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| Coronavirus live news: 53,000 more cases in US as WHO gives new virus timeline | Coronavirus live news: 53,000 more cases in US as WHO gives new virus timeline |
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| Fourth of July holiday weekend set to start with continued rise in infections; Brazil cases pass 1.5m; Boris Johnson defends decision to reopen pubs on Saturday. Follow all the developments live | Fourth of July holiday weekend set to start with continued rise in infections; Brazil cases pass 1.5m; Boris Johnson defends decision to reopen pubs on Saturday. Follow all the developments live |
| Victoria has recorded 108 new coronavirus cases, the highest single day total since 28 March. | |
| On 28 March, Victoria recorded 111 new cases in a single day. That was also the Australian national incidence peak for the whole pandemic, so going back to similar figures is, to put it mildly, extremely not good. | |
| Victorian premier Daniel Andrews is speaking now. | |
| I am handing over the blog to my esteemed colleague Calla Wahlquist now. | |
| We will have an update on the numbers from Victoria at 4pm, and then a national press conference at 4.30pm. | |
| We still have yet to have a reported case of an unknown close contact identified through Australia’s Covidsafe contact tracing app, despite about 110 downloads from people who tested positive. | We still have yet to have a reported case of an unknown close contact identified through Australia’s Covidsafe contact tracing app, despite about 110 downloads from people who tested positive. |
| At a Black Lives Matter protest in Brisbane today, organisers were frustrated that fewer than 1,000 people turned up, after 30,000 turned up for a similar rally last month. | At a Black Lives Matter protest in Brisbane today, organisers were frustrated that fewer than 1,000 people turned up, after 30,000 turned up for a similar rally last month. |
| Via AAP: | Via AAP: |
| The pubs in England are now open. We will update when we hear how it is going, or if we get some photos. | The pubs in England are now open. We will update when we hear how it is going, or if we get some photos. |
| New South Wales is capping the number of international arrives coming in to Sydney every day at 450, or 50 people per flight, from midnight tonight. | New South Wales is capping the number of international arrives coming in to Sydney every day at 450, or 50 people per flight, from midnight tonight. |
| NSW police minister David Elliott said it was to ensure the hotel quarantining system put in place is not stretched to breaking point. | NSW police minister David Elliott said it was to ensure the hotel quarantining system put in place is not stretched to breaking point. |
| Currently in Australia, people returning from overseas need to go into hotel isolation for two weeks. In NSW, the police and defence force are overseeing the quarantine system, but Victoria until recently had been using private security guard companies, which have been blamed for the recent spike in cases. | Currently in Australia, people returning from overseas need to go into hotel isolation for two weeks. In NSW, the police and defence force are overseeing the quarantine system, but Victoria until recently had been using private security guard companies, which have been blamed for the recent spike in cases. |
| Hazzard said given Victoria’s problems, and because Queensland had started to charge returning travellers for hotel quarantine, NSW was seeing an influx of people picking Sydney as their port of entry. | Hazzard said given Victoria’s problems, and because Queensland had started to charge returning travellers for hotel quarantine, NSW was seeing an influx of people picking Sydney as their port of entry. |
| Here’s more on US president Donald Trump’s Mount Rushmore speech. | Here’s more on US president Donald Trump’s Mount Rushmore speech. |
| Western Australia has reported no new cases of coronavirus overnight. | Western Australia has reported no new cases of coronavirus overnight. |
| The WA health department has increased the state’s total case count by one to 612 after a historical case was identified through serology testing. | The WA health department has increased the state’s total case count by one to 612 after a historical case was identified through serology testing. |
| The historic case relates to a woman in her 60s who is a returned overseas traveller and was a former passenger on the cruise ship Zaandam. | The historic case relates to a woman in her 60s who is a returned overseas traveller and was a former passenger on the cruise ship Zaandam. |
| There are three active cases of coronavirus in WA. | There are three active cases of coronavirus in WA. |
| There are reports saying sources have said senior Trump campaign official Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is also the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr, has tested positive for coronavirus. | There are reports saying sources have said senior Trump campaign official Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is also the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr, has tested positive for coronavirus. |
| Donald Trump Jr reportedly tested negative. | Donald Trump Jr reportedly tested negative. |
| It comes as the US president, Donald Trump, railed against “angry mobs” that tried to tear down statues of Confederate leaders and other historical figures, warning thousands of supporters at Mount Rushmore that protestors were trying to erase US history. | |
| Via Reuters: | Via Reuters: |
| The ABC is reporting 120 passengers travelling back to Australia as part of repatriation efforts by the federal government have arrived in Adelaide where they will be quarantined in hotels for two weeks and tested for Covid-19. | The ABC is reporting 120 passengers travelling back to Australia as part of repatriation efforts by the federal government have arrived in Adelaide where they will be quarantined in hotels for two weeks and tested for Covid-19. |
| After failures over hotel quarantine in Victoria lead to the second spike, each state is taking no chances now to ensure the virus is contained. | After failures over hotel quarantine in Victoria lead to the second spike, each state is taking no chances now to ensure the virus is contained. |
| As restrictions in the UK are lifted, people are getting married again. | As restrictions in the UK are lifted, people are getting married again. |
| Tourism operators in Australia are working to figure out how to get their industry started again after the pandemic forced closures. | Tourism operators in Australia are working to figure out how to get their industry started again after the pandemic forced closures. |
| Via AAP: | Via AAP: |