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Melbourne placed under stage four coronavirus lockdown, stage three for rest of Victoria, as State of Disaster declared
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Sydney's Crossroads Hotel COVID-19 cluster genomically linked to Melbourne outbreak
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Victoria reimposes lockdowns on Greater Melbourne region plus Mitchell Shire as coronavirus cases rise by record amount
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New South Wales border with Victoria to close from Wednesday as Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announces 127 new coronavirus cases in the state
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Victoria records 108 new coronavirus infections, locks down suburbs and public housing
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-04/coronavirus-numbers-victoria-rise-again-lockdown-suburbs/12422456 Victoria recorded its second-highest ever daily increase in coronavirus cases, with 108...
Victoria recorded its second-highest ever daily increase in coronavirus cases, with 108 people diagnosed with the virus overnight.
Residents of nine public housing estates in inner Melbourne will be required to stay in their homes due to an outbreak of coronavirus cases.
23 cases had been identified in more than 12 households in the Flemington and North Melbourne public housing estates
the nine towers included 1,345 units of housing and were home to about 3,000 residents.
"No-one will be allowed out of those public housing towers," Mr Andrews said.
I just watched the press conference. This article misses some details.
The residents of these public housing towers will not be allowed to leave their flats/apartments at all, for any reason. They can't even step outside their front doors into the common corridors. The common areas are potential transmission vectors, so these people have to stay inside their flats and not come out at all. And the lockdown starts immediately. Anyone currently inside can't come out. Anyone who comes home can't come back out. (I except some people will decide not to go home).
This is an extreme lockdown, beyond anything done in Australia so far.
Over the next few days, all residents in the towers will be tested for coronavirus. The lockdown is expected to last for at least 5 days, which is how long it's expected to take to test everyone and get the results.
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How hotel quarantine let COVID-19 out of the bag in Victoria
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Melbourne's local coronavirus lockdown begins with 300,000 people facing tighter restrictions in Victorian capital
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'See it as your civic duty': Testing blitz to target hotspots as Victoria records thirty-three new cases
Article: 'See it as your civic duty': Testing blitz to target hotspots as Victoria records 33 new cases I found this part especially interesting: Health workers going door-to-door to test...
Article: 'See it as your civic duty': Testing blitz to target hotspots as Victoria records 33 new cases
I found this part especially interesting:
Health workers going door-to-door to test residents in these hotspots will be using a new type of saliva test developed by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity that is less invasive, and painful, than nose and throat swabs.
There's a new form of coronavirus testing in Australia.
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Australian Defence Force to send 1,000 personnel to assist Victoria in coronavirus response
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Victoria records Australia's first coronavirus death in over a month, as cases in Vic rise by twenty yesterday and the state's reproduction number climbs to 2.5
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Victoria will bring back tougher coronavirus restrictions, limiting gatherings in homes to five people, in a bid to address a recent spike in case numbers
News article: Victoria will bring back tougher coronavirus restrictions, limiting gatherings in homes to five people, in a bid to address a recent spike in case numbers. Statement from Victoria's...
Statement from Victoria's Premier:
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"around half of [Victoria's] cases since the end of April have come from transmission inside someone’s home."
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"From 11:59pm on Sunday, the number of visitors you can have at your home will reduce to five."
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"Outside the home, families and friends can meet in groups up to ten."
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"restaurants, pubs, auction halls, community halls, libraries, museums and places of worship will all stay at a maximum of 20 people in any one space until 12 July."
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"Businesses that were set to open on Monday like gyms, cinemas, theatres and TABs can do so – but again, only with a maximum of 20."
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"Community sport for kids and non-contact competition for adults can proceed as planned."
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"those who can work from home [should] continue to do so at least until 31 July."
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Why is Victoria experiencing an increase in coronavirus cases and other Australian states aren't?
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Australian airline coronavirus (COVID-19) rules: We flew the Sydney-Melbourne route under new hygiene rules
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Voters happy with how Australian governments have dealt with pandemic
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Coronavirus rules to be relaxed to bring big crowds back to stadiums, concerts, pubs, restaurants, and other venues around Australia
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No coronavirus cases from community transmission in two weeks, New South Wales Health confirm
Article: No coronavirus cases from community transmission in two weeks, NSW Health confirm Context: New South Wales has recorded 31 new coronavirus cases in the past 2 weeks, but all these new...
Article: No coronavirus cases from community transmission in two weeks, NSW Health confirm
Context:
New South Wales has recorded 31 new coronavirus cases in the past 2 weeks, but all these new cases have been in returned international travellers. Returned international travellers are forced to spend 14 days in quarantine (in 5-star hotel rooms) before being let loose on the Australian populace. So, these cases are not contributing to the pandemic in Australia's population.
New South Wales, the most populous state in Australia, has achieved zero community transmission. Most other states and territories have already achieved this, or are very close to achieving it.
