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25 votes
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A day after admitting COVID-19 outbreak, North Korea says nearly 190,000 people in quarantine
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Dutch museums and concert halls open as hair salons to protest Covid rules
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Lockdown effectiveness: Much more than you wanted to know
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Side effect of a 6 p.m curfew for preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2: A modeling study from Toulouse, France
7 votes -
California aims to fully reopen the economy June 15
8 votes -
Belgium needs a short ‘real’ lockdown, warns expert
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Lessons from a year of Covid
9 votes -
Covid-19: St Pancras crowds 'totally irresponsible'
9 votes -
'Stay at home' from Thursday, says PM in new England lockdown
8 votes -
Protest erupts in Orthodox Jewish community over NYC's new coronavirus restrictions
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Michigan Attorney General will no longer enforce governor’s executive orders after court ruling
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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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Victoria reimposes lockdowns on Greater Melbourne region plus Mitchell Shire as coronavirus cases rise by record amount
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People complain that going to the shore is a careless act during a pandemic, but the science so far suggests otherwise
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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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Melbourne's local coronavirus lockdown begins with 300,000 people facing tighter restrictions in Victorian capital
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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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Coronavirus rules to be relaxed to bring big crowds back to stadiums, concerts, pubs, restaurants, and other venues around Australia
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South Asia emerges as a new coronavirus hotspot as unsustainable lockdowns start lifting while limited testing obscures the true size of outbreaks
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More than 200 schools in South Korea have been forced to close just days after they re-opened, due to a new spike in virus cases
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France eases some pandemic restrictions and will reopen restaurants, bars and parks
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South Korea re-imposes some coronavirus restrictions after spike in new cases
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One of the first California counties to reopen is closing again - Lassen County, pop. 30,000, had no cases of COVID and reopened in early May. It now has four cases
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'Highly unlikely' we'll return to lockdown, Australian Health Minister says
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A handful of sheriffs in Washington State have said they won’t enforce the governor’s shutdown orders. But who are the state’s rural residents actually listening to?
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New Zealand will move to coronavirus level 2 in three separate stages starting from this Thursday
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'Genocide by default': America prepares for a brutal coronavirus slow burn
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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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How a nursing home in France stopped coronavirus from killing elderly in its care
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For first time since lockdown began, New Zealand records 0 new COVID-19 cases on May 4
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After six weeks of lockdown, Miamians enjoy first weekend of reopened parks, marinas
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How Georgia is reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic
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Key points of France’s strategy for lifting its nationwide Covid-19 lockdown
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Elon Musk says shelter-in-place orders during COVID-19 are ‘fascist’—‘Give people back their goddamn freedom.’
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Coronavirus: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there is a 'good chance' Kiwis won't stay in COVID-19 level 3 long
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This Japanese island lifted its coronavirus lockdown too soon and became a warning to the world
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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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In Idaho, far-right Republicans defy coronavirus health restrictions
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China ends Wuhan lockdown after more than ten weeks, but normal life is still a distant dream
8 votes -
Location data says it all: Staying at home during coronavirus is a luxury
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The lockdown effect
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'We will now see the benefits': Case increase in Australia slows as lockdown takes effect
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Even in the coronavirus pandemic, the Japanese likely won't stay home until Shinzo Abe makes them
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DeSantis quietly signs second order overruling all local coronavirus orders, including church bans
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Florida governor issues coronavirus stay-at-home order after heavy criticism
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Africa’s biggest city on lockdown to curb virus in Nigeria
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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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Finland shuts down Uusimaa [Helsinki region] to fight coronavirus
5 votes