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Australia Covid live news update: riot police in Melbourne CBD as protesters gather; NSW records 1,022 cases, 10 deaths; Victoria records 603 cases, one death | |
(32 minutes later) | |
Follow today’s news | |
Victoria’s minister for jobs, innovation & trade, Martin Pakula, is speaking more about the protests and construction lockdown now: | |
Martin Foley is directly addressing the decision to suspend the construction sector for two weeks that came through last night.He says ongoing Covid outbreaks seeding into the regions and poor levels of compliance have played into the decision. | |
There are currently 403 direct cases linked to construction, across 186 construction sites. | |
Foley: | |
Victorian press conference: | |
Foley is turning to the vaccine rollout, which has recently expanded to 12 to 15-year-olds. | |
73.4% of Victorians have now received the first dose of a vaccine.44.4% are fully vaccinated. | |
Foley: | |
Brad Hazzard is asked if the Byron Bay case is a local: | |
NSW press conference: | |
Deputy CHO Dr Marianne Gale: | |
Victorian press conference: | |
Victorian health minister Martin Foley and chief health officer Brett Sutton are up now, confirming that there have been 603 new local cases overnight, and, sadly, one further death – a woman in her 70s from the Hume region. | |
There are now 6,000 active cases across the state. | |
There are 241 people being treated in hospital with Covid-19, including 60 in intensive care and 39 on ventilators. As of yesterday, 85% of cases in hospital had not received a vaccine, 13% were partially vaccinated and three were fully vaccinated. | |
There were 40,811 vaccine doses administered across state-run hubs, and 48,829 test results received. | |
It seems NSW Health is employing a similar vaccination tactic to supermarkets that put the school stationery right opposite the lollies and chocolate: harnessing the power of pestering children. | |
Brad Hazzard: | Brad Hazzard: |
Tensions really do appear to be heating up at the Melbourne protests: | |
NSW press conference: | |
Fifteen-year-old Alyssa is speaking now about the positive impact the new school holiday bubbles will have on young people: | |
NSW press conference: | |
Deputy chief health officer Marriane Gale is giving detail of the 10 people who died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours: | |
Melbourne protests: | |
Riot police have given protesters on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Victoria Parade in Melbourne’s CBD a final warning. | |
The protesters, who number more than 100 are chanting “freedom”, “fake news” and the national anthem. | |
This ... doesn’t seem ideal. | |
More from the Melbourne protests: | |
Gosh, we move on quickly from large areas of the state locking down nowadays! | |
Brad Hazzard is now talking about these new school holiday bubbles for children: |