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| Coronavirus Australia live update: Victoria reports 35 new cases and six deaths as NSW records four cases | |
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| Victoria to turn roads and footpaths into dining spaces to help hospitality industry as Queensland border row deepens. Follow all today’s news | Victoria to turn roads and footpaths into dining spaces to help hospitality industry as Queensland border row deepens. Follow all today’s news |
| The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has an update on how the communities it represents have handled the second wave of the pandemic: | |
| NSW Health has put out its update: | |
| There were 9,316 tests reported in the 24-hour reporting period, compared with 14,426 in the previous 24 hours. | |
| Testing numbers have dropped over the past two weeks, which is a concern, particularly in areas such as south-western, western and south-eastern Sydney. | |
| Of the four new cases to 8pm last night: | |
| Three are overseas travellers in hotel quarantine. | |
| One is locally acquired and linked to a known case or cluster. | |
| The new case is a close contact of a previous case who attended the Eastern Suburbs Legion Club. This person had been in self-isolation while infectious. | |
| While there has only been one new locally acquired case recorded in the past 24 hours, the virus is likely circulating among people in the community with mild symptoms. As such, the risk of outbreaks and a resurgence of cases remains. | |
| It’s vital that everyone who does have the virus is tested and diagnosed, in order to stop further spread to others. | |
| NSW Health is again urging anyone feeling unwell – even with the mildest of symptoms, such as a runny nose or scratchy throat – to come forward and get tested, so cases in the community are identified as quickly as possible. | |
| This is even more important with the coming school holidays, when people will travel across the state. | |
| Locations linked to known cases, advice on testing and isolation, and areas identified for increased testing can be found here: www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/latest-news-and-updates. | |
| NSW Health is treating 81 Covid-19 cases, including six in intensive care, three of whom are being ventilated. Eighty-eight per cent of cases being treated by NSW Health are in non-acute, out-of-hospital care. | |
| Former prime minister Paul Keating has been asked by counsel assisting the aged care royal commission Peter Gray QC about the thinking around aged care when he first entered government. | |
| He said when he served as treasurer in the Hawke government from 1983, it was brought to his attention that many people were in aged care simply because they had nowhere else to go. | |
| There was no system of geriatric assessment at the time, Keating said. | |
| Keating, an architect of Australia’s compulsory superannuation system, said he also realised back when he introduced the scheme some 30 years ago that his generation “had a social standard of living that would not be replicated at $24,000 a year” and he knew there would be pressure from many of them for “a much bigger pension”. | |
| The aged pension alone just wouldn’t allow people to live a quality life at home in their old age, Keating told the commission. | |
| How will Victoria pay for all its stimulus measures? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| When will regional Victoria learn more about its restrictions being eased? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| Professor Brett Sutton is then asked about some of the restrictions being eased today (very small easings). | |
| Brett Sutton echoes his Queensland counterpart when talking about the dangers of a Covid infection: | Brett Sutton echoes his Queensland counterpart when talking about the dangers of a Covid infection: |
| Professor Brett Sutton about whether there is a benchmark of test numbers authorities want to reach before they are comfortable: | Professor Brett Sutton about whether there is a benchmark of test numbers authorities want to reach before they are comfortable: |
| Will the Boxing Day test and Australian Open have crowds: | Will the Boxing Day test and Australian Open have crowds: |
| Daniel Andrews: | Daniel Andrews: |
| Q: When will venues be allowed to – particularly bigger pubs and restaurants – be allowed to have some diners and drinkers inside? | Q: When will venues be allowed to – particularly bigger pubs and restaurants – be allowed to have some diners and drinkers inside? |
| Daniel Andrews: | Daniel Andrews: |
| Q: Is there evidence between lock down 1 and 2, when the pubs and restaurants were open, if there was any infections from indoor dining? | Q: Is there evidence between lock down 1 and 2, when the pubs and restaurants were open, if there was any infections from indoor dining? |
| Andrews: | Andrews: |
| But $5,000 is not a lot of money in 2020? | But $5,000 is not a lot of money in 2020? |
| Daniel Andrews: | Daniel Andrews: |
| How are councils responding? | How are councils responding? |
| Daniel Andrews: | Daniel Andrews: |
| How will the new public spaces/outdoor dining spaces work? | How will the new public spaces/outdoor dining spaces work? |
| Daniel Andrews: | Daniel Andrews: |
| Victorian jobs and precincts minister Martin Pakula is also at this press conference. He is talking about some of the grants being offered to Victorian businesses: | Victorian jobs and precincts minister Martin Pakula is also at this press conference. He is talking about some of the grants being offered to Victorian businesses: |
| Victoria is also going down the road of turning roads and footpaths into dining spaces, to get the hospitality industry up and running again. NSW is also looking at doing this. | Victoria is also going down the road of turning roads and footpaths into dining spaces, to get the hospitality industry up and running again. NSW is also looking at doing this. |
| New York did it, and it’s worked – and so has Lithuania, which turned entire city centres into pedestrian mall/dining spaces/parks. | New York did it, and it’s worked – and so has Lithuania, which turned entire city centres into pedestrian mall/dining spaces/parks. |
| The way we live life is changing – but not all of it is going to be negative. | The way we live life is changing – but not all of it is going to be negative. |
| Daniel Andrews: | Daniel Andrews: |