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| Coronavirus Australia live update: Victoria premier Daniel Andrews announces 270 new cases at press conference | |
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| NSW to change rules for pubs as Queensland introduces quarantine rule for parts of Sydney. Follow live | |
| This was expected. South Australia will not open its border with NSW. | |
| On the outbreaks in aged care, Sutton says that some residents have been transferred out of Menarock aged care but it is not always appropriate that aged care residents be transferred to hospital. | |
| I skipped over this earlier, but one of the agreements struck around the use of ADF members in Victoria will be to make many ambulances in Victoria a shared crew, with an ADF member partnered with a paramedic. | |
| Andrews says it is “a bit novel”. | |
| Here’s a run-through of some of the the biggest outbreaks in Melbourne. | |
| Al Tarqua College — 147 cases. | |
| Menarock Life aged care facility in Essendon — 28 cases. | |
| Riverina Apartments in Footscray — nine cases | |
| Somerville retail services — 14 cases | |
| Victoria’s chief health officer, Prof. Brett Sutton, said he is expecting that “a couple of hundred individuals at least” will be hospitalised in Victoria after testing positive to Covid-19, over the next few weeks. | |
| There are currently 26 patients in intensive care in Victoria, an increase of nine from yesterday. Twenty-one are on ventilators. There are 81 people in hospital with coronavirus in Victoria. | |
| Sutton says there are now 1,800 active cases of coronavirus in Victoria, and that usually 10-15% of coronavirus cases will require hospitalisation. | |
| He urged GPs to refer patients who may need more intensive treatment early. | |
| Andrews said he and prime minister Scott Morrison would issue a statement later today announcing a standing capacity of ADF members in Victoria to help with the coronavirus effort. | |
| That standing capacity will be around 335 members, which is the number of ADF members already working in Victoria. The 1,000 ADF members announced yesterday are in addition to that standing capacity. | |
| Andrews said: | |
| Andrews said the tasks the additional 1,000 ADF members would be doing, includeing providing surge capacity at the state control centre; logistics and planning; delivering meals to people in public housing towers; helping police monitor exits to the Melbourne and Mitchell Shire lockdown area. | |
| On contact tracing, Andrews said that about 200 staff from Ambulance Victoria who are not able to be on the road, including graduates, are now helping the public health team with contact tracing. | |
| They are off-roster paramedics, people who who would not be on the road anyway so it’s not taking away from the number of paramedics available to be on the road. | |
| Andrews said the Victorian government was still working on partnerships with the private sector, including bringing across staff from Medibank, Telstra, Qantas and Jetstar to work on the call-centre elements of the contact tracing and public health effort. | |
| The total number of coronavirus cases reported in Victoria now stands at 4,224, premier Daniel Andrews says. | |
| Some 21,995 tests were conducted yesterday, and 1,170,352 since 1 January. | |
| Andrews has again encouraged anyone with even mild symptoms to get tested. | |
| Of the 270 new cases reported overnight, 28 are connected to known “and contained” outbreaks, whatever that means, and the remaining 242 are under investigation. | |
| Victoria has recorded 270 new cases of coronavirus, which brings the national total to about 10,250. | |
| The ABC reports that Gladys Berejiklian will give a coronavirus update at about 11.30am. | |
| More on the potential impact on the NRL of Queensland declaring two areas of Sydney to be coronavirus hotspots, via AAP: | More on the potential impact on the NRL of Queensland declaring two areas of Sydney to be coronavirus hotspots, via AAP: |
| Before we hear the Victorian coronavirus update, which is due at 11am, let’s look at the national numbers. | Before we hear the Victorian coronavirus update, which is due at 11am, let’s look at the national numbers. |
| As of 9pm yesterday, the total number of coronavirus cases in Australia stands at 9,980, according to the tally maintained by the health department. | As of 9pm yesterday, the total number of coronavirus cases in Australia stands at 9,980, according to the tally maintained by the health department. |
| That includes 189 historic cases, mostly crew members on the Ruby Princess and other ships, that were reclassified as Australian cases on 3 July. | That includes 189 historic cases, mostly crew members on the Ruby Princess and other ships, that were reclassified as Australian cases on 3 July. |
| So unless there has been a sudden and drastic reduction in the number of cases in Victoria, we are going to reach 10,000 cases today. | So unless there has been a sudden and drastic reduction in the number of cases in Victoria, we are going to reach 10,000 cases today. |
| Things are getting very interesting on the Palace Letters blog. Today, we are all history nerds. | Things are getting very interesting on the Palace Letters blog. Today, we are all history nerds. |
| This is what then governor general, Sir John Kerr, wrote to the palace on November 11, 1975: | This is what then governor general, Sir John Kerr, wrote to the palace on November 11, 1975: |
