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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 eases lockdown after 10 new cases; NSW records 172 local coronavirus cases
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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. Wozzahs! That was a full-on couple of hours!
SA lockdown: After that, I’m off to go stare blankly into the middle distance but don’t worry because the brilliant Naaman Zhou is here to take the baton.
And one more on that cheeky f-bomb. See you tomorrow!
National treasure areas. A German-based conspiracy group helped to drive a series of anti-lockdown protests across Australia which saw dozens of people arrested and hundreds fined after violent clashes with police.
Covid-19 disaster payments for those in the Adelaide hotspot has been confirmed by the federal government. Police arrested more than 60 people and fined 107 more after a crowd of about 3,000 gathered in Sydney on Saturday to protest against the city’s lockdown.
NSW press conference: Coordinated by a loose network of conspiracy-laced groups, including some with links to the far right, rallies took place in cities across Australia and the globe, with violent clashes between demonstrators and police in Sydney.
Protests against Covid restrictions have become common throughout the pandemic. While billed as peaceful protests, police said they were surprised by “the level of violence that people were prepared to use”.
You can read the full, and fascinating, article by Christopher Knaus and Michael McGowan below.
Victorian press conference:Victorian press conference:
Andrews says keeping the new restrictions for two weeks was: Here is that amazing Olympic F-bomb in all its glory.
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. Want a full rundown of Kaylee McKeown’s amazing backstroke win at the Tokyo games?
WOOHOO! Well look no further than the fantastic Kieran Pender’s coverage down below:
Amid the terrible Covid-19 news Australia swimmer Kaylee McKeown has scored a gold medal at the Toyko Olympics in the 100m backstroke. I think it’s worth noting that NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has been going pretty hard on the “you could be responsible for the deaths of your loved one” line today.
Follow all the Olympic news live: Here is what she had to say when asked if the government has been doing enough to get the Covid-19 message through to greater Sydney residents.
NSW press conference: I mentioned this lockdown apartment complex in Blacktown earlier this morning. Here is what NSW Health’s Jeremy McAnulty had to say about the situation.
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. Now, through my own sleuthing I understand that the conditions in the Blacktown apartment building are the same as those that were imposed on the Bondi Junction block earlier in the outbreaks.
Here is what NSW Health’s Jeremy McAnulty had to say about it. Here is NSW Health’s official statement:
Dr Roger Lord, a specialist advisor to the Therapeutic Goods Administration on infectious diseases, has spoken to the Australian Science Media Centre about why fully vaccinated people are still catching Covid-19. Lord says:
Additionally, no correlates of protection [the level of antibody concentration and/or T cell activation required for protection] currently exist to indicate what concentration is required to indicate long-term protection, whether this was achieved in a given individual or how long this will last. Vaccination itself does not equal immunisation.
Associate professor Paul Griffin, director of infectious diseases at Mater Health Services in Queensland, said breakthrough infections should not be seen as taking away from the benefits of vaccines.
So all the press conferences have finished, but ABC’s main channel is playing the NSW press conference, which means so I can double back and bring you some more substantial quotes from the NSW leadership.
Hazzah!
Victorian press conference:Victorian press conference:
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. Premier Daniel Andrews is just winding up the press conference in Melbourne. Right towards the end he is asked about the federal government’s CovidSafe contact tracing app and whether it has picked up any cases in Victoria.
South Australian premier Steven Marshall has also just said he is not considering opening up their border to Victoria yet. He says:
Melbourne’s art scene is still taking a hit, despite slightly eased restirctions. Andrews is then asked whether he thinks it is worth people still using it.
South Australian press conference: He gives a wry smile:
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.
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.
Sport training can resume as of tomorrow, Marshall says. The new restrictions will be in place for a week.
NSW press conference:
Berejiklian is now being grilled over Victoria’s success, which many are viewing as proof that NSW’s lockdown was too little, too late.
Reporter:
Berejiklian:
It’s everyone’s favourite time of the press conference bonkers hour.
Here is Nick Evershed’s graph breaking down the NSW case numbers based on isolation status.