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| Coronavirus Australia live update: Victoria premier Daniel Andrews addresses press conference as NSW authorities chase taxi contacts | |
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| NSW conducts major contact-tracing exercise after a driver worked while potentially infectious as Covid testing rates drop across Australia | NSW conducts major contact-tracing exercise after a driver worked while potentially infectious as Covid testing rates drop across Australia |
| On the testing, is Daniel Andrews worried it is not high enough? | |
| Andrews: | |
| Q: You say 11 new cases is great but there were only 7000 tested when the aim is 20,000. | |
| Andrews: | |
| Q: It was 20,000? | |
| Andrews: | |
| Q: Are you nervous about having a lot of people out and about? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| Q: You are not nervous about that? | |
| Andrews: | |
| OK, time for the questions. | |
| Q: Can we just ask, the step at the end of October, the whole lot of things are due to happen on either the date or when you reach the marked cases. Is there any thought of separating out some of those things, like the curfew or the 5k? Is it possible beyond a different timetable? | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| School camps are back for regional Victorian students. | |
| Education minister, James Merlino announces a bit more of normal life is returning for regional Victorian school students: | |
| They’ll be single school camps and there will be covid plans in place: | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| There were only 7,164 tests processed in the last 24 hours. | |
| That’s pretty low but acceptable, apparently: | |
| It is critically important that we keep the test numbers up as high as they can be. | |
| Anybody who has symptoms needs to come forward and get tested. Don’t put it off for a day or wait two days. Get tested today. | |
| Daniel Andrews: | |
| Daniel Andrews is addressing the media. A woman in her 80s and a woman in her 100s died, both diagnosed with Covid, died in the last 24 hours. | |
| There have been 763 deaths due to this global pandemic. | |
| Of today’s 11 cases in Victoria, five are linked to known outbreaks and six remain under investigation. | |
| Daniel Andrews is about to hold his 81st consecutive press conference. | |
| Here’s how the first 77 days went down: | |
| Today’s international Covid blog is up and running with Helen Sullivan: | Today’s international Covid blog is up and running with Helen Sullivan: |
| Daniel Andrews will hold his press conference at 10am. | Daniel Andrews will hold his press conference at 10am. |
| Testing rates are also down in Queensland. The chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, says she expects that is a normal reaction to people breathing a sigh of relief after coming to the end of the latest cluster (west of Brisbane) but she would like more people to come forward to make sure there are no rogue cases. | Testing rates are also down in Queensland. The chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, says she expects that is a normal reaction to people breathing a sigh of relief after coming to the end of the latest cluster (west of Brisbane) but she would like more people to come forward to make sure there are no rogue cases. |
| Queensland’s deputy premier, Steven Miles, says talks are under way with the hotel industry to expand the hotel quarantine program and accept more returned travellers. | Queensland’s deputy premier, Steven Miles, says talks are under way with the hotel industry to expand the hotel quarantine program and accept more returned travellers. |
| Queensland has reported one new case of Covid – a teenager in hotel quarantine. | Queensland has reported one new case of Covid – a teenager in hotel quarantine. |
| For more information on the impact of the supplement cut, you can head here: | For more information on the impact of the supplement cut, you can head here: |
| Just a reminder that with almost a million people out of work, the Covid supplement for the jobseeker unemployment benefit will be cut from $550 a fortnight to $250 a fortnight from 24 September. | Just a reminder that with almost a million people out of work, the Covid supplement for the jobseeker unemployment benefit will be cut from $550 a fortnight to $250 a fortnight from 24 September. |
| That takes the payment from just over $1,100 to $815 a fortnight. | That takes the payment from just over $1,100 to $815 a fortnight. |
| Australians and New Zealanders have long pinned their hopes on an eventual trans-Tasman bubble that would allow travel between the two countries to resume without a fortnight in government-run quarantine at either end. | Australians and New Zealanders have long pinned their hopes on an eventual trans-Tasman bubble that would allow travel between the two countries to resume without a fortnight in government-run quarantine at either end. |
| But the chief executive of Air New Zealand has told an Australian newspaper he doesn’t expect the “bubble” to be in place for at least six more months. | But the chief executive of Air New Zealand has told an Australian newspaper he doesn’t expect the “bubble” to be in place for at least six more months. |
| Greg Foran, who heads New Zealand’s flag carrier airline, made the comments to the Sydney Morning Herald, adding that: “It’s hard to believe it would be before March next year and could well be longer.”The prime ministers of both countries have frequently been asked about the proposed “bubble” since the idea was floated, but neither would commit to a timeline before the coronavirus was brought under control. | Greg Foran, who heads New Zealand’s flag carrier airline, made the comments to the Sydney Morning Herald, adding that: “It’s hard to believe it would be before March next year and could well be longer.”The prime ministers of both countries have frequently been asked about the proposed “bubble” since the idea was floated, but neither would commit to a timeline before the coronavirus was brought under control. |
| There are 909 active cases of the virus in Australia and Melbourne remains in lockdown. New Zealand has 71 active cases. | There are 909 active cases of the virus in Australia and Melbourne remains in lockdown. New Zealand has 71 active cases. |
| Has Dr Nick Coatsworth seen any modelling on when borders may reopen across the country? | Has Dr Nick Coatsworth seen any modelling on when borders may reopen across the country? |
| On the NSW taxi driver who was diagnosed with Covid, Dr Nick Coatsworth says: | On the NSW taxi driver who was diagnosed with Covid, Dr Nick Coatsworth says: |