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Global Cases 10,409,518
Global Deaths 508,091

Australia
Cases 7,836
Deaths 104
Critical 1
Cases per Million 307

UK
Cases 311,965
Deaths 43,575
Critical 276
Cases per Million 4,595

USA
Cases 2,681,811
Deaths 128,783
Critical 15,864
Cases per Million 8,102

Victoria recorded 64 new cases today, down from 75 on Monday.

NSW and Queensland had no local contracted cases.

Queensland will open its borders on 10th July to all Australians except Victorians. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says visitors from Victoria will have to quarantine for 14 days at their expense even after her state’s border closures are relaxed next month.

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Victoria will reimpose stage three restrictions on 10 postcodes across Melbourne until at least July 29 in a bid to contain an “unacceptably high” number of new cases detected in the past few days.

From 11:59pm on Wednesday, residents in the following postcodes will be restricted from leaving the house except for essential purposes: 3012, 3021, 3032, 3038, 3042, 3046, 3047, 3055, 3060, 3064.

Premier Daniel Andrews also announced a judicial inquiry into the state’s management of hotel quarantine after a number of cases through late May and early June were linked to infection control breaches.

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Global Cases 10,590,724
Global Deaths 514,020

Australia
Cases 7,920
Deaths 104
Critical 2
Cases per Million 311

U.K.
Cases 312,654
Deaths 43,730
Critical 276
Cases per Million 4,606

USA
Cases 2,727,853
Deaths 130,122
Critical 15,935
Cases per Million 8,241

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How did we get here?

1st April Three months ago…

1st June

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Good question Bruce, last year at this time it would have sounded like something out of a science fiction movie…:surprised:

Who would have thought that the whole world could have been affected like this in just a short space of time…
It sure shows how tenuous our grip of a comfortable and organised world really is…

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Global Cases 10,809,992
Global Deaths 519,050

Australia
Cases 8,001
Deaths 104
Critical 5
Cases per Million 314

UK
Cases 313,483
Deaths 43,906
Critical 238
Cases per Million 4,618

USA
Cases 2,779,953
Deaths 130,798
Critical 15,898
Cases per Million 8,398

Two men, who both spent two weeks in hotel quarantine in Melbourne, have tested positive for coronavirus after returning home to New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

Australia now has over 8000 cases of Covid19 with over 800 cases still active.

New Zealand’s health minister resigns

Showing how to behave honourably compared to the farcical behaviour of the UK’s PM and his advisor.

David Clark, New Zealand’s health minister, has resigned following a series of personal blunders during the coronavirus pandemic.

In April, he was stripped of some of his responsibilities after defying the country’s strict lockdown measures.

He drove 19 kilometres to the beach to take a walk with his family as the government was asking people to make historic sacrifices by staying at home.

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After enduring 20 years with only spineless PM’s we’re not going to let Boris or Douglas Carswell go that easily Bruce…Good PM’s and advisors are hard to find!
As long as he doesn’t take the knee to the BLM mob he can do what he likes and I’ll support him.

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I will echo that OGF!
As long as the gov continue on course l will support them!
BTW! It seems the meaning of the word sacrifice has been
degraded iover the years to read Brucy’s last press report??

Dokeyman!
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Yes I agree Donkeyman, we are becoming a world of ‘Tell tales’ and grassers. People should look at themselves before taking the high moral ground.

‘Let he who casts the first stone be without sin’
Or words to that effect!..:smiley:

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Global Cases 10,986,162
Global Deaths 524,098

Australia
Cases 8,066
Deaths 104
Critical 2
Cases per Million 316

UK
Cases 283,757
Deaths 43,995
Critical 279
Cases per Million 4,180

USA
Cases 2,837,189
Deaths 131,485
Critical 15,907
Cases per Million 8,571

Victoria’s coronavirus case count has risen to 2,368, with 442 active cases now in the state after another 66 infections in the last 24 hours.

More than 10,000 people in Melbourne’s coronavirus hotspots have declined to be tested during Victoria’s testing blitz, with Health Minister Jenny Mikakos saying some of those residents believe the virus is a conspiracy.

The Victorian Government has been facing increased scrutiny over its handling of the hotel quarantine system.

Contractors working in the state-run quarantine program at two Melbourne hotels which are hosting returned travellers have been linked to more than 50 coronavirus cases.

Authorities have said security workers breached well-known infection control processes, and unconfirmed reports have emerged of the guards sleeping with guests and letting travellers out of their rooms.

(BTW In NSW quarantine security is provided by a combination of police, defence force personnel as well as some contractors.)

A $3 million judicial inquiry will examine how the virus was able to spread from the hotels into the community.

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A man who arrived at Sydney’s Central Station on an XPT train from Melbourne this morning came from a coronavirus hotspot, and was intercepted by authorities.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the man’s accommodation provider worked out from his ID that he probably was coming from a hotspot.

Earlier this week, new public health orders came into effect banning anyone from a Victorian hotspot from entering NSW.

