Australian Reports of the Virus Spread

[Princess Fiona]

Presser upcoming from Andrews at 11am
ABC reporting 238 and 3 deaths.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Presser upcoming from Andrews at 11am
ABC reporting 238 and 3 deaths.View attachment 222485

And one from Berejiklian at 11am - annoying clash

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Black Lives Matter protest linked to tower cluster

Victorian health authorities have confirmed a link between two coronavirus cases in Black Lives Matter protest attendees and a cluster of at least 242 cases in Melbourne's public housing towers, The Australian reports

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I cannot read the article, and so do not know what it says.

Given the demographics of the apartment tower residents it would be not be a surprise if they or someone they are close contacts with had of attended the BLM rally.

So the question is, is that a link to someone who caught the virus by attending the rally, or is it just a link to someone who attended BLM (10,000 plus were there) who later caught the virus (or who had caught it pre-protest)?

If it is a confirmed link of back to someone catching the virus at the rally that would from what I recall be the first such identification.


With the workers at H&M, now called the northern Melbourne cluster two of the store workers who caught Covid 19 had attended the rally, but were not thought to have caught it at the rally.

Two further cases have been linked to H&M Northland, taking the total to four. One new case is a household contact of a staff member who tested positive on Friday. The other new case is a staff member, who did not work at the store while infectious. This staff member attended the Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne on Saturday 6 June but is not thought to have acquired the infection from the protest. The H&M store has undergone a deep clean and contact tracing is continuing.

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[lovetravellingoz]

...and 3 deaths

Sadly many more are likely.

21 on ventilators yesterday and so while those in ICU surged up, until yesterday none were reported to be on ventilators since 22 June when there were 2.

Though it was reported on 0 on 29 June and then just vacant after that. So it may have been not reported rather than zero up till yesterday.

But in any case 21 on ventilators is a major surge. Previous peak in Victoria was 12 on 15 April, and that was the only double digit day up till yesterday.

So 1 new death overnight, as 2 were already reported yesterday afternoon. 27 deaths in total in Victoria.

(3 new from yesterday's press conference)

NSW evidently is 13 new cases overnight.

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Victoria and

New South Wales updates expected at 11am



Victoria ~238 new cases

New South Wales 13 new cases

KFC continues its attraction. Following on from the $20,000 worth of fines issued to party goers recently

In Victoria, a person bought KFC and sat down to eat it. Staff requested they leave and so called police. Police then asked the person to move on. They refused to move until they finished their meal. Fine issued. That is one expensive KFC meal!

 

[Flying mermaid]

I know I shouldn’t find this funny but I did. Apparently when police were checking on a house they found people hiding in a cupboard and a garage. How hard is it just to do the right thing

 

[Lynda2475]

via the BlueMountains man

NSW Health just clarified not the Blue Mountains man, but a Melbourne man who attended a workplace on 30th June (workplace not named) to give training, then he and 6 nsw people from that workplace trainng went to party at the Crossroads on 3rd July. I think they should name the workplace - all are being counted under the existing Crossroads cluster. The genomic testing confirms that the Mebourne worker is patient zero, as the Blue Mountains man who caught it at the pub on 3rd has the Melbourne strain.

 

[Lynda2475]

The Northern Territory has declared all 30 Sydney local government areas coronavirus hotspots, meaning people who have been in Sydney within 14 days of their arrival in the Territory will be subject to the same restrictions already scheduled to be imposed on Victorians. From Friday, while the Territory will open up to the rest of Australia, Sydneysiders and Victorians will be required to undertake a fortnight of supervised quarantine at a cost of $2500 if they wish to enter.

Im not surprised, but weird to limit to Sydney, as quite a few of the Crossroads Cluster actually live in Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands - not Sydney.

After wtaching Kerry Chant's press conference this morning I have more confidence on how they are tackling the Crossroads outbreak, but we need eeryone exposed to do the right thing for the next 2 weeks, so we dont end up like Melbourne. Hope NSW Police and ADF will be checking up on those who are supposed to self isolate and better police pubs and parties.

 

[jase05]

NSW Health just clarified not the Blue Mountains man, but a Melbourne man who attended a workplace on 30th June (workplace not named)

My understanding is that it’s a freight company.

 

[dajop]

It is interesting that the Sydney spread seems (at this stage) to be mainly via pubs and public social gatherings, whereas the Melbourne spread seems to be due to private social gatherings, interactions in and round both residences (in cases of towers) and workplaces, and less so via public social gatherings. Or is that the public social gatherings are insignificant in Victoria compared to the rest?

 

[p--and--t]

My understanding is that it’s a freight company.

The statement on ABC. A freight company (non-driver) employee from Victoria conducting training and went to an organised celebratory dinner at that pub with colleagues.

 

[jakeseven7]

The Northern Territory has declared all 30 Sydney local government areas coronavirus hotspots, meaning people who have been in Sydney within 14 days of their arrival in the Territory will be subject to the same restrictions already scheduled to be imposed on Victorians.

Where is Annastacia? Did she sleep in?

 

[p--and--t]

Where is Annastacia? Did she sleep in?

She just finished her presser live on ABC.

 

[jakeseven7]

Ummm ok Greg..... this statement is a perfect summary of why we are totally and utterly lost in what we are supposed to be working towards....

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Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says Australia will not outrightly pursue an elimination strategy, but will continue to strive towards zero COVID-19 cases

 

[blackcat20]

Ummm ok Greg..... this statement is a perfect summary of why we are totally and utterly lost in what we are supposed to be working towards....

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Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says Australia will not outrightly pursue an elimination strategy, but will continue to strive towards zero COVID-19 cases

Zero cases isnt elimination, we cannot make this virus non-existent.

 

[dajop]

Zero cases isnt elimination, we cannot make this virus non-existent.

And even if we could and elimination was the goal, Australia would have to cut itself off from the rest of the world completely. No air crews, no people coming from overseas, no ships docking in the ports.

Perhaps elimination of community spread is the goal, as opposed to elimination of the virus.

 

[jakeseven7]

Zero cases isnt elimination, we cannot make this virus non-existent.

What is elimination if it is not zero cases? Minus (egative) cases?

Perhaps elimination of community spread is the goal, as opposed to elimination of the virus.

Perhaps, but exactly my point - no one seems to know or will talk about it. And when they try they get tongue tied into rubbish nothing statements...

 

[Flying mermaid]

Zero cases in ACT again. Still many weeks to go ......

 

[blackcat20]

What is elimination if it is not zero cases? Minus (egative) cases?



Perhaps, but exactly my point - no one seems to know or will talk about it. And when they try they get tongue tied into rubbish nothing statements...

Theres a difference between elimination and eradication:
Eradication refers to the reduction to zero (or a very low defined target rate) of new cases in a defined geographical area. Elimination refers to the complete and permanent worldwide reduction to zero new cases of the disease through deliberate efforts.

 

[jase05]

What is elimination if it is not zero cases? Minus (egative) cases?



Perhaps, but exactly my point - no one seems to know or will talk about it. And when they try they get tongue tied into rubbish nothing statements...

Because no government wants to put their backside on the line. It would be political suicide if a government came out and said its aiming for elimination and then couldn’t deliver on it.

 

[Lynda2475]

Where is Annastacia? Did she sleep in?

Dont give her ideas I really really really need a break in Port Douglas.