The worst state in Australia for community transmission is Victoria, which has 1 or 2 cases of community transmission turn up every couple of days.
On another note, there are reportedly 432 active cases of coronavirus infections across Australia (or 450, depending on the source). However, that number of active cases exceeds the total number of new infections recorded across the country for the past month. I believe it's likely that some health departments (notably NSW's) are failing to follow up recovered cases, so that recoveries are understated and active cases are overstated.
Elimination of the coronavirus in Australia was tantalisingly close leading up to the protests last weekend. We're still waiting to see the outcome of those.
Fingers crossed!
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A coroner’s report has revealed that the Queensland miner who was Australia’s youngest COVID-19 victim didn’t die of coronavirus at all
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South Australia's latest coronavirus case was granted travel exemption to visit dying relative, authorities reveal
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A 30-year-old man from Blackwater in Central Queensland has died with coronavirus, making him the youngest victim in Australia
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Human trials of potential coronavirus vaccine begin in Melbourne
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'Highly unlikely' we'll return to lockdown, Australian Health Minister says
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People in other countries have been told to wear masks to protect from coronavirus. Australia isn't in the same boat
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A coalition of 62 countries has backed a joint Australian and European Union push for an independent inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak ahead of a crucial World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva
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No new coronavirus cases recorded in New South Wales as the state prepares to ease restrictions
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'Three decisions and a two-point plan': How Australia got on top of COVID-19
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveils "a three-step plan and a national framework to achieve a COVID-safe economy and society" by July
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Australia joins ‘first movers’ group of nations that have kept coronavirus under control
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South Australian coronavirus messaging translators step up in their Congolese communities to fight against misinformation
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Australian intelligence officials have no evidence of Wuhan lab link to coronavirus
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Australian Government releases coronavirus tracing app COVIDSafe, in bid to halt COVID-19's spread
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Community privacy concerns have forced the Australian Government to insist a coronavirus tracing app will neither track people's locations nor be available for law enforcement agencies to access
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Australia has chanced upon an exciting new possibility – the prospect of eliminating the new coronavirus. Completely. Not just flattening the curve but crushing it
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Victoria has recorded just one new coronavirus case in the past 24 hours
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused an unidentified north-west Tasmanian aged care worker of being dishonest about their contacts
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A Perth man has become the first person in Australia to be jailed for breaching emergency coronavirus laws after he repeatedly snuck out of his hotel room while he was supposed to be in quarantine
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Australian government plans to bring in mobile phone app to track people with coronavirus
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The GP office managers who turned COVID-19 frustration into an Australia-wide sanitiser supply chain
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Now that Australia appears to have got the coronavirus under control, it faces an even more disturbing choice on how to end the epidemic
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Australia should be moving to utilise people who have recovered from coronavirus and developed immunity against the virus to bolster essential services, a leading expert says
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The lockdown effect
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Australians advised not to wear face masks amid coronavirus pandemic
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'We will now see the benefits': Case increase in Australia slows as lockdown takes effect
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New social isolation rules implemented in Australia
Frustratingly (and in keeping with how confusing the messaging has been from the Australian government on all aspects of this pandemic), there is no single easy source that lists these new...
Frustratingly (and in keeping with how confusing the messaging has been from the Australian government on all aspects of this pandemic), there is no single easy source that lists these new restrictions in a nice simple format.
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All gatherings, whether indoors or outdoors, are limited to 2 people. Exceptions apply for people you're living with (you're already sharing germs with them). However, previous limits of 5 people for weddings and 10 people for funerals still apply.
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People should only leave the house for necessary activities, such as: shopping for supplies, exercising, medical care, work, school.
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Elderly people should stay home and self-isolate. This applies to: healthy people over 70; unhealthy people over 60; indigenous people over 50. (And if we ever needed evidence that indigenous people have worse health than everyone else, this announcement proves it.)
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Public playgrounds, outside gyms, and skate parks will close.
These rules are all advisory, rather than legal. However, individual states can choose to enforce them legally.
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Coronavirus shutdowns in Australia don't apply to barbershops and hair salons. But is it safe to get a haircut?
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It's up to you: data shows coronavirus can only be controlled if eight out of 10 Aussies stay home
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The Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory will proceed to a more comprehensive shutdown of non-essential services over the next 48 hours
News article: The Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory will proceed to a more comprehensive shutdown of non-essential services over the next 48 hours in...
For non-Australians: New South Wales and Victoria are Australia's two most populous states. Between them, they contain about 60% of the Australian population. They naturally also have the highest number of coronavirus cases.
The Australian Capital Territory is a land-locked region totally surrounded by NSW. It's the home of our capital city, Canberra. It's small in population but, if NSW is clamping down, the ACT pretty much has to follow.
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How Melbourne scientists' coronavirus preparation puts Australia ahead of the world
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Anyone arriving in Australia from overseas will to be forced to self-isolate for 14 days
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Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton diagnosed with COVID-19 coronavirus
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