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Cardinia mayor calls for more clarity on location of coronavirus cases
Cardinia shire mayor Jeff Springfield has called on the Victorian government for more clarity over advice that residents in his council area should reconsider travelling outside the municipal boundary.
Speaking on Radio National this morning, Cr Springfield said he wasn't satisfied with the Australia Health Protection Principal Commitee's recommendations that it "strongly discourages" travel to and from Hume, Casey, Brimbank, Moreland, Cardinia and Darebin for non-essential reasons.
"Not exactly because I don't think it's specific enough," he said.
Cr Springfield said due to Cardinia's sprawling size of almost 1300 square kilometres, he would prefer to know which specific suburbs and neighbourhoods have infections.
"We span from the Dandenong Ranges all the way down to Western Port Bay," he said.
"We need to know the neighbourhoods and suburbs".
The Health Department has been publishing daily updates on the number of coronavirus cases recorded at a local government area level since late March, but does not provide publicly available data on case numbers at a suburb or postcode level.
One in five Victorians live in the six local government areas.
Rapid testing for NSW's snowfields as slopes reopen
By Mary Ward
Rapid COVID-19 testing will be available in NSW's Snowy Mountains region from today as the state's snowfields reopen.
"Communities in the Snowy Mountains and those on major roads in and out depend heavily on tourism dollars and I know they will be very appreciative of the business brought in by visitors to the region, but it is imperative that we remember to be COVID-safe," NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro said.
Fog lifting over Jindabyne in New South Wales with snow on the peaks surrounding it as the Snowy Mountains region prepares for the ski season to startCredit:Alex Ellinghausen
“While our regional communities are ready to welcome you with open arms, the message remains clear – if you are sick, get tested and don’t travel.”
The tests will be conducted at NSW Health's pathology lab at Cooma.
More than 725,000 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in NSW since the start of the pandemic.
Victoria's coronavirus restrictions from today
Today was meant to be the day that coronavirus restrictions were eased in Victoria, but given the increase in case numbers over the past few days and the fears of a second wave, social distancing rules have tightened from today.
Here is a summary of the current state of restrictions in Victoria:
Chief Medical Officer advises people to avoid travel to six Melbourne areas
By Rachael Dexter
Outgoing national Chief Medical Officer Dr Brendan Murphy has reassured Victorians living in six at-risk local government areas that they will still be able to travel to school and work outside of their council areas.
Speaking on Radio National on Monday morning, Dr Murphy clarified Sunday's recommendation from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) - which advises state governments on their COVID-19 response - that it "strongly discourages" travel to and from Hume, Casey, Brimbank, Moreland, Cardinia and Darebin council areas for non-essential reasons.
"At the moment the recommendation is simply an advisory, a strong advisory," he said.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Brendan Murphy.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
He said the advisory doesn't mean that people cannot travel in and out of local government areas for work or school, but that people should reconsider non-essential group gatherings in those six areas.
"We're not saying people from those areas shouldn't go to work," he said. "It's more about coming in for gatherings and things like that".
He also noted that the recommendation was also about discouraging those who live in the hotspot areas to not travel interstate or to regional Victorian areas for holidays, as well as asking people from non-affected areas to not visit family in the six local government areas."
Similarly, if you're coming from interstate and you have family in one of those areas we would prefer people to not visit and potentially bring that virus back," he said.
"The biggest risk is interstate travel and regional areas where there is absolutely no virus at the moment".
Avoid travel to Melbourne areas with outbreaks: Deputy Chief Medical Officer
By Mary Ward
Federal Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth has said he is "concerned" about the uptick in Victorian cases, although they do remain relatively contained.
"Just [keep] in mind that while the numbers are higher in the last five days... that remains a small number in relation to the population of Victoria," he told Sydney's 2GB this morning.
"We wouldn't be saying at this point that it's the whole of Victoria that's in trouble."
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Dr Coatsworth said he understood community frustration with abiding by restrictions during periods of low case numbers "whether you're a protester or whether you want to get together with family you haven't seen in weeks or months", but stressed adherence to social distancing remained essential.
He said he would advise people to consider deferring travel to areas of Melbourne with outbreaks, although people living in those areas should "keep living and working as normal".
Speaking on state borders, Dr Coatsworth said the AHPPC had never been asked to advise on whether borders should be closed or reopened, but there was "nothing to suggest" the virus has spread to NSW after the recent increase in Victorian cases.
Good morning and welcome to today's coronavirus blog
Good morning and welcome to today's live coronavirus updates blog. My name is Craig Butt and I will be keeping this blog going until this afternoon.
Given the spike in case numbers in Victoria over the past few days, we've decided to start running these daily blogs again.
As always, if you have anything you would like to share, please feel free to send me an email or leave a comment on the blog.
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