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| Coronavirus Australia live updates: 50 Woolworths staff in Sydney isolate as Victoria records 77 new cases and suburbs in lockdown | Coronavirus Australia live updates: 50 Woolworths staff in Sydney isolate as Victoria records 77 new cases and suburbs in lockdown |
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| Precautionary measures come after a worker tested positive for Covid-19; stay-at-home orders in place for 10 postcodes in Melbourne’s north | Precautionary measures come after a worker tested positive for Covid-19; stay-at-home orders in place for 10 postcodes in Melbourne’s north |
| Kidd was asked about the case in Sydney, of a staff member at Woolworths in Balmain who tested positive in hotel quarantine, completed quarantine and then returned to work. He has since tested positive again and 50 staff from the store have been put into quarantine. | |
| Said Kidd: | |
| Kidd says that federal health authorities are generally happy with how well hotel quarantine has worked. | |
| Kidd says the increase in the number of people in hospital is “very concerning”. | |
| As previously reported, the new cases in the past 24-hours include 77 in Victoria, one in the Northern Territory, and eight in NSW. | |
| The NSW cases are all from hotel quarantine, the NT case is someone who travelled from Victoria. | |
| The death toll remains at 104. | |
| There are currently 24 people in Australia in hospital with Covid-19. Five of those people are in intensive care. That’s a big increase from yesterday, when it was 18 people in hospital. | |
| Kidd says: | |
| Australia has now recorded 8,001 coronavirus cases, deputy chief medical officer Prof Michael Kidd says. | |
| We passed that milestone of 8,000 cases in the past 24 hours. | |
| Kidd is giving the national update now. | |
| Guardian Australia’s Melbourne bureau chief Melissa Davey is in a lockdown suburb in northern Melbourne, and has some views from behind the stay-at-home curtain. | |
| There are fairly long queues for the mobile testing sites. | |
| But apparently if you bump into the public health teams out door knocking, they will give you a test kit to use on yourself at home. | |
| This is allegedly an easy process. | |
| Also, the police are definitely doing spot checks. | |
| Victorian Liberal MP Tim Smith, who has been calling for lockdown provisions to be lifted since at least the first week of May, has a new graphic. | |
| That’s me done for the day – the lovely Calla Wahlquist will take you through the remainder of the afternoon. | That’s me done for the day – the lovely Calla Wahlquist will take you through the remainder of the afternoon. |
| We’ve got another national update coming from Prof Michael Kidd in the next 30 minutes or so, so stay tuned for that. | We’ve got another national update coming from Prof Michael Kidd in the next 30 minutes or so, so stay tuned for that. |
| And Donald Trump has declared masks are cool, because he looks like the Lone Ranger when wearing one, which is now a heartening sentence to type, because this is 2020. | And Donald Trump has declared masks are cool, because he looks like the Lone Ranger when wearing one, which is now a heartening sentence to type, because this is 2020. |
| Stay safe, wash your hands, and do the thing that makes you feel better. Thursdays are always the roughest day of the week. | Stay safe, wash your hands, and do the thing that makes you feel better. Thursdays are always the roughest day of the week. |
| I’ll be back tomorrow. Thanks so much for joining me – and take care of you. | I’ll be back tomorrow. Thanks so much for joining me – and take care of you. |
| Nick Evershed has your daily chart: | Nick Evershed has your daily chart: |
| The bushfire royal commission continues as well. | The bushfire royal commission continues as well. |
| AAP has this update: | AAP has this update: |
| Paul Karp has this story: | Paul Karp has this story: |
| The majority of the work is still being done through human contact tracers. | The majority of the work is still being done through human contact tracers. |
| And worth remembering that while it was billed as “like sunscreen” the app does not protect you from getting Covid-19, does not warn you if Covid-19 is in the area and can not be used as a requirement for entry into a store or cafe/bar/restaurant. | And worth remembering that while it was billed as “like sunscreen” the app does not protect you from getting Covid-19, does not warn you if Covid-19 is in the area and can not be used as a requirement for entry into a store or cafe/bar/restaurant. |
| The AFL is working out what to do with its remaining Victorian-based clubs, now that it has become increasingly clear that the situation in Victoria is not clearing up anytime soon. | The AFL is working out what to do with its remaining Victorian-based clubs, now that it has become increasingly clear that the situation in Victoria is not clearing up anytime soon. |
| Via AAP: | Via AAP: |
| The ABS has the May trade stats: | The ABS has the May trade stats: |
| Balance on goods and services: | Balance on goods and services: |
| In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $8,025m in May 2020, an increase of $195m on the surplus in April 2020. | In seasonally adjusted terms, the balance on goods and services was a surplus of $8,025m in May 2020, an increase of $195m on the surplus in April 2020. |
| Credits (exports of goods and services): | Credits (exports of goods and services): |
| In seasonally adjusted terms, goods and services credits fell $1,604m (4%) to $35,742m. Non-rural goods fell $1,080m (4%), rural goods fell $404m (10%) and non-monetary gold fell $219m (12%). Net exports of goods under merchanting remained steady at $45m. Services credits rose $99m (2%). | In seasonally adjusted terms, goods and services credits fell $1,604m (4%) to $35,742m. Non-rural goods fell $1,080m (4%), rural goods fell $404m (10%) and non-monetary gold fell $219m (12%). Net exports of goods under merchanting remained steady at $45m. Services credits rose $99m (2%). |
| Debits (imports of goods and services): | Debits (imports of goods and services): |
| In seasonally adjusted terms, goods and services debits fell $1,799m (6%) to $27,717m. Consumption goods fell $1,233m (14%), intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $821m (8%) and capital goods fell $412m (7%). Non-monetary gold rose $710m (113%). Services debits fell $43m (1%). | In seasonally adjusted terms, goods and services debits fell $1,799m (6%) to $27,717m. Consumption goods fell $1,233m (14%), intermediate and other merchandise goods fell $821m (8%) and capital goods fell $412m (7%). Non-monetary gold rose $710m (113%). Services debits fell $43m (1%). |
| Industry Super has put out a release saying almost half a million under-35s have taken out their entire super balance in the early withdrawal scheme. | Industry Super has put out a release saying almost half a million under-35s have taken out their entire super balance in the early withdrawal scheme. |
| The issue isn’t so much the $20,000 or so they have taken out – it is that they are starting from zero again building their balance, meaning they will be behind for the rest of their working lives. | The issue isn’t so much the $20,000 or so they have taken out – it is that they are starting from zero again building their balance, meaning they will be behind for the rest of their working lives. |
| Parliament House, which has been closed to the public since March, will reopen on 4 July. | Parliament House, which has been closed to the public since March, will reopen on 4 July. |
| NSW’s chief medical officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said a Sydney man who was quarantined in a Victorian hotel has since tested positive for Covid-19. | NSW’s chief medical officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said a Sydney man who was quarantined in a Victorian hotel has since tested positive for Covid-19. |
| 50 staff at the Balmain Woolworths, where the man works, have been isolated. | 50 staff at the Balmain Woolworths, where the man works, have been isolated. |
| Dr Chant: | Dr Chant: |
| If there is one constant in this crazy, unpredictable world we live in, it’s that Victorian police will be fining people. | If there is one constant in this crazy, unpredictable world we live in, it’s that Victorian police will be fining people. |
| And I say that as a Queenslander. | And I say that as a Queenslander. |