 51’ (Situation Report, 11 March 2020) 1 ; World Health Organization, ‘Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public (16 November 2020) 1 .}

_{26 Prime Minister (Press Conference, 23 January 2020) .}

_{27 Exhibit HQI0155_RP Annexures to witness statement of Prof. Brett Sutton, DHS.5000.0056.3664.}

_{28 Biosecurity (Listed Human Diseases) Amendment Determination 2020 (Cth) schedule 1.}

_{29 Biosecurity Act 2015 (Cth) chapter 2, part 2, division 2.30}

_{Federal Minister for Health, ‘First Confirmed Case of Novel Coronavirus in Australia’ (Media Release, 25 January 2020) .}

_{31 Ibid.}

_{32 Prime Minster (Media Release, 23 January 2020) .}

_{33 Ibid.}

_{34 Ibid; Federal Minister for Health, ‘First Confirmed Case of Novel Coronavirus in Australia’ (Media Release, 25 January 2020) .}

_{35 Department of Health and Human Services, Health.Vic, ‘First Novel Coronavirus Case in Victoria’ (Media Release, 25 January 2020). ; Department of Health and Human Services, Health.Vic, ‘Second Novel Coronavirus Case in Victoria’ (Media Release, 29 January 2020) .}

_{36 World Health Organization, ‘Pneumonia of Unknown Cause’ (Disease Outbreak News Release, 5 January 2020) .}

_{37 Federal Minister for Health (Media Release, 25 January 2020) .}

_{38 World Health Organization, ‘Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report 12’ (Situation Report, 1 February 2020) 4 .}

_{39 Prime Minister (Media Release, 1 February 2020) .}

_{40 Ibid.}

_{41 Prime Minister (Transcript, 29 January 2020) ; Prime Minister (Media Release, 1 February 2020) .}

_{42 Prime Minister (Transcript, 29 January 2020) .}

_{43 Department of Health, ‘Daily and cumulative number of reported COVID-19 cases in Australia’ Coronavirus (COVID-19) current situation and case numbers ; World Health Organization, Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report – 40 (29 February 2020) .}

_{44 Prime Minister (Media Release, 29 February 2020) .}

_{45 Ibid.}

_{46 Ibid.}

_{47 Prime Minister, Minister for Health, Chief Medical Officer, ‘Advice on Coronavirus’ (Media Release, 13 March 2020) ; Prime Minister, ‘Press Conference with Premiers and Chief Ministers – Parramatta, NSW’ (Transcript, 13 March 2020) .}

_{48 Prime Minister, Minister for Health, Chief Medical Officer, ‘Advice on Coronavirus’ (Media Release, 13 March 2020) .}

_{49 Ibid; Prime Minister, ‘Press Conference’ (Transcript, 15 March 2020) .}

_{50 Prime Minister Minister for Health, Chief Medical Officer, ‘Advice on Coronavirus‘ (Media Release, 13 March 2020) .}

_{51 Prime Minister ‘Coronavirus Measures Endorsed by National Cabinet’ (Media Release, 16 March 2020) .}

_{52 Ibid.}

_{53 Ibid.}

_{54 Ibid.}

_{55 Ibid.}

_{56 Victorian Government Gazette, No. S 129, Monday 16 March 2020, http://www.gazette.vic.gov.au/gazette/Gazettes2020/GG2020S129.pdf.}

_{57 Prime Minister, ‘Update on Coronavirus Measures‘, (Media Release, 18 March 2020), .}

_{58 Premier of Victoria, ‘More Restrictions Put in Place in the Fight Against COVID-19’ (Media Release, 18 March 2020), ; Victoria Government Gazette, No. S 129, 16 March 2020 .}

_{59 Special Commission of Inquiry into the Ruby Princess (Final Report, 14 August 2020), 265 [14.2].}

_{60 Ibid [14.3].}

_{61 Prime Minister ‘Update on Coronavirus Measures’ (Media Statement, 20 March 2020) .}

_{62 Prime Minister ‘Update on Coronavirus Measures’ (Media Release, 27 March 2020) .}

_{63 Ibid.}

_{64 Ibid.}

_{65 Prime Minister, ‘Update on Coronavirus Measures’ (Media Statement, 30 March 2020) .}

_{66 Department of Health and Human Services, Health.Vic, ’Pneumonia cluster in Wuhan, China’, ; Exhibit HQI10155_RP Annexures to witness statement of Prof. Brett Sutton, DHS.5000.0057.9657.}

_{67 Exhibit HQI0125_RP Witness statement Melissa Skilbeck, 4, [20].}

_{68 Emergency Management Victoria, State Health Emergency Response Plan, (4th ed, 2017), 23-24, .}

_{69 Exhibit HQI0162_P Witness statement of Ms Andrea Spiteri, 2 [7].}

_{70 Premier of Victoria, ‘State Control Centre Activated To Oversee COVID-19 response’ (Media Release, 10 March 2020) .}

_{71 Transcript of day 18 hearing 16 September 2020, 1536.}

_{72 Ibid.}

_{73 Victorian Government Gazette, No. S 129, 16 March 2020 .}

_{74 Exhibit HQI0155_RP Annexures to witness statement of Prof. Brett Sutton, DHS.5000.0055.3880.}

_{75 Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ‘WHO Director General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19’ (Speech, World Health Organization, 11 March 2020) .}

_{76 Federal Minister for Health, ‘First Confirmed Case of Novel Coronavirus in Australia’ (Media Release, 25 January 2020) .}

_{77 Prime Minister (Media Release, 1 February 2020) .}

_{78 Prime Minister (Media Release, 1 February 2020) .}

_{79 Transcript of day 18 hearing 16 September 2020, 1536.}

_{80 Exhibit HQI0125_RP Witness statement of Ms Melissa Skilbeck, 4, [20].}

_{81 Premier of Victoria, ‘State Control Centre Activated To Oversee COVID-19 response’ (Media Release, 10 March 2020) .}

_{82 Victorian Government Gazette, No. S 129, 16 March 2020 .}

_{83 Prime Minister, Minister for Health, Chief Medical Officer, ‘Advice on Coronavirus’ (Media Release, 13 March 2020) ; Prime Minister, ‘Press Conference with Premiers and Chief Ministers – Parramatta, NSW’ (Transcript, 13 March 2020) .}

_{84 Prime Minister ‘Coronavirus Measures Endorsed by National Cabinet’ (Media Release, 16 March 2020) .}

_{85 Prime Minister ‘Update on Coronavirus Measures’ (Media Statement, 20 March 2020) .}

_{86 Prime Minister ‘Update on Coronavirus Measures’ (Media Release, 27 March 2020) .}

COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry Final Report (Volume I)

On this page:

Executive Summary

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8