Summary
- The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 250,000. There have been 3.5 million cases but 1.1 million recoveries, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally
- The Australian death toll stands at 96 after a death at Newmarch House in Sydney's west on Monday. Another carer at the aged care facility has tested positive, as a NSW Health investigation continues
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will join Australia's national cabinet meeting today to discuss COVID-19
- The COVIDSafe app has now been downloaded over 4.5 million times. Next week, legislation protecting the data it collects will be debated in Parliament
- Three Qantas flights will this week rescue more than 500 Australians stranded in India by coronavirus travel restrictions but hundreds more remain in limbo
NSW Labor calls for arts relief as Carriageworks enters administration
NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay has called for the state government to provide relief for arts organisation after Carriageworks became the first major arts organisation to enter voluntary administration, citing the pandemic shutdown.
The cultural centre based in the historic Eveleigh rail yards in Sydney's inner west called in KPMG restructuring partners Philip Quinlan and Morgan Kelly on Monday after standing down half their core staff in April.
"This government can spend $1.5 billion precious dollars during a pandemic to move the Powerhouse Museum, but refuses to help artists and arts organisations survive," Ms McKay tweeted this morning, asking why NSW did not have a relief package like Victoria or Queensland.
Carriageworks would usually be hosting Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia shows at this time of year. However, the event was cancelled in March.
Sources close to discussions said the decision to put Carriageworks, the largest contemporary multi-arts centre in the country, into administration was made after it became clear the NSW government would not guarantee regular grant funding due in July, the Herald's Kylar Loussikian and Linda Morris reported last night.
Another Newmarch House carer tests positive
Another carer at Newmarch House, the western Sydney aged care facility which is now the country's second-deadliest coronavirus cluster, has tested positive.
Anglicare announced the positive test after 7am this morning.
Flowers at the entrance to Anglicare’s Newmarch House, where 15 residents have died from COVID-19. Credit:Kate Geraghty
The staff member was working exclusively in the COVID-19 positive area of the facility, after residents without the virus were moved to different areas of the building last week.
"It is our understanding that this staff member was asymptomatic," Anglicare said in a statement.
"The positive test result was discovered during our now daily, rigorous testing regime which is now being applied to all staff working at Newmarch House."
The carer is now self-isolating.
There are now 64 cases of coronavirus linked to Newmarch House. Fifteen residents have died, including a man whose death was announced yesterday.
This morning, the ABC is reporting Aspen Medical, the private healthcare provider contracted by the federal government to fill staffing gaps at Newmarch House as regular carers are forced to self-isolate, was asked by Anglicare to stand down a carer regarding a possible infection control breach.
Anglicare has not confirmed the report.
Global death toll hits 250,000
There have now been 250,000 recorded deaths from coronavirus across the world, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally
There have been more than 3.5 million confirmed cases of the virus, which was first detected in Wuhan, China, in late November.
More than 1.1 million people have recovered.
The Australian death toll is at 96.
Rabbitohs players, Roosters coach cleared of COVID-19
Is that a collective sigh of relief I can hear out the window of my Redfern working-from-home setup? Not unlikely, after news this morning that the three South Sydney players sent for coronavirus testing yesterday have all returned negative results.
Latrell Mitchell was among the players turned away from training on Monday morning after reporting flu like symptoms when he arrived at the club's pre-season education day.
Mitchell was last week was hit with a $50,000 fine ($30,000 suspended) for breaking social distancing regulations during a camping trip with Melbourne's Josh Addo-Carr.
Mitchell, along with Rabbitohs captain Adam Reynolds and prop Liam Knight, were denied entry into Redfern Oval yesterday after undertaking a range of screening protocols each club has been forced to adopt as the NRL pushes towards a May 28 restart date.
Three-time premiership-winning coach Trent Robinson also sent a scare through the Sydney Roosters after being tested for coronavirus on Monday. He also returned a negative test.
Fourth day of no cases for Tasmania
Tasmania's total coronavirus tally remains at 221 for the fourth day in a row after no new cases were recorded on Monday, but the government is urging against complacency.
Of the state's 221 cases, 158 have recovered and 44 remain active.
It comes as a deadly cluster in the north-west was brought under control, with schools and big retailers in the region allowed to reopen on Monday after additional restrictions that had been in place for about three weeks were lifted.
Authorities are, however, paying close attention to another cluster in the region at Circular Head, with 34 people in isolation.
The north-west outbreak has resulted in 12 of the state's 13 coronavirus deaths.
The state will detail a road map out of other coronavirus restrictions on Friday following the national cabinet meeting, but none of them will come before Mother's Day on Sunday.
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WHO says virus link to Wuhan lab 'speculative'
The World Health Organisation's emergencies chief said on Monday that it has received no evidence from the US government to back up allegations by President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the coronavirus could have originated at a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Michael Ryan, Executive Director of WHO's Health Emergencies program, talks during a press conference at the World Health Organisation headquarters in Geneva.Credit:AP
"From our perspective, this remains speculative," Dr Michael Ryan told reporters in Geneva, the Associated Press reports.
"We have not received any data or specific evidence from the US government relating to the purported origin of the virus."
Carer working at Newmarch House asked to stand down: report
Anglicare has reportedly told a private healthcare provider to stand down a carer working at Newmarch House.
Private healthcare provider Aspen Medical has rostered carers to Newmarch House, the embattled western Sydney aged care facility which is now the site of Australia's secondmost deadly coronavirus outbreak, at the request of the federal government.
This morning, the ABC is reporting being told by Aspen that they have been asked by Anglicare to stand down one of their carers, due to infection breaches.
Anglicare has not confirmed the report.
There is an ongoing NSW Health investigation into the coronavirus outbreak at Newmarch House, which is part of Anglicare's Caddens Village near Penrith.
Nearly two weeks ago, the federal government intervened to provide carers from Aspen as well as three senior staff from BaptistCare, after the facility was operating with less than two-thirds its regular staff numbers.
Ruby Princess inquiry to recommence today
The Ruby Princess inquiry will hear from five new witnesses this week, with hearings restarting today.
The Special Commission of Inquiry into the Ruby Princess will commence its third round on Tuesday to help uncover the grave missteps of the ill-fated cruise ship that has been linked to more than 20 coronavirus deaths and 600 infections across Australia.
The first two sittings included witness testimonies from the cruise ship's doctor Ilse Von Watzdorf and the hotel manager on board, Charles Verwall.
$63,000 fines, jail terms for breach of COVIDSafe data
In case you missed it last night, Attorney-General Christian Porter has released drafts of the tougher privacy laws designed to protect the data collected by the federal government's new coronavirus tracing app.
Access to the highly sensitive data will be restricted to state health agencies and those in their service, making it a criminal offence for anyone else to collect, use, disclose or attempt to decrypt the personal information in the app, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's chief political correspondent David Crowe reported last night.
The Morrison government wants the new penalties, including a $63,000 fine for every privacy breach, to assuage concerns about the app and expand its use beyond the 4.5 million people who have already downloaded it to their phones.
The bill will also make it an offence to hold the data on a database outside Australia, following concerns about the use of global company Amazon Web Services' servers.
After two emergency meetings to pass economic stimulus during the coronavirus crisis, Parliament is returning next week for a regular sitting week.
Today's front page
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