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| Australia Covid updates live: Victoria records 867 cases, four deaths; new Brisbane restrictions after four local Qld cases; NSW train strike disrupts services | |
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| Follow the latest updates live | Follow the latest updates live |
| The Department of Health is being grilled by Labor Senator Kristina Keneally on a report released by the Disability Royal Commission on Monday which criticised the vaccine rollout for the sector. | |
| The health department secretary Brendan Murphy has denied “deprioritising” the disability sector, but says it turned the focus of vaccine providers to residential aged care because it was the area of ”significantly greater risk”. | |
| “We definitely focused them on residential aged care as their major area of focus until the residential aged care was completed, because there was a strong priority to complete them by winter, but we continued to provide access to residential disability, but not at the same rate as aged care and we have acknowledged that,” Murphy said. | |
| “Residential aged care is the single highest risk setting and every experience of every country around the world has shown that.” | |
| But Murphy said he would not comment on the findings of the Royal commission’s report as it was a draft report and the government was yet to be sent a copy. | |
| We’re expecting a more detailed update from Queensland health officials in around eight minutes now. | |
| So just on the confusion around whether the additional Victorian case numbers were to be added on to previous days’ numbers, or if they were being counted in today’s numbers, my colleague Josh Nicholas has cleared it up: | |
| Melbourne’s Tullamarine Freeway looks a bit jammed up amid reports of drivers protesting. | |
| Palaszczuk says restrictions (not a lockdown) for the Brisbane and Moreton Bay region will be announced by the chief health officer, Jeannette Young, later this morning. | |
| That will include measures at aged care centres, prisons and in disability settings. | That will include measures at aged care centres, prisons and in disability settings. |
| So the Queensland premier had a short update there, saying that a more comprehensive update will come from health officials in around 40 minutes. | So the Queensland premier had a short update there, saying that a more comprehensive update will come from health officials in around 40 minutes. |
| The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, says there is “no need to panic” but some of the new cases are concerning. Mask rules will be tightened for indoor areas in the Brisbane and Moreton Bay areas.Of the four cases in the community: | |
| Two cases are a husband and wife from Eatons Hill. The husband is fully vaccinated and works in an aviation training facility. He was infectious in the community for three days. | Two cases are a husband and wife from Eatons Hill. The husband is fully vaccinated and works in an aviation training facility. He was infectious in the community for three days. |
| The third case, which is the most concerning, is a truck driver who was living in shared accommodation and has been infectious in the community for around a week. Police are speaking to this truck driver to gain more information about his movements. | The third case, which is the most concerning, is a truck driver who was living in shared accommodation and has been infectious in the community for around a week. Police are speaking to this truck driver to gain more information about his movements. |
| This fourth case is a person who completed their full 14 days’ hotel quarantine but then tested positive after leaving. | This fourth case is a person who completed their full 14 days’ hotel quarantine but then tested positive after leaving. |
| Queensland has recorded six new cases of Covid-19, including four people who had been in the community. | Queensland has recorded six new cases of Covid-19, including four people who had been in the community. |
| The Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has just stepped up and announced that the state has recorded six new cases today. | The Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has just stepped up and announced that the state has recorded six new cases today. |
| She said more details will come later today. | She said more details will come later today. |
| In addition to all the press conferences already listed, we have Anthony Albanese speaking to reporters at 11.45am. | In addition to all the press conferences already listed, we have Anthony Albanese speaking to reporters at 11.45am. |
| S0, let’s list them out: | S0, let’s list them out: |
| Queensland Covid update one – 9.45am | Queensland Covid update one – 9.45am |
| Queensland Covid update two – 10.30am | Queensland Covid update two – 10.30am |
| Federal health update – 10.45am | Federal health update – 10.45am |
| NSW Covid update – 11am | NSW Covid update – 11am |
| Vic Covid update – unknown | Vic Covid update – unknown |
| Labor leader update – 11.45am | Labor leader update – 11.45am |
| A busy morning coming up. | A busy morning coming up. |
| An odd little detail in Victoria’s Covid update was that the health department has added 140 new cases to yesterday’s numbers, and nine to Sunday’s tally, because they “became aware that a number of COVID-19 test results were incorrectly recorded by a third-party software vendor supporting a private vendor”. | An odd little detail in Victoria’s Covid update was that the health department has added 140 new cases to yesterday’s numbers, and nine to Sunday’s tally, because they “became aware that a number of COVID-19 test results were incorrectly recorded by a third-party software vendor supporting a private vendor”. |
| That means Victoria actually crossed the NSW numbers yesterday, but only confirmed today. | That means Victoria actually crossed the NSW numbers yesterday, but only confirmed today. |
| And here is a graph of Victoria’s Covid case numbers and the trend in this outbreak. A worrying increase: | And here is a graph of Victoria’s Covid case numbers and the trend in this outbreak. A worrying increase: |
| We have case numbers, and it isn’t good news. Victoria has recorded 867 new cases and four deaths. | We have case numbers, and it isn’t good news. Victoria has recorded 867 new cases and four deaths. |
| The number of new cases in Victoria is higher than the number recorded in New South Wales yesterday. | The number of new cases in Victoria is higher than the number recorded in New South Wales yesterday. |
| So, case numbers out of Victoria are delayed today (we normally have them by now), and I’m not sure why. I hope it’s just because the news is so good, everyone in health got too excited and forgot to post them. One can only hope? | So, case numbers out of Victoria are delayed today (we normally have them by now), and I’m not sure why. I hope it’s just because the news is so good, everyone in health got too excited and forgot to post them. One can only hope? |
| Oh, and we’ll also have a federal health update from Greg Hunt at 10.45am. | Oh, and we’ll also have a federal health update from Greg Hunt at 10.45am. |
| We have two Queensland press conferences to look forward to this morning: | We have two Queensland press conferences to look forward to this morning: |
| Unsure why there are two, but we’ll be blogging them both. | Unsure why there are two, but we’ll be blogging them both. |