Clay Lucas reports: The department at the centre of Victoria’s failed hotel quarantine program may have broken the state’s public health laws by not adequately checking daily if thousands of returned travellers needed to remain under detention. Each of the 20,000 travellers who stayed in Victoria’s quarantine hotels between March and when the program was…
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In: Doctor Suspended By Medical Council For Discussing Postmortem On TV, Court Upholds Decision
Garima reports from Chennai: Refusing to set aside the punishment given by the Tamil Nadu Medical Council in suspending him for discussing a postmortem report during TV debate, the Madras High Court has directed the doctor to stay away from medical practice for a month as held by the council. The bench headed by the…
California Governor Vetoes Genetic Testing Data Disclosure Law
Laura Mahoney reports: California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that would have set state rules for sharing genetic information held by direct-to-consumer testing companies out of concern it could impede reporting of coronavirus test results. The bill (S.B. 980) could interfere with laboratories’ mandatory requirement to report Covid-19 test outcomes to local public…
NZ: Inquiry into Ministry of Health’s use and disclosure of Covid-19 patient information
New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has released the results of an Inquiry into the Ministry of Health’s disclosure of Covid-19 patient information to emergency services. The TL;DR version: the Ministry acted appropriately, but police who received the information and disclosed it, although only for a short time, acted inappropriately. “Police should never have disclosed…