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Australia Covid live update: Victoria records 10 new cases as SA lockdown expected to end; outbreak in Sydney unit block Australia Covid live update: Victoria records 10 new cases as SA lockdown expected to end; outbreak in Sydney unit block
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Big coffee sips for more inexplicable graphic design choices from Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Someone take her Canva premium account off her in hotel quarantine! For the sake of the nation!
OK, well this is a little different, 10.45am AEST for the Victorian press conference.
Supermarket workers in south-west Sydney will soon have priority access to the Pfizer vaccine via pop-up clinics and appointments at the Sydney Olympic Park mass vaccination hub.
The announcement comes after the New South Wales chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said it was crucial to vaccinate essential workers in the area because they kept the city functioning.
“We are very keen to provide access to those critical workers that are required to keep Sydney running,” she said.
“They do a lot of the work in distribution centres, food, logistics, transport.
“At this point in time, vaccinations are not the whole answer, and we need to maintain the lockdown as tight as possible.”
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And the Victorian Liberals are being the Victorian Liberals again.
D’ath also said Queensland would wait and see what the announcements are out of South Australia and Victoria today before making any decisions when it comes to border restrictions.
Queensland health minister Yvette D’ath says that it’s likely the virus has spread through the air in hotel quarantine, and this is how the man who recently returned from China was infected.
However, Young says she is still worried that a Covid-19 positive man who travelled from NSW to Queensland, despite allegedly being aware he was a close contact and require to isolate, might have spread the Delta variant into the state.
Young says it’s unlikely this man spread the virus in the community given his fully vaccinated status.
Queensland chief health officer Jeannette Young says this man is part of a cluster associated with the strain of the virus, which possibly spread on the plane to Australia and in hotel quarantine.
Yesterday Queensland health officials were scrambling to find the source of infection for a recently returned, fully vaccinated man from China.Yesterday Queensland health officials were scrambling to find the source of infection for a recently returned, fully vaccinated man from China.
Miles has confirmed genomic sequencing has shown he has the same strain of the virus as a fellow hotel quarantine guest.Miles has confirmed genomic sequencing has shown he has the same strain of the virus as a fellow hotel quarantine guest.
Miles:Miles:
Queensland is free from local Covid-19 today deputy premier Steven Miles confirms. Queensland is free from local Covid-19 today, deputy premier Steven Miles confirms.
Don’t worry all, you are in good hands on the blog for presser-geddon.Don’t worry all, you are in good hands on the blog for presser-geddon.
Ahhh! And speaking of press conferences, the South Australian premier, Steven Marshall, will be speaking at 11am (ACST) which is 11.30am (AEST).Ahhh! And speaking of press conferences, the South Australian premier, Steven Marshall, will be speaking at 11am (ACST) which is 11.30am (AEST).
Come on Daniel Andrews, do me a solid and please don’t schedule your press conference any time between 10.30am and 12.30pm.Come on Daniel Andrews, do me a solid and please don’t schedule your press conference any time between 10.30am and 12.30pm.
No surprises here but Gladys Berejiklian will be speaking at 11am.No surprises here but Gladys Berejiklian will be speaking at 11am.
There is plenty of dark, bleak Covid-19 news this morning, so please enjoy a quick break with this video of the USA Rugby Sevens team testing out if the Olympic village cardboard beds are really as fragile as the internet would have us believe.There is plenty of dark, bleak Covid-19 news this morning, so please enjoy a quick break with this video of the USA Rugby Sevens team testing out if the Olympic village cardboard beds are really as fragile as the internet would have us believe.
Australian researchers who have studied the portrayal of vaping on TikTok say there is an “urgent need” for age restrictions to reduce teens’ exposure to videos that portray it in a positive light.Australian researchers who have studied the portrayal of vaping on TikTok say there is an “urgent need” for age restrictions to reduce teens’ exposure to videos that portray it in a positive light.
University of Queensland researchers have analysed e-cigarette content posted by TikTok users globally and are calling for tighter regulations to prevent nicotine products being promoted to underage users of the video-sharing platform.University of Queensland researchers have analysed e-cigarette content posted by TikTok users globally and are calling for tighter regulations to prevent nicotine products being promoted to underage users of the video-sharing platform.
The study, published in the journal Tobacco Control, evaluated the content of 808 popular vaping videos that had been collectively viewed more than 1.5bn times as of November 2020. The videos had a median count of 1m views each.The study, published in the journal Tobacco Control, evaluated the content of 808 popular vaping videos that had been collectively viewed more than 1.5bn times as of November 2020. The videos had a median count of 1m views each.
