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Australia’s economy could contract by 6.3 per cent this year if there is a second wave of coronavirus infections, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s [OECD} latest economic outlook.

If there is no second wave then the economy will contract by 5%

The report calls for further stimulus including extending JobKeeper, but some economists question whether there’s been too much stimulus already

The report urges the Scotty from Marketing Government to introduce further policy measures to support households and businesses, including extending income support payments, such as the $70 billion JobKeeper wage subsidy, and building social housing.

Despite Australia hitting its first recession in 29 years, the report said Australia’s economy has been relatively spared, so far, from the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Global Cases 7,458,921
Global Deaths 419,020

Australia
Cases 7,285
Deaths 102
Critical 3
Cases per Million 286

UK
Cases 290,143
Deaths 41,128
Critical 516
Cases per Million 4,275

USA
Cases 2,066,401
Deaths 115,130
Critical 16,838
Cases per Million 6,245

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Pacific Island nations are urging Australia and New Zealand to include them in a planned travel “bubble”, as flights across the region resume.

Pacific governments face a delicate balancing act, weighing the devastating economic impact of border closures and travel restrictions on their tourism-dependent economies, with the risk of widespread and uncontrollable Covid-19 infections if the virus is introduced.

The Pacific region has had very low numbers of Covid-19 infections – just 305 confirmed cases to date – due to its geographic isolation and the strict enforcement of border closures.

Fiji and New Zealand this week declared themselves free of Covid-19, while other Pacific nations, including Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Tonga, have successfully kept the virus from their shores altogether.

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Not in Yorkshire they don’t Brucie…:018:

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Global Cases 7,597,341
Global Deaths 423,844

Australia
Cases 7,288
Deaths 102
Critical 2
Cases per Million 286

UK
Cases 291,409
Deaths 41,279
Critical 516
Cases per Million 4,294

USA
Cases 2,089,701
Deaths 116,034
Critical 16,827
Cases per Million 6,315

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Sports News!

From the 1st July community sports can recommence in NSW however NRL and AFL sporting events may soon have an audience:

Thousands of fans would be able to attend sporting events again and limits on the numbers of people in indoor venues would be scrapped under relaxations of coronavirus rules flagged today.

Speaking after a National Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Scotty from Marketing said states were working toward rules which would let stadiums capable of seating up to 40,000 people host crowds of up to 10,000.

The changes would apply to events like sporting matches, concerts and festivals, though venues would only be able to seat 25 per cent of their capacity.

Gyms can re-open from tomorrow.

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Global Cases 7,739,424
Global Deaths 428,336

Australia
Cases 7,294
Deaths 102
Critical 2
Cases per Million 286

UK
Cases 292,950
Deaths 41,481
Critical 492
Cases per Million 4,316

USA
Cases 2,116,922
Deaths 116,825
Critical 16,613
Cases per Million 6,397

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Australia’s coronavirus lockdown measures have been widely credited with preventing the catastrophic infection rates and death tolls seen in other parts of the world.

But could they be having an even greater impact than we realise?

Health authorities say social distancing, travel bans and other guidelines have also led to a dramatic drop in seasonal influenza cases and deaths.

In the first five months of 2019 — a particularly severe flu season — the national total of laboratory-confirmed influenza cases reached 74,176.

But Immunisation Coalition data shows the number of cases in 2020 has plummeted since coronavirus lockdowns were introduced — from 20,032 cases in the first three months, to 504 in April and May.

Australian Medical Association (AMA) SA president Dr Chris Moy said the number of flu deaths prevented since the coronavirus pandemic began was probably “quite significant”.

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Global Cases 7,865,794
Global Deaths 432,394

Australia
Cases 7,320
Deaths 102
Critical 2
Cases per Million 287

U.K.
Cases 294,375
Deaths 41,662
Critical 492
Cases per Million 4,337

USA
Cases 2,142,224
Deaths 117,527
Critical 16,744
Cases per Million 6,474

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One death in London last Monday none since

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The NSW Government has announced another tranche of downgraded coronavirus restrictions, with the 50-person limit on pubs and restaurants to be lifted next month.

From July 1, venues will be able to operate without capacity limits other than accommodating one person per four square metres.

Outdoor venues with a capacity of up to 40,000 people can seat a quarter of that, a move to free restrictions on concerts and sporting events flagged by Scotty from Marketing after Friday’s National Cabinet meeting.

Funerals, as of today, can take place without limits on numbers, but must adhere to the four-square-metre rule.

The State Government said closures would remain in place for nightclubs and music festivals but could be eased in August if transmission rates remain low.

The announcement follows further easing of restrictions this weekend, with households now able to host up to 20 guests, and gyms and food courts reopening, provided they can adhere to the four-square metre rule.

Community centres, markets, tattoo and massage parlours, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, betting agencies and holiday homes are also permitted to open from this weekend with restrictions.

