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| Australia coronavirus news: police to patrol Melbourne hotspots to enforce lockdown rules – live updates | Australia coronavirus news: police to patrol Melbourne hotspots to enforce lockdown rules – live updates |
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| Residents in Melbourne’s hotspot suburbs could get a knock on the door as authorities try to contain a potential second wave. Follow live | Residents in Melbourne’s hotspot suburbs could get a knock on the door as authorities try to contain a potential second wave. Follow live |
| Western Australia is moving to stage four restrictions, which means, for those in WA, life almost looks normal. | |
| From this weekend, all existing gathering limits will be scrapped, although a two square metre rule will apply to indoor and outdoor venues, and major venues will be able to operate at 50% capacity. | |
| That means stadiums like Optus Stadium can hold up to 30,000. If there is ever a concert again, it can hold 35,000. | |
| Drinks at the bar will be back and you won’t have to register your name and number with the venue. | |
| But the borders, Roger Cook tells the ABC, will be closed for some time. | |
| Scott Morrison will be in Eden-Monaro as part of the byelection campaign at 10am. | |
| For those who have forgotten, the byelection is 4 July | |
| The Melbourne Storm are making the move to Sydney “indefinitely” because of the Victorian outbreak. | |
| The team has been given its orders to get out of Dodge by Wednesday. | |
| As AAP reports: | |
| ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys said Melbourne Storm will need to relocate indefinitely because of a new spike in coronavirus cases in Victoria. | |
| The state’s active Covid-19 case numbers are the highest they have been in more than two months after six days of double-digit growth, including 16 new cases on Monday. | |
| Storm’s NRL home game against the New Zealand Warriors on Friday night has already been moved from AAMI Park to Sydney because of the surge in cases in Victoria. | |
| The match will now take place at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, with the league’s Apollo team saying the health and safety of players, staff and the wider community remains paramount. | |
| The Storm were due to fly to Sydney later this week to complete preparations and all players and football staff will undergo Covid-19 tests to ensure no risk to the competition. | |
| Craig Bellamy’s team were preparing for an indefinite move but V’landys confirmed they will now be required to relocate from Wednesday to either NSW or Queensland for an indefinite period. | |
| “We’ve based every decision on risk analysis, and the risk is too high to leave them in Melbourne,” V’landys told 100% Footy on Monday. | |
| “Where the players are actually living is a high infection rate area, so when we looked at it with the biosecurity expert today, his strong recommendation was to bring them to Sydney or possibly Queensland and minimise that risk. | |
| “We appreciate the support from the Melbourne Storm because they’re going to have to sacrifice a little bit because they’ll be up here till further notice. | |
| “We hope to get them back as quickly as we can, but it’s all on the risk analysis.” | |
| Again, those areas which Victoria has designated a “hotspot” for Covid are: | |
| Hume | Hume |
| Casey | Casey |
| Brimbank | Brimbank |
| Moreland | Moreland |
| Cardinia | Cardinia |
| Darebin | Darebin |
| Between them, there are more than 160 suburbs across 2,000 sqm. | |
| There are more than 1,000 close contacts of the the 133 people who have been diagnosed in the latest outbreak. | |
| Greg Hunt also acknowledged what a few of you told us yesterday – that testing sites in some parts of Melbourne were having trouble keeping up with demand, or needed to extend their testing hours: | |
| WA is still showing no signs of wanting to open its borders. Mark McGowan said he was considering August, but the Victorian situation has him rethinking even that far off date. | WA is still showing no signs of wanting to open its borders. Mark McGowan said he was considering August, but the Victorian situation has him rethinking even that far off date. |
| Greg Hunt takes a conciliatory approach while on ABC News Breakfast: | Greg Hunt takes a conciliatory approach while on ABC News Breakfast: |
| Will Victoria move to actual localised lockdowns, if the cases aren’t contained by 19 July? | Will Victoria move to actual localised lockdowns, if the cases aren’t contained by 19 July? |
| Greg Hunt says that is an option being very carefully examined: | Greg Hunt says that is an option being very carefully examined: |
| It’s still all about Victoria when it comes to Australian Covid-19 news, but as the chief health officer said yesterday, with this virus, it could be any state. | It’s still all about Victoria when it comes to Australian Covid-19 news, but as the chief health officer said yesterday, with this virus, it could be any state. |
| Victorian police, who issued more fines for social-distancing breaches than any other jurisdiction, may be sent to ensure locals in the hotspot areas are sticking to the rules. | Victorian police, who issued more fines for social-distancing breaches than any other jurisdiction, may be sent to ensure locals in the hotspot areas are sticking to the rules. |
| Meanwhile, the Sydney Morning Herald reports NSW is keeping an eye on the Victorian situation, particularly at the ski fields, as it walks the line between not wanting to close the border and not wanting community transmission in its own state. | Meanwhile, the Sydney Morning Herald reports NSW is keeping an eye on the Victorian situation, particularly at the ski fields, as it walks the line between not wanting to close the border and not wanting community transmission in its own state. |
| The Senate committee looking at the Covid-19 response is holding a public hearing today featuring business and industry groups. | The Senate committee looking at the Covid-19 response is holding a public hearing today featuring business and industry groups. |
| We’ll cover all of the Covid-19 news, and more, as it happens. You have Amy Remeikis on the blog for most of the day. | We’ll cover all of the Covid-19 news, and more, as it happens. You have Amy Remeikis on the blog for most of the day. |