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Opinion: My dear Melbourne, in this new groundhog day, just getting by is enough
By Wendy Tuohy
Can you teach an entire city, and the hordes in its sprawling suburbs, to be mindful all at once?
To be fully present in, and focus on, just the present moment; how the air feels on your skin, what the birds sound like outside, the inhale and the exhale – the breath we're fortunate to have. To resist the urge to race ahead and let chilly fear descend.
An unrecognisably deserted Flinders Street Station.Credit:Penny Stephens
To borrow a term most of us have never had cause to use, but that we've been forced to learn, can you "ring-fence" the anxiety of an entire, cosmopolitan community, one whose glorious heart was shocked still on Thursday?
If it's possible to learn to calm ourselves, en masse, and to snap this gloomy phase into minute-by-minute pieces, and pace them through without reacting, now would be an excellent time to start.
US President Donald Trump wears a mask in public for first time during pandemic
By Jonathan Lemire
US President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by health officials as a precaution against spreading or becoming infected by the novel coronavirus.
Trump flew by helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in suburban Washington to meet wounded service members and health care providers caring for COVID-19 patients.
President Donald Trump wears a mask as he walks down the hallway during his visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre.Credit:AP
As he left the White House, he told reporters: “When you're in a hospital, especially ... I think it's expected to wear a mask.”
Trump was wearing a mask in Walter Reed's hallway as he began his visit. He was not wearing one when he stepped off the helicopter at the facility.
The president was a latecomer to wearing a mask during the pandemic, which has raged across the US since March and infected more than 3.2 million and killed at least 134,000.
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Positive cases at Woodend and Derrimut Village Coles supermarkets
By Rachael Dexter
A Coles worker from a Woodend store in the Macedon Ranges has tested positive for COVID-19, sending a number of team members who worked closely with the person into self-isolation.
Woodend is outside of the metropolitan Melbourne lockdown boundary, 80km north of Melbourne.
The supermarket chain also revealed on Saturday that another store at Derrimut Village in Melbourne's West had recorded its second positive coronavirus case in a week, although the two are not believed to be linked.
"We have not identified any link with a team member from the same store who returned a positive test earlier this week," a company spokesperson said in a statement.
"No other team members from this store have been required to isolate as a result of the latest positive case.
"It follows another positive case reported on Thursday in a staff member at Coles Ivanhoe in Melbourne's inner north-east.
The Woodend, Derrimut Village and Ivanhoe stores remain open to the public after deep cleans.
"Consistent with prior practice developed with the Victorian Department of Health, the store[s] can continue to trade and the risk of transmission for customers and team members is very low," the spokesperson said.
US breaks own daily record with more than 66,000 new virus infections
By Shabtai Gold
Washington: The United States again broke its own record for new coronavirus cases in a single day, with more than 66,600 fresh infections documented over the course of Friday, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
The US has broken its own record in three out of the last four days, according to the university's tracker.
Florida, one of the states seeing the sharpest spike, reported more than 10,000 daily cases and 93 new deaths. Disney resorts in the state are starting to reopen, beginning with the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom.
Governor Ron DeSantis rejected the idea that he had pushed his state to reopen too quickly, before the virus spread was under control.
This contradicts what Anthony Fauci, the government's infectious disease expert, has said. Fauci has warned that states seeing surges of new cases moved too swiftly in recent weeks and did not follow guidelines.
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Massive spike in demand for masks leads to sale restrictions
By Hanna Mills Turbet
Plain, patterned or surgical: Melburnians are heeding the Chief Health Officer's advice to wear masks to minimise the spread of COVID-19, with mask sales soaring this weekend Consumer Affairs reporter Hanna Mills Turbet reports today.
Major hardware, chemist and supermarket chains have all reported a surge in the sale of single-use face masks this weekend after Premier Daniel Andrews specifically endorsed their use for the first time on Friday.
Independent designers and online retailers were also flooded with mask orders via Facebook and Instagram pages and Etsy stores.
The Department of Health has released guidance encouraging people to make or purchase re-usable cloth masks.
According to the guidance, cloth masks made of three layers of a mix of breathable fabrics provide adequate protection, but should be washed each day and changed when moving from one setting, such as a packed train, to another - like an office setting.
Bins overflow at The Alfred with ward access cut after positive tests
By Dana McCauley
Hundreds of staff at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital are in a two-week period of self-isolation after eight healthcare workers tested positive for COVID-19.
Health Reporter Dana McCauley reports today that access to the hospital's COVID-19 ward has been restricted after workers raised concerns about infection controls.
Staff are concerned about infection control at the Alfred's COVID-19 ward.
A healthcare worker at the hospital, who spoke to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald on condition of anonymity, said there were serious concerns about infection control in the ward.
Photographs taken inside the restricted area this week show rubbish bins overflowing with contaminated clinical waste including discarded medical gowns and other personal protective equipment.
Staff are concerned about infection control at the Alfred's COVID-19 ward.
"I had to touch the bin lid with my hands to get PPE off," the worker said.
"It's disgusting and dangerous."
Contact tracers are still working to determine how many other staff have been infected. The Alfred would not confirm the roles of the eight staff members who had tested positive.
The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald have been told by multiple hospital sources they include a ward clerk, a pharmacy student, a pharmacy assistant, a nurse and a respiratory intern who may have had contact with lung transplant and intensive care patients.
Good morning all!
By Roy Ward
G'day everyone! It's Roy Ward here and I'll be running our COVID-19 live blog this Sunday as Victorians continue their first weekend of this second lockdown.
Victoria had 218 new cases on Saturday, hopefully that number drops today although it could grow considering the increasing number of tests being conducted.
I'll be with you all day as we wait to see Victoria's latest numbers, show some press conference live streams and see whether New South Wales and other states keep on recording their great numbers.
Please feel free to leave a comment or shoot me a tweet at @rpjward on Twitter.
And please keep checking back for developments throughout the day.
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