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| Coronavirus live update: Victoria reports 35 new cases and seven deaths as Qld border row deepens | Coronavirus live update: Victoria reports 35 new cases and seven deaths as Qld border row deepens |
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| Scott Morrison accused of politicising a family funeral to attack Palaszczuk’s policy and Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young given police protection over death threats. Follow all today’s news | |
| The Queensland chief health officer also says she understands that some people balk at what they are being asked to do, in terms of quarantine, because they don’t fully understand the impacts of the virus. | |
| She says that might be a communication failure – that people still think it is like the flu. But it’s not. | |
| She said health authorities are seeing more and more people who contract the virus, recover from the initial infection, but are then left facing multiple lingering health impacts. | |
| She says again that that is why she is taking it so seriously. That it’s not just the number of infections – but what happens, and stays, after. | |
| Dr Jeannette Young says she will look at lifting the gathering restrictions which are in place in Queensland where there has been no new community transmission cases in the state for 14 days. | |
| She is worried about those areas west of Brisbane because someone from a linked cluster was out and about while infectious, and so they are putting in extra resources to see if the virus has been passed on. | |
| On the ACT hotspot declaration, and the closure of the NSW border, Steven Miles tells the reporter: | |
| Steven Miles says he feels the heartache when he hears what some people are going through, but that he doesn’t believe there are other choices: | |
| Steven Miles is called back to the microphone, where he is asked about an individual case, involving compassionate exemptions: | Steven Miles is called back to the microphone, where he is asked about an individual case, involving compassionate exemptions: |
| How she feels about needing protection, Dr Jeannette Young says: | How she feels about needing protection, Dr Jeannette Young says: |
| Asked about the toll the criticism of her decisions have taken on her, Dr Jeannette Young says: | Asked about the toll the criticism of her decisions have taken on her, Dr Jeannette Young says: |
| Dr Jeannette Young on why she is being so conservative with her advice: | Dr Jeannette Young on why she is being so conservative with her advice: |
| Dr Jeannette Young is back on deck after a weekend off. | Dr Jeannette Young is back on deck after a weekend off. |
| She says there are still concerns about community transmission in Ipswich – that is where the newest cluster popped up. | She says there are still concerns about community transmission in Ipswich – that is where the newest cluster popped up. |
| More community testing clinics are being set up in those areas, west of Brisbane, to try to catch any new cases. Goodna, Redbank Plains and Redbank are on alert. | More community testing clinics are being set up in those areas, west of Brisbane, to try to catch any new cases. Goodna, Redbank Plains and Redbank are on alert. |
| Queensland’s deputy premier and health minister, Dr Steven Miles, is addressing today’s press conference. He says the pandemic is not over, as the overseas figures show: | Queensland’s deputy premier and health minister, Dr Steven Miles, is addressing today’s press conference. He says the pandemic is not over, as the overseas figures show: |
| There have been no new cases of Covid reported in Queensland. | There have been no new cases of Covid reported in Queensland. |
| The president of the Queensland chapter of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Chris Perry, who held a press conference yesterday to tell people to “back off” in their criticism of the state’s chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, spoke to the Nine network again this morning. | The president of the Queensland chapter of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Chris Perry, who held a press conference yesterday to tell people to “back off” in their criticism of the state’s chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, spoke to the Nine network again this morning. |
| He said Young had received death threats and now needed police protection: | He said Young had received death threats and now needed police protection: |
| Meanwhile, the NSW government is still side-eyeing John Barilaro as though he’s the female lead in a teenage comedy the morning after the night before. | Meanwhile, the NSW government is still side-eyeing John Barilaro as though he’s the female lead in a teenage comedy the morning after the night before. |
| David Elliott, the Liberal police minister, told Sydney radio this morning that there were plenty of other Nationals MPs who could lead the party and, while he didn’t straight up say Barilaro should resign after losing Blinky Bill, he didn’t not not say it either: | David Elliott, the Liberal police minister, told Sydney radio this morning that there were plenty of other Nationals MPs who could lead the party and, while he didn’t straight up say Barilaro should resign after losing Blinky Bill, he didn’t not not say it either: |
| I know how heartening it is seeing that daily case number of 35 in Victoria – but we don’t know how many tests that result is from. Authorities are looking at the two-week average, not just the daily results. | I know how heartening it is seeing that daily case number of 35 in Victoria – but we don’t know how many tests that result is from. Authorities are looking at the two-week average, not just the daily results. |
| This issue is inching closer to a resolution: | This issue is inching closer to a resolution: |
| Gladys Berejiklian will hold her press conference at 11am. | Gladys Berejiklian will hold her press conference at 11am. |
| Labor’s Julie Collins has put out a release after new elder abuse data was released: | Labor’s Julie Collins has put out a release after new elder abuse data was released: |
| Shocking new figures have revealed there are still more than 100 reports of assault and sexual assault in Australian aged care homes each week. | Shocking new figures have revealed there are still more than 100 reports of assault and sexual assault in Australian aged care homes each week. |
| The latest figures from the Aged Quality and Safety Commission, which were tabled at the royal commission, underscore the shocking state of Australia’s aged care system. | |
| Sadly we know unreported assault and sexual assault in aged care are even greater than these numbers. | Sadly we know unreported assault and sexual assault in aged care are even greater than these numbers. |
| Despite these completely unacceptable figures, the Morrison government is still yet to introduce a serious incident response scheme that would respond to cases of assault and abuse in Australia’s aged care system. | |
| It has now been more than three years since this scheme was first recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission following its landmark investigation of elder abuse in Australia. | It has now been more than three years since this scheme was first recommended by the Australian Law Reform Commission following its landmark investigation of elder abuse in Australia. |
| The Morrison government has only announced “initial” funding for a scheme that may be operational by 1 July 2021. | |
| A separate review commissioned by the government following the Oakden nursing home tragedy also recommended introducing the scheme in 2017. | |
| Victoria Health has released today’s numbers: | Victoria Health has released today’s numbers: |