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| Coronavirus Australia live update: Victoria premier Daniel Andrews announces eight deaths and 471 new Covid cases in press conference | Coronavirus Australia live update: Victoria premier Daniel Andrews announces eight deaths and 471 new Covid cases in press conference |
| (32 minutes later) | |
| Scott Morrison says unemployment is forecast to rise to 13% and Victorian coroner announces inquiry into St Basil’s deaths. Follow live updates | Scott Morrison says unemployment is forecast to rise to 13% and Victorian coroner announces inquiry into St Basil’s deaths. Follow live updates |
| Does Daniel Andrews think his government has lost credibility over its handling of the hotel quarantine? | |
| (The slow motion John Woo doves didn’t actually appear, but they were implied.) | |
| Asked about people having trouble getting through to the hotline to answer their lockdown questions, Daniel Andrews says: | |
| Did the national cabinet recommend that ADF or police be given oversight of hotel quarantine? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| NSW Health has issued its official update: | |
| There were 28,035 tests reported in the 24-hour reporting period, compared with 22,087 in the previous 24 hours. | |
| Of the 12 new cases reported to 8pm last night: | |
| · two are still under investigation | |
| · 10 were locally acquired linked to known cases including: | |
| - one attended the Apollo Restaurant in Potts Point | |
| - one attended the Mounties club in Mount Pritchard | |
| - eight are household contacts of known cases. | |
| Of the two cases under investigation, one is a man in his 20s from Sydney LHD and the other is a teenager from Newcastle. | |
| NSW Health is advising the man from Sydney LHD dined at the Jambo Jambo African restaurant in Glebe on 31 July from 7pm to 8.30pm, and anyone who attended at this time is a close contact and should immediately self-isolate until 14 days after they were last there and get tested even if they have no symptoms. They should also watch for COVID-19 symptoms and get re-tested should any symptoms recur. | |
| The man also visited a number of inner-city venues, patrons of which are being classed as casual contacts. Casual contacts at these locations during the time and dates indicated should watch for COVID-19 symptoms and, if symptoms occur, however mild, immediately get tested and self-isolate until the test results are retuned as negative. | |
| These venues include: | |
| · The Eveleigh Hotel in Redfern on 31 July from 8.30pm to 10pm; | |
| · Warren View Hotel in Enmore on 1 August from 4pm to 4.20pm | |
| · Mary’s in Macquarie Place, Sydney on 1 August from 6.45pm to 7.15pm | |
| · Cubby’s Kitchen in Sydney on 1 August from 7.35pm to 9.30pm | |
| · Burrow Bar in Sydney on 1 August from 9.35pm to 11.15pm | |
| · Woolworths Marrickville Metro on 2 August from 7pm to 7.20pm. | |
| NSW Health can advise the second new case also under investigation, a teenager from Newcastle, attended St Pius X High School while infectious. The school has been closed for cleaning and contact tracing is underway. Anyone who attended St Pius X High School on Monday 3 August is urged to be on the lookout for COVID-19 symptoms and to get tested immediately should any symptoms occur. | |
| The teenager caught the Number 26 bus (Hamilton to Adamstown) on Monday 3 August, at 8.20am and NSW Health is advising that all people on the bus at this time are close contacts and should immediately self-isolate until 14 days have passed and get tested even if they have no symptoms, watch for COVID-19 symptoms and get re-tested should any symptoms recur. | |
| NSW Health advises the teenager is also a member of the Newcastle Jets under 15s representative squad which played a soccer match against the Stanmore Hawks at Arlington Oval in Dulwich Hill on 1 August. Members of both teams are considered close contacts and are also required to isolate for 14 days. All close contacts of the teenager are being notified and must isolate for 14 days. | |
| Given that Daniel Andrews is part of the crisis council which was set up to make these decisions, shouldn’t he know some of these answers? | |
| Andrews: | |
| It is quite extraordinary that the premier doesn’t know which government agency had oversight of the hotel quarantine program in Victoria. | |
| Which is an answer in itself. | |
| Who made the decision to have private security guards (without ADF or police oversight)? (Corrections has oversight now.) | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| Which agency had oversight of the hotel quarantine? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| Will he release the briefing he was given that day? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| OK, cool – but when did he first learn of it? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| The press conference gets to the hotel quarantine inquiry. | |
| Will Daniel Andrews say when he was first notified of issues, given the inquiry head has said there is no impediment to answering questions? | |
| This will be another blow for the Melbourne arts industry | This will be another blow for the Melbourne arts industry |
| Meanwhile, that answer makes this tweet very interesting: | Meanwhile, that answer makes this tweet very interesting: |
| Daniel Andrews addresses this story from the Australian about “secret modelling” showing “Victorians face weeks of higher coronavirus infections, with average daily cases to peak at 1100 by the end of next week and staying above 1000 for eight days.” | |
| From the story: | From the story: |
| Andrews: | Andrews: |
| And then we get to distribution centres. | And then we get to distribution centres. |
| Daniel Andrews: | Daniel Andrews: |
| Construction workers will also see some changes: | Construction workers will also see some changes: |
| Daniel Andrews: | Daniel Andrews: |