| Has this been covered in The Crown yet? | Has this been covered in The Crown yet? |
| Australian agricultural exporters are reassessing their dependence on the China market after previously viewing financial benefits of such trade as being worth the risk, a senior public servant has said. | Australian agricultural exporters are reassessing their dependence on the China market after previously viewing financial benefits of such trade as being worth the risk, a senior public servant has said. |
| A range of agricultural groups and industry bodies will today give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry looking into the need to diversify Australia’s trade and investment profile. | A range of agricultural groups and industry bodies will today give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry looking into the need to diversify Australia’s trade and investment profile. |
| The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has told the inquiry the impact of Covid-19 had “highlighted the vulnerabilities from reduced demand and disruptions to global supply chains” and it warned that trade concentration could “sharpen” the consequences of a disruption in a key market. | The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has told the inquiry the impact of Covid-19 had “highlighted the vulnerabilities from reduced demand and disruptions to global supply chains” and it warned that trade concentration could “sharpen” the consequences of a disruption in a key market. |
| In a submission, the department says exports to China accounted for 29% of the total value of Australia’s agricultural, fisheries and forestry exports in 2018-19, up from 21% four years earlier. | In a submission, the department says exports to China accounted for 29% of the total value of Australia’s agricultural, fisheries and forestry exports in 2018-19, up from 21% four years earlier. |
| David Hazlehurst, the acting secretary of the department, was asked to explain the claim in the department’s submission that the “likelihood of a targeted trade disruption is reduced where there is mutual dependence, such as Australia’s live cattle exports to Indonesia and Vietnam or in the case of a range of Australia’s exports to China”. | David Hazlehurst, the acting secretary of the department, was asked to explain the claim in the department’s submission that the “likelihood of a targeted trade disruption is reduced where there is mutual dependence, such as Australia’s live cattle exports to Indonesia and Vietnam or in the case of a range of Australia’s exports to China”. |
| The chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth, George Christensen, likened it to “mutually assured destruction” theory from during the Cold War. | The chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth, George Christensen, likened it to “mutually assured destruction” theory from during the Cold War. |
| Hazlehurst replied that countries would operate in a way that they perceived to be in their own interests. And explaining what had driven Australian exporters to focus on China, Hazelhurst said: | Hazlehurst replied that countries would operate in a way that they perceived to be in their own interests. And explaining what had driven Australian exporters to focus on China, Hazelhurst said: |
| New Zealand’s new opposition leader, Todd Muller, who was only appointed to the role in May, has resigned. | New Zealand’s new opposition leader, Todd Muller, who was only appointed to the role in May, has resigned. |
| Muller, 51, said: | Muller, 51, said: |
| AAP reports that his resignation comes after he was widely criticised for his handling of a scandal involving a junior National Party politician leaking private health details of coronavirus patients to the media. | AAP reports that his resignation comes after he was widely criticised for his handling of a scandal involving a junior National Party politician leaking private health details of coronavirus patients to the media. |
| New Zealand is due to go to a general election on 19 September. | New Zealand is due to go to a general election on 19 September. |
| Again, all your Palace Letters news can be found on a separate live blog here. | Again, all your Palace Letters news can be found on a separate live blog here. |
| But the director-general of the national archives, David Fricker, is still speaking. | But the director-general of the national archives, David Fricker, is still speaking. |
| This could cause some difficulty for the league. | This could cause some difficulty for the league. |
| Albert, the two-year-old boy missing in Margaret River, has been found safe and well. | Albert, the two-year-old boy missing in Margaret River, has been found safe and well. |
| How good is good news? | How good is good news? |
| With Queensland questioning the deterrent value of its public health fines, it’s worth pointing to this comparison by Nick Evershed. | With Queensland questioning the deterrent value of its public health fines, it’s worth pointing to this comparison by Nick Evershed. |
| Star Entertainment Group made a profit of $198m in 2018-19. Their fine for contravening NSW’s public health rules was $5,000. | Star Entertainment Group made a profit of $198m in 2018-19. Their fine for contravening NSW’s public health rules was $5,000. |