Crystalbrook axes staff as stays drop

CHRIS CALCINO and HIV drugs in a secret trial that will now be rolled out around Australia within days.

Such was the success of the secret treatments that 50 Australian hospitals will be given HIV medication Kaletra and malaria treatment hydroxywere required. The measures included pushing back the opening of the new $180 million Flynn hotel by six months to October.

“The other two hotels (Bailey and Riley) are remaining open but we are unfortunately downsizing staff numbers in line with occupancy decreasing,” Mr York said. “We’re also reducing the restaurant and bar times to basically get through these next few months.” chloroquine in a clinical trial that promises to “cure” the virus.

Curing the virus means there will be no trace of it in the body.

Additionally, the outcomes of the first trial of a promising

Mr York said the decision had not been an easy one to make but it was necessary.

A large number of the former staff were casual workers.

“We remain absolutely committed to Cairns and the region,” Mr York said. “In a few months, we hope the people who were engaged will be in a position to come back and join us. It’s just the situation.

“We know we are far from the only company having to treatment for COVID-19 will be reported within weeks and the drug could be approved for use in China as early as May.

The news comes as News Corp can reveal the Federal Government will provide researchers with $13 million to look at their operations.”

Staff have all been offered counselling.

A Crystalbrook spokeswoman said all bookings made at Flynn for stays between March 31 and September 30 would be honoured at Riley, one of the company’s two other new resorts in the city centre.

“Alternatively, guests will be given the opportunity to cancel or rebook their accomfast-track coronavirus treatments.

Up to 10 treatments are expected to be tested, with the most promising options pushed rapidly through human clinical trials to regulatory approval and commercialisation. modation at Flynn free of charge,” she said. “All other Crystalbrook Collection hotels and resorts will continue to operate at this time.

“The health, wellbeing and safety of our employees, guests and visitors remains our highest priority.”

IT’S nightlife in Cairns, but not as we know it.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s new guidelines for indoor gatherings of less than 100 people has thrown the nightclub industry into a spin and punters can expect big changes to their favourite venues.

“If you’ve got a premises, if you’ve got a meeting room or something like that, that’s 100sq m, then you can have 25 people in that room,” he said.

In a sternly worded warning that will have hospitality operators pulling their hair in despair, Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk delivered a body blow to venues desperately engaged in damage control over the new rules.

“Now is not the time to go out,” she said.

“I’m sorry to the clubs across the state but I don’t want you to have a big night out. Go home, be with your family.

“This is no time to go to the pub and have a big night with your friends.”

The Queensland Hotels Association has told members “to make obvious attempts to comply with social distancing by removing seats from dining areas to limit capacity, moving tables so that there are obvious gaps between diners”.

The association also recommended clubs have hand sanitiser available, and “put signs up regarding regular hand washing”.

“Members must comply with the 100 person indoor capacity, in a single enclosed space, and 500 outdoor allowing for 1.5m social distancing.

“This in practice means one patron per 4sq m of capacity, which may mean you cannot have 100 as your upper limit.”

Clubs throughout Cairns held crisis meetings about the impact of the new restrictions.

The Woolshed has advised patrons that the club would “several imposed measures to keep everyone safe”.

“We are open and ready to let the good times roll,” a representative said.