“He [the man] indicated that he hadn’t been living at the hotspot for a little while, but then in further discussions he indicated that he’d been to a storage area for his furniture or so on, I gather in the hotspot area,” Mr Hazzard said.

The man has been taken to a quarantine hotel in Sydney, and it is unclear if he will be forced to leave NSW.

NSW Police are investigating the matter, and the man could face an $11,000 fine or up to six months in prison if he is charged.

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Good to see our border people are working well to spot any VICS sneaking into our state. I am now hearing that the infection rate has exceeded the current 10 Melbourne post (zip) codes. So more to face quarantine.

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Global Cases 11,193,565
Global Deaths 529,127

Australia
Cases 8,260
Deaths 104
Critical 7
Cases per Million 324

U.K.
Cases 284,276
Deaths 44,131
Critical 279
Cases per Million 4,187

USA
Cases 2,890,588
Deaths 132,101
Critical 15,928
Cases per Million 8,732

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Hi

The idiots are out already.

Overnight Parties and sirens all over the place.

We have no new deaths here, but 1361 new positive tests.

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How quickly it can all fall apart. Time to panic in Victoria?

Some 3,000 of Melbourne’s “most vulnerable” residents will be locked in nine public housing estates for at least five days due to a coronavirus outbreak.

Premier Daniel Andrews said that in recent days, at least 23 cases had been identified in more than 12 households in the Flemington and North Melbourne public housing estates in inner Melbourne.

Mr Andrews said the nine towers included 1,345 units of housing and were home to about 3,000 residents.

It comes as Victoria recorded its second-highest ever daily increase in coronavirus cases, with 108 people diagnosed with the virus overnight.

Four high-rise buildings in Flemington will be subject to the lockdown: 12 Holland Court, 120 Racecourse Road, 126 Racecourse Road and 130 Racecourse Road.

The five estates in North Melbourne are on 12 Sutton Street, 33 Alfred Street, 76 Canning Street, 159 Melrose Street and 9 Pampas Street, a combination of mid-rise and high-rise buildings.

The estates will be fully locked down for at least five days to test everyone and get results back, but the Premier said it could extend for up to 14 days.

Victoria Police will oversee the towers, with at least 500 officers per shift on the job and police stationed on every floor.

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Changes to flights bringing in returning residents. More than 32,000 people have entered hotel quarantine on arriving in Sydney

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has warned that international flights to Sydney over the coming weeks will be subject to a cap on arrivals and flights could be cancelled.

It follows a ban announced earlier this week on international flights coming into Melbourne to ease hotel quarantine demands in Victoria.

Now at the request of the NSW Government, new Federal Government limits will be introduced from midnight tonight.

NSW Health said overseas arrivals will be capped at 450 passengers a day, with a maximum of 50 passengers allowed per incoming flight.

DFAT’s Smartraveller guidance has warned of “pressure” on Sydney’s quarantine facilities.

“If you’re scheduled to fly into Sydney in the coming days and weeks, confirm your itinerary and onward travel plans with your airline,” it said.

In a statement, NSW Health said it was critical that hotel quarantining was “not stretched to breaking point”.

Police and Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said: “The Commonwealth Government has heard the NSW message that we need to ensure the system is sustainable”.

NSW Health said that now the Victorian and Queensland governments have begun charging for hotel quarantine, some travellers were choosing to head to NSW instead for their quarantine.

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Global Cases 11,382,890
Global Deaths 533,474

Australia
Cases 8,443
Deaths 104
Critical 4
Cases per Million 331

U.K.
Cases 284,900
Deaths 44,198
Critical 231
Cases per Million 4,196

USA
Cases 2,935,770
Deaths 132,318
Critical 16,017
Cases per Million 8,869

Victoria has recorded another 74 coronavirus cases overnight as Premier Daniel Andrews announces the more than 3,000 public housing tenants placed under

Mr Andrews also announced a range of financial support for all tenants in the nine buildings, which were placed under immediate lockdown on Saturday afternoon.

“Those who are employed and because of the hard lockdown cannot go to work, they will receive a $1,500 hardship payment,” Mr Andrews said.

“For those households where there is no-one in employment, they will receive a $750 hardship payment.”

The Chief Health Officer says in the setting of a densely populated high-rise tower, COVID-19 has “genuinely explosive potential”.

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Foxy wrong Oz state. Victoria are the culprits killing our copybook. They are run by a hard core leftie who has taken his eye off the Covid ball.:twisted:
Some experts saying Brazil will top the Yank death toll.

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Yea, sorry about that Swannie, you are a long way away…:cool: And yes, I don’t think Covid19 has finished with any of us yet…:frowning:

I’m loving the new series of ‘Aussie Gold Hunters’ by the way…:smiley:

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Foxy. Take note mate. Scientists are now saying this virus is airborne. WHO is lax in not acknowledging their theory. So the current masks are useless if this is fact. I intend wearing a thick woolen scarf if I have to leave my house as the VICS have created a second spike and it may have been transmitted already into my state.