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Australia Covid live update: Victoria premier Dan Andrews eases lockdown after 10 new cases; Gladys Berejiklian confirms 172 local cases in NSW
Australia Covid live update: Victoria premier Dan Andrews eases lockdown after 10 new cases; Gladys Berejiklian confirms 172 local cases in NSW
(32 minutes later)
Follow all the day’s news
Follow all the day’s news
South Australian press conference:
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, the ACT releasing their daily case number just an hour after NSW is really rubbing salt on the wound.
Premier Steven Marshall has confirmed the state will come out of a week-long lockdown tonight.
SA lockdown:
But he has warned some restrictions will remain as the state ensures it has quashed an outbreak of the Delta variant.
And one more on that cheeky f-bomb.
National treasure areas.
Covid-19 disaster payments for those in the Adelaide hotspot has been confirmed by the federal government.
NSW press conference:
NSW press conference:
NSW Health’s Jeremy McAnulty has confirmed the woman in her 80s who died at home in Pendle Hill has attended an unauthorised family gathering of 50 people which has seen significant spread of the virus across households.
It’s understood the family had gathered to grieve together.
NSW press conference.
Reporter:
McAnulty:
Victorian press conference:
Victorian press conference:
Premier Daniel Andrews confirms he did not tell NSW counterpart Gladys Berejiklian he would be hardening the border.
Andrews says keeping the new restrictions for two weeks was:
Andrews said he did not want to have to make the decision to harden the border, but that his concerns expressed last week and at national cabinet were not addressed.
Longer term, Andrews says that it is hard to say how much longer the state will live under the threat of lockdowns, given the spluttering federal government’s vaccination program. He conjures up a magical warehouse stocked with tens of millions of doses of vaccines to explain (?) the situation.
Chief health officer Brett Sutton is also elaborating on the decision to harden the NSW border.
WOOHOO!
Amid the terrible Covid-19 news Australia swimmer Kaylee McKeown has scored a gold medal at the Toyko Olympics in the 100m backstroke.
Follow all the Olympic news live:
NSW press conference:
NSW press conference:
One of the main areas of concern in NSW today is the Campsie shopping centre, with a vast quarantine order on all those who have shopped there over an 11-day period.
Just doubling back on NSW for a second, there is significant concerns in the state today with two nurses and a student nurse testing postive to Covid-19 at Liverpool hospital.
NSW Health is calling on anyone who was there at any time between 14 and 24 July to get tested immediately and isolate for 14 days regardless of the result.
Here is what NSW Health’s Jeremy McAnulty had to say about it.
Berejiklian has been grilled over how this situation can occur:
Reporter:
Berejiklian:
McAnulty:
NSW press conference:
Here are the NSW hospitalisation numbers for today from NSW Health.
NSW press conference:
Berejiklian has been asked if the movement of the virus into western Sydney means lockdown rules should tighten there.
Berejiklian has flagged there will be announcements, possibly as early as tomorrow.
Victorian press conference:
Victorian press conference:
Covid-19 commander Jeroen Weimar is giving a breakdown of the cases. There are 188 active cases in Victoria.
Premier Daniel Andrews has made repeated reference to the situation in NSW, while also being at pains to say he is not lecturing NSW. But it is clear there is some frustration that the NSW government has not followed the blueprint that Andrews used to overcome Victoria’s second wave.
Seven people are in hospital, two in intensive care, one who is ventilated.
South Australian premier Steven Marshall has also just said he is not considering opening up their border to Victoria yet.
Of the 10 new cases recorded today: three linked to AAMI Park, two to Ms Frankies, two to Trinity Grammar, and single cases linked to St Patrick’s, City of Hume, and Young and Jackson’s.
Melbourne’s art scene is still taking a hit, despite slightly eased restirctions.
Weimar is warning that the state is still at a “critical stage”, as thousands of people are still to record a day 13 test in isolation. Several of today’s cases had tested negative but recorded positive day 13 tests.
South Australian press conference:
The NSW premier has confirmed the epicentre of the greater Sydney has shifted from the south-west to the west.
Premier Steven Marshall confirms no new cases were recorded in the state overnight. He’s giving everyone an enormous gee-up for getting through it.
Berejiklian:
Marshall says masks will remain mandatory for high risk settings including care facilities, hairdressers, and other indoor public places, and will be strongly recommended for workplaces and schools in some cases.
Berejiklian has indicated there may be an announcement later today lifting the lockdown for several towns in central west regional NSW.
Sport training can resume as of tomorrow, Marshall says. The new restrictions will be in place for a week.
Victorian press conference:
Premier Daniel Andrews has had this to say about those tougher NSW border measures:
NSW press conference:
NSW press conference:
Berejiklian has confirmed the deaths of two women in their 80s, these were the deaths that were previously reported yesterday.
Berejiklian is now being grilled over Victoria’s success, which many are viewing as proof that NSW’s lockdown was too little, too late.
Victoria press conference:
Reporter:
Premier Daniel Andrews has also announced harder border restrictions with New South Wales.
Berejiklian:
He says residents of the NSW local government areas of Wagga Wagga, Hay, Lockhart and Murrumbidgee will no longer be in the border bubble and will have to apply for a permit if they wish to travel to Victoria.
It’s everyone’s favourite time of the press conference bonkers hour.
Andrews says the new restrictions will be in place for two weeks.
Here is Nick Evershed’s graph breaking down the NSW case numbers based on isolation status.
NSW press conference:
Once again I mention that that “infectious in the community” number that Berejiklian reads out is always the lower end of the spectrum.
Here are the stats from NSW Health:
So that is at least 79 in the community while infectious.
Gladys Berejiklian has announced the state’s highest-ever daily number of cases, with 172 people testing positive overnight.
At least 60 of those cases were active in the community for their entire infectious period.
Andrews:
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has announced an end to the state’s hard lockdown.
Stay at home orders and the 5km travel limit will lift from midnight tonight but guests to the home are still banned and strict density limits will apply in the newly opened hospitality and retail sectors.
School will also open for all year levels from tomorrow.
Andrews:
Come on, Andrews! Don’t leave us in suspense here!