The videos that portrayed e-cigarette use positively comprised 63% of the total and were viewed more than 1.1bn times, while neutral depictions accounted for 24%. The researchers estimated that a quarter of the people in the videos appeared to be younger than 18, while 71% were male.The videos that portrayed e-cigarette use positively comprised 63% of the total and were viewed more than 1.1bn times, while neutral depictions accounted for 24%. The researchers estimated that a quarter of the people in the videos appeared to be younger than 18, while 71% were male.
You can read the full report below:You can read the full report below:
A friendly reminder that Guardian Australia has you covered when it comes to the Olympics as well!A friendly reminder that Guardian Australia has you covered when it comes to the Olympics as well!
You can check out our Tokyo live blog, run by Tom Lutz, below:You can check out our Tokyo live blog, run by Tom Lutz, below:
A returned traveller who tested positive for Covid-19 after completing hotel quarantine may have been infectious on the Gold Coast for up to 12 days, reports Tracey Ferrier from AAP.
Chief health officer Jeannette Young is scrambling to work out where the man picked up the virus as the list of exposure sites linked to him grows.
She says he either got it during a recent trip to China, in hotel quarantine in Brisbane, or after he was released on 12 July and went home to the Gold Coast.
The man, who was fully vaccinated, returned three negative tests while in hotel quarantine. However, he fell ill on 15 July, three days after his homecoming.
AAP understands he did not seek a coronavirus test despite having symptoms.
It wasn’t until he went to a GP eight days later, for an unrelated issue, that he got tested at the doctor’s insistence.
Initial test results obtained on Saturday were inconclusive but a second test on Sunday was positive, forcing the man into hospital.
It’s possible he could have spent a total of 12 days moving around the Gold Coast while infectious, including taking a child to and from daycare, eating out, and going shopping.
His family members were tested on Sunday but those results are yet to come back.
Young is hopeful the risk is low but she has also noted the man’s second test showed a higher viral load than the first, suggesting he could be at the start of his illness.
She says anyone who has been on the Gold Coast or in Brisbane since July 13 should regularly check the growing list of exposure sites.
So far those sites include the Goodstart Early Learning centre at Parkwood, various dining venues, the Pacific Fair Shopping Centre and the Kmart store at Westfield Helensvale.
Here is what ABC has to say on the newly announced Victorian numbers.
OK, here is the full statement from Victorian police regarding their investigation into the three Sydney removalists who allegedly spread the Delta variant of Covid-19 into Melbourne.
Police have concluded they will not be taking any action against the workers.
Huzzah! Only 10 local cases in Victoria today, and all “are linked to the current outbreaks, and all were in quarantine throughout their entire infectious period”.
No Victorian Covid-19 numbers as of yet, but don’t worry, I’m refreshing my browser every 0.5 seconds just in case.
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has welcomed the Morrison government’s decision to adopt an independent complaints mechanism for serious incidents in Parliament House, which is the central recommendation of the Foster review.
Higgins, who says she was raped by a more senior colleague in the office of the then defence industry minister Linda Reynolds, said on Monday an independent complaints mechanism would “ensure Parliament House is a safer workplace for all future employees”.
The Morrison government has accepted all 10 findings of the Foster review, which was initiated after Higgins went public with her story. The prime minister asked a deputy secretary in his department, Stephanie Foster, to undertake a review of the parliamentary workplace. There is also a separate review being undertaken by Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner, Kate Jenkins.
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Given the case numbers, I don’t really see how this would play out any other way?
In terms of what to expect from this Victorian lockdown announcement today, the Herald Sun is reporting that while stay-at-home orders and the 5km loop will be scrapped, hospitality venues will be under strict patron caps and private gatherings in homes will still be banned.
This has not been independently confirmed by Guardian Australia.
The paper is reporting Victoria will enter “lockdown lite” from midnight tonight, with masks remaining mandatory both indoors and outdoors.
Reportedly schools will return to face-to-face learning, retailers and gyms will be allowed to reopen and public gatherings of up to 10 people will be allowed.
However, restaurants, bars, cafes and pubs will be restricted to one person per four square metres, as well as “harsh patron caps which are still being finalised”.
We should learn if the Herald Sun is on the money with their report around 11am-ish this morning when the premier steps up for this all-important press conference.
Hmmm, Melbourne radio station 3AW is reporting that Victoria police have found the trio of Sydney removalists who allegedly spread the Delta variant to Victoria did not breach any health orders.
I’ll follow up and bring you more of that as soon as I can.