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Your say: No shopping, no friends, takeaway only
Earlier we asked our readers how their behaviour has changed since news of the Melbourne outbreaks emerged last week.
The majority of our Melbourne readers who have responded say they are taking more precautions – they are limiting their social outings, avoiding shopping centres and have started ordering their groceries online.
"We're essentially isolating for the school holidays. We'll re-evaluate once they're over." - Katie
"We cancelled our plans for the weekend and plan to stay indoors unless we are back at low or zero numbers. No socialising for us." - Anonymous
"I've stopped going to shopping centres. I found Highpoint [shopping centre] frightening last weekend so I won't go again." - Anonymous
"I'd started to slack off a little with precautions but have returned to a high level of handwashing and hand sanitiser since the recent increase in numbers." - Sue
"Not seeing friends, sticking to takeaway coffees and continuing to avoid shopping centres." - Melissa
"I have stopped seeing friends and work only from home. I only go out to walk and shop for groceries. My intention is to continue doing so until the numbers drop again, and then I will reconsider." - Kaz
Military personnel will not be police, Victorian minister says
By Simone Fox Koob
Victoria’s Police Minister Lisa Neville says the federal Defence Minister may have "overstepped" the mark when describing the role the defence force will play in the state’s coronavirus response.
This morning, federal Defence Minister Linda Reynolds told Melbourne radio station 3AW that ADF members would be supporting Victorian law enforcement.
Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said ADF personnel would be helping police on the ground in Victoria.Credit:AAP
Ms Reynolds said ADF members would be going out on street patrols with police and "may well" be helping with quarantine checks, door knocking and in hotel quarantine.
However, Ms Neville said the ADF will not be joining police.
"None of the ADF personnel will be doing any policing activity, they don’t have the power to do that," she said.
"They will not be on the street with police … we don’t need them to do that.
Victorian Police Minister Lisa Neville.Credit:AAP
"I think the federal minister may have overstepped her comments … [the ADF] will be in the state control centre and health department doing contact tracing. They are not in hotel quarantine and not on the street with Victoria Police."
Melbourne's coronavirus hotspots are mostly disadvantaged suburbs
By Craig Butt and Jamie Brown
Our data journalist Craig Butt has looked at the statistics around Melbourne's coronavirus hotspots and how they have changed since the first outbreak. It makes for a really interesting comparison.
The 10 current suburban hotspots are Keilor Downs, Broadmeadows, Maidstone, Albanvale, Sunshine West, Hallam, Brunswick West, Fawkner, Reservoir and Pakenham.
Most of these suburbs are among the most disadvantaged in Victoria, based on Australian Bureau of Statistics metrics.
Broadmeadows, Albanvale, Sunshine West and Hallam are among the top 10 per cent of disadvantaged suburbs in Victoria, based on the bureau's index of disadvantage.
This index takes into account the income, education level and employment of people who live in a suburb and ranks them relative to other areas of the state.
Keilor Downs, Fawkner and Pakenham are in the top 20 per cent most disadvantaged suburbs, while Reservoir is in the top 40 per cent.
Of the 10 suburbs, only Maidstone and Brunswick West are not classed as disadvantaged.
It's a far cry from the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in Victoria in late March, where cases were disproportionately in some of the most affluent areas of Melbourne's south and east such as Portsea and Malvern. Some of those cases were linked to wealthy holidaymakers who had returned from a ski trip in Aspen, Colorado.
If you were to take all 2674 suburbs in Victoria and rank them from "most disadvantaged" to "least disadvantaged", Broadmeadows (19th) and Albanvale (39th) would be at the start of the line, while Portsea (2446th) and Malvern (2664th) would be near the very end.
Recap: Australia's death toll climbs to 104; NSW school student tests positive; Qantas sacks 6000 workers
Let's pause to take a look the day's other major developments:
- Qantas says it will cut 6000 jobs and continue to stand down 15,000 workers as part of its recovery plan from the pandemic. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has described the job cuts as "heartbreaking" and has warned of more economic pain to come.
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce speaks to the media during Thursday's media conference in Sydney.Credit:AAP
- Australia's coronavirus death toll has climbed for the second day. The national toll has been adjusted to include an 85-year-old nursing home resident from Bankstown in Sydney's south-west who died on April 27.
- NSW authorities remain concerned there is active transmission of the virus in the state after a year 2 student at Lane Cove West Public School tested positive for the virus. The school is closed for cleaning today.
- Four new COVID-19 cases were recorded in NSW overnight, including the year 2 student and three returned travellers in quarantine.
- There is some good news today: Queensland is on an eight-day streak of zero new COVID-19 cases.
Recap: Victoria records biggest coronavirus spike in months
By Melissa Cunningham
For those of you who are just joining us, here's a summary of the announcements made by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton at this morning's press conference:
- Victoria has recorded another 33 coronavirus cases overnight, its biggest coronavirus spike in months.
- Mr Andrews described the recent surged in cases as a public health bushfire: "This is no less serious than a bushfire ... just like we sent air bombers and firefighters earlier this year ... this is a public health bushfire."