The NSW Government is also to relax rules on granting new liquor licences in the Sydney CBD in what it says is a move to reinvigorate Sydney’s nightlife.

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Global Cases 7,995,877
Global Deaths 435,598

Australia
Cases 7,335
Deaths 102
Critical 4
Cases per Million 288

UK
Cases 295,889
Deaths 41,698
Critical 392
Cases per Million 4,360

USA
Cases 2,162,228
Deaths 117,858
Critical 16,704
Cases per Million 6,534

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It’s a bad year for flu, but it’s too early to call it the worst ever – 5 charts on the 2019 season so far
July 14, 2019 7.47pm BST
Author
Ian Barr
Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza

Disclosure statement
Ian Barr and the Melbourne WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health.

From early this year it’s been apparent the 2019 Australian influenza “season” was going to be different. Normally, the flu season coincides with the winter months of July and August, sometimes stretching to September and October.

But this year, things have happened much earlier, with a record number of influenza cases reported in summer and autumn.

So what’s been happening, and is it really as bad as the media have been reporting? Here we look at some of the latest data on cases and their outcomes to see if it is indeed “a horror flu season”.

Apparently Australia have not always been good at controlling Viruses, in fact, last year (2019) The flu season saw roughly the same amount of deaths from Flu, without lockdown, as this year with lockdown…

Judging by the diagram I’m surprised that Australia didn’t lockdown in 2017…
And as I suggested in an earlier post, perhaps the low figures compared to the UK in March - April and May could mostly be because it’s not Australia’s natural flu season and the climate was not conducive to a rapid spread as it is in the UK, and not really as a result of early lockdown.

So don’t be too hard on Boris, I believe the climate in the UK was perfect for the spread of the virus, as it is every year in and just after the winter, so the outcome would have been the same with or without the lockdown.

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I’m guessing Australians may catch flu early when the strains first show because of their proximity to where they often originate in the East. So when they hit Oz the vaccine might not yet be around. This year we have been incubated by Covid so the flu could hit us badly. They are already running out of vaccines as all countries rush to buy up stocks.

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Global Cases 8,118,671
Global Deaths 439,198

Australia
Cases 7,347
Deaths 102
Critical 4
Cases per Million 288

UK
Cases 296,857
Deaths 41,736
Critical 392
Cases per Million 4,374

USA
Cases 2,182,950
Deaths 118,283
Critical 16,716
Cases per Million 6,597

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

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Good article and interesting analysis OGF?
Maybe we are suffering from a spot of much ado?
BTW, l see NZ has just recorded two new covid cases after being
covid free for 23 days?
The two new cases are linked to FLYING from UK?
Are we now a risk to the rest of the world??
And this at a time when lobby groups are pushing for the restart
of tourism??

Donkeyman!

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I don’t think we’ve seen the last of this virus at all.
I think even if it takes a rest for now, it will be back at some stage, maybe next winter, along with the Flu…

But here’s something I don’t understand.
With all the lockdown, ‘social distancing’ and air travel limited, why oh why are we still letting dinghy loads of foreigners from the French camps to illegally float across the Channel and disembark on our shores, ey?
They claim to be from Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, and Kuwait.

I have just read that this year alone, more than 1,900 migrants have illegally entered Britain in this way.
At least 1,480 have crossed to the UK during the Coronovirus lockdown in March!
Our border controls tell of “often seeing French vessels escorting migrant boats as far as English waters.”

An exert from the article says - “On June 3rd, 166 migranrs (the most in one day) arrived on the Kent coast in seven boats. In some cases, the migrants reportedly refused rescue from the French because thjey just wanted to reach the UK.”

“Adults or family groups are taken to the Kent Intake Unit to register an asylum claim. They can then apply for asylum support, securingh initial accomodation in one of seven UK centres and a daily allowance of £5.37.
After 28 days they must find somewhere to live and obtain benefits.”

So what’s to be done about these people?
Are they screened to find out whether they are bringing in any health issues? If they are, I have no doubt we will pay for healthcare for them all as well.

No wonder they want to come here, and yet as we have seen lately, the black people think we are the pits here! :102:

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Ridiculous.

We know they have come from France, so how can they possibly claim asylum here?

They should be returned to France immediately and, if for some reason we ‘cannot’ do that, they should be given nothing.

Our government and other authorities seem to be our worst enemy.

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JBR, I just don’t understand, why some haven’t even been able to visit their own families here, and all the rules about travelling by car, plus the enormous fuss made about Dominic Cummins car trip, and cruise boats not being allowed to dock at ports - yet it’s perfectly acceptable to arrive by dinghy!

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Absolutely.

A mate of mine used to use the term ‘flexible morals’!

It’s like a picture I have just seen on Facebook.
Is there not even any pretence of equality in this country now?