Flight attendants and baggage handling staff from Qantas and Jetstar have been brought in to work in Melbourne's quarantine hotels, but won't be involved in security work.
Meanwhile, residents of nine public housing towers in Melbourne are waking to a second full day of a hard lockdown.
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By Peter Marsh
Who's getting infected?
Hi, thanks for your great blog. Any news on the age profile of the hospitalised Victorians please?-Semi Retired
I don't have ages of people who are hospitalised, but here's a breakdown of the ages of people who are testing positive right now, courtesy of the ABC's Casey Briggs:
Casey pointed out that it's a pretty big change from March, when the majority of people getting infected were older.
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Some questions from you folks
How many of yesterday's cases were in the 9 public housing towers?-Jac
I don't have yesterday's figures Jac, but I can tell you that there have been a total of 27 cases in the public housing towers.
Morning Peter. You guys are always the first with the important stuff. Are they still doing that “alleged dancing” in Queensland?-Jealous Melbournite
I can't say for sure whether or not there was more "alleged dancing" in Queensland nightclubs yesterday. I can say that at the pub some friends and I visited yesterday to RESPONSIBLY get on the beers there was lots of social distancing and sitting to be found. Not all of us Queenslanders are irresponsible Kevin Bacon-types.
I live in one of the restricted postcodes. I can’t find any information about house hunting and leaving the area to look at houses or house and land packages to buy a house.-House Hunter
Hi Peter. You’re lovely and all, but the people want to know: where’s Bridget?-Julie
Some say Bridget ascended to the heavens to deliver sass in a blog read only by the gods, others say she's been swept up in Simon's campaign of terror over the first generation coronavirus bloggers (I'm still standing but looking over my shoulder), and some even say she's returned to her normal role at the ABC. We may never know...
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What's it like inside the towers?
My mate in Melbourne Kathy Lord is back with some more for you folks. Here's Kathy:
For residents inside the nine public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington who've locked down since Saturday, it's been a challenging time.
Ahmed Dini is a resident of one of the towers in North Melbourne and a community advocate.
He said residents would have liked more notice that the lockdown was coming.
"I think that the number one issue honestly right now is how quickly the Government made the decision and basically members of the community were saying that we were ambushed into this lockdown," he told ABC News Breakfast.
This is day three of the five-day lockdown but Mr Dini said residents were being warned it could be as long as 14 days.
"None of the community members were not ready for five days, let alone 14 days," he said.
He's worried about residents experiencing mental health problems and domestic violence, with up to 11 people living in some flats.
"Obviously this is going to be a challenge for a lot of the parents and a lot of the people," he said.
He said they are encouraging everyone to get tested for coronavirus to ensure that we do "overcome this cluster" in these apartment blocks.
By Peter Marsh
Back to school as normal in Victoria
Hi Peter,Any word on Victorian schools? Are we going back to remote learning in Term 3?-Rach
Hi Peter, happy Monday! Second week of school holidays. Has there been any word whether term 3 start next Monday might be delayed? I'm at home with a 2 year old and a 4 year old since March. My 4 year old hasn't been to kinder since then and we hoped to start her back next week, but I'm increasingly worried that these numbers are going to get out of control again.-Wondering and tired
By Peter Marsh
AMA President says we need to pump the brakes
My colleague in Melbourne Kathy Lord was listening in to Australian Medical Association president Tony Bartone on ABC Radio Melbourne this morning. Here's Kathy with a quick summary of what he had to say:
Tony Bartone is calling for a "sensible and necessary pause" in the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions across Australia because of the "concerning" situation in Melbourne.
He said we always knew that localised outbreaks were a possibility and that the would have to be dealt with immediately.
"What we've seen in a national sense is a very rapid and significant lifting of the measures," he said.
"It's almost a race to see who can lift all the measures the quickest."
He said the current spike we're seeing in Victoria could've happened anywhere and may yet happen again, because the virus is still present in the community and will be until we get a vaccine.
"That means we can't be complacent, we need to be vigilant and we need to keep practising all those measures which have kept us in [good] stead during the first par to the wave," he said.
By Peter Marsh
Woolworths worker tests positive
A worker at a customer fulfillment centre in West Footscray tested positive last week. Woolworths says the person lasted worked on Wednesday, exhibited symptoms on Thursday when they were not at work, then got a positive test result on Sunday.
The centre, which is used to fill out online orders, was closed and deep cleaned twice over the weekend, but it means some people in the surrounding areas had their online grocery orders cancelled.
Woolworths says the centre is open again this morning.
By Peter Marsh
Why are authorities worried about the public housing towers?
The most shocking news from the weekend was the announcement that nine of Melbourne's public housing towers will be locked down for five days. None of the almost 3,000 residents are allowed to leave their apartments for any reason.
So why have such drastic measures, when in other places a softer lockdown has been the approach?
Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the environment was "desperately challenging" because of a range of factors like the density of the towers and the jobs of many of those who live in them. They've been likened to cruise ships in terms of their potential to spread the virus.
By Peter Marsh
Hotspots gotta keep to themselves
Good morning Peter,The lockdowns in Victoria apply to where people live. What about where they work? Is there anything stopping people that work in lockdown suburbs (but don’t live in them) from travelling to NSW?-Chris
Morning! I didn't get to see the news yesterday and struggling to find figures from yesterday. What were Victoria's number of cases like yesterday?-Anonymous
any word when victoria will give an update?-Sharna
Not yet! As soon as I know, y'all will know. I promise.
By Peter Marsh
New York continues reopening
But New York City is moving into "Phase 3" of its re-opening plans, with tattoo parlours and nail salons now allowed to welcome back customers. Retail shopping and outdoor dining is already allowed, although plans to bring back indoor dining have been put on hold for the moment.
There were more than 530 new cases in the state at the weekend and eight deaths.
By Peter Marsh
Day two of lockdown begins at public housing towers
Residents are waking up to their second full day of lockdown in nine of Melbourne's public housing towers.
Police are patrolling the entrances to the towers, and our reporter on the ground has seen only one person allowed inside the towers — a returning resident.
Healthcare workers will keep going door-to-door today as they test the 3,000 residents in the towers. A total of 27 residents have tested positive for coronavirus in recent days.
By Peter Marsh
Airline staff to work at Melbourne quarantine hotels
Flight attendants and baggage handlers from Qantas and Jetstar will work at Melbourne's quarantine hotels.
They'll be used to direct people and deliver food to hotel rooms, but they won't be involved in any security work.
By Peter Marsh
Good morning
Well hello there everybody. Welcome to Monday. Peter Marsh here at the helm of the Coronavirus Blog Ship for the morning.
We'll cover off on the coronavirus news that's been happening while we've been snoozing and keep you up to date on all the latest news in Australia as well.
Don't be shy on that "Leave a Comment" button. I'll answer as many of your questions as I can. And as always, thanks for reading.
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