Premier Daniel Andrews at Thursday's press conference.Credit:Justin McManus
- Melbourne's 10 coronavirus hotspots have been identified as Keilor Downs, Broadmeadows, Maidstone, Albanvale, Sunshine West, Hallam, Brunswick West, Fawkner, Reservoir, and Pakenham. Those suburbs are largely in Melbourne's north and north-west.
- Those suburbs will be the target of a massive testing blitz, with the government aiming to carry out 10,000 tests per day.
- 800 health workers will go door-to-door in hotspot areas, with a new type of coronavirus saliva test developed by Melbourne's Doherty Institute. The test involves saliva samples being placed in a cup, rather than using a swab.
- Of Melbourne's new cases, seven are in hotel quarantine, nine are linked to known outbreaks, six are a result of routine testing and 11 remain under investigation.
- 20,304 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, a record for the state.
- Brett Sutton says authorities have "turned over every stone" to make sure outbreaks do not occur at quarantine hotels again.
- Victorians should not go away for the school holidays if they, or a close contact of them is ill. "Everybody across Victoria cannot go on holidays if they are sick or somebody in their household is sick", Mr Andrews said.
'Hard days': Morrison expresses sympathy over 'heartbreaking' Qantas job losses
By Paul Sakkal
Perhaps the biggest news of the day so far is the grim announcement from Qantas that it will axe 6000 jobs and stand down another 15,000 employees.
In the words of Prime Minister Scott Morrison: "These are hard days."
The Prime Minister described the job losses as "heartbreaking" and has warned of more economic pain to come.
Today, 6000 Qantas workers lost their jobs.Credit:Jessica Shapiro
"To all of the Qantas family who'll be hurting badly, I extend my deepest, deepest regrets about what is announced today," he said.
"They're passionate about the company they work for ... and ultimately they understand when the company can't put planes in the air, they can’t make money.
"There will be parts of our economy that will continue to feel the effects [of the recession] for much longer."
Mr Morrison said he spoke with Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce on Wednesday and said the government would continue to assist the aviation sector and other ailing industries.
Victorian sports fans urged to avoid NSW events
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has reiterated the Premier's warning to Melburnians: you're not welcome here.
In a statement issued earlier today, Mr Hazzard asked Melbourne residents from the COVID-19 hotspots not to attend AFL and NRL games in Sydney.
NSW stadiums will be allowed to host up to 10,000 footy fans from July 1, except those from Victoria.Credit:Getty Images
From July 1, major NSW stadiums will be able to hold up to 10,000 people, and Mr Hazzard said he is "particularly concerned about the dangers which could come from AFL and NRL supporters attending games in Sydney".
"COVID-19 spreads rapidly, particularly in large gatherings. The NSW government is calling on Melbourne hotspot residents to not come to NSW and particularly not attend sporting and other major events," Mr Hazzard said.
"A COVID-19 outbreak like the one we're seeing in parts of Melbourne could occur in NSW. We have to prevent the virus from transmitting from the current hotspots in Melbourne to NSW residents."
NSW Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant, emphasised NSW residents should preferably avoid visiting Melbourne, particularly the hotspots, and warned that residents returning from these areas need to take special precautions.
NSW to ease restrictions as planned, but Victorians not welcome
By Lisa Visentin
Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the scheduled easing of restrictions in NSW from July 1 will go ahead as planned, despite concern over the resurgence in cases in Victoria.
From July 1, most businesses in NSW (except strip clubs and nightclubs) can reopen as long as they stick to social distancing rules.
Indoor venues will be able to operate without capacity limits, providing they abide by the one person per four square metre rule.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian says Victorians are not welcome at sporting events in NSW.Credit:Rhett Wyman
Outdoor cultural and sporting venues with a capacity of up to 40,000 people will be allowed to fill 25 per cent of their seats.
Ms Berejiklian said the government had spoken to the big sporting codes, including the NRL and AFL, which have advised they will adjust their ticketing systems to prevent Victorians from attending events in NSW.
"Victorians will not be welcome, unfortunately, to those events, [they] will not be welcome to businesses, [they] will not be welcome to travel to NSW," Ms Berejiklian said.
However, she reiterated that NSW will not close its border with Victoria.
WATCH: Deputy Prime Minister on Qantas job cuts
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack addressed Qantas' job cuts and state border closures earlier today. You can watch his press conference, below:
Chief Health Officer confident Victorian outbreaks can be turned around
By Melissa Cunningham
Perhaps the message today is "be alert, not alarmed", as Victoria's Chief Professor Sutton says the surge in cases in Victoria can "absolutely" be turned around.
It has been done in other countries like China and Singapore which have seen similar outbreaks, he said.
"Whether you call it a second wave or spike in cases, it is a danger," Professor Sutton said. "It is an ongoing danger as long as there are trains of transmission in Australia."
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, Professor Brett Sutton, on Thursday.Credit:Joe Armao
Here are some positive words from Premier Daniel Andrews:
"Every Victorian who gets tested - every case that is identified - brings us one step closer to containing and slowing the spread of this virus," he said.
"This isn't easy. But it's up to all of us to make this work."
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