Summary
- Victoria is tipped to report seven deaths and 627 new cases on Friday after 13 deaths and 723 new cases on Thursday.
- NSW recorded 19 new cases on Thursday and also closed several schools due to COVID-19 positive tests.
- There are health alerts for 11 sites in Brisbane after two women who travelled to Queensland from Melbourne via Sydney did not adhere to self-isolation directions and tested positive. A close contact has already tested positive.
- US death toll passes 151,000 people.
- The world has recorded over 17.1 million cases and 669,000 deaths so far.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews listed to give COVID-19 update at 11am
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews listed to give COVID-19 update at 11am AEST and we plan to have a live stream running for that press conference.
Early reports suggest Victoria is set to record seven deaths and 627 new cases today but that number is yet to be confirmed.
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Explainer: Who is responsible for aged care homes?
By Michael Bachelard
When the aged care royal commission took a look at what confronted older people contemplating the need for care, it described the system as "frightening, confronting and confusing". Once a resident entered a nursing home, even before COVID-19 came along, it was a "cruel and harmful system", the commissioners said.
Now, as Australia tries to come to terms with the speed and extent of the disaster hitting Victoria's nursing homes, it is of acute interest to everyone how that system works, who the players are and who's to blame for its faults.
A patient is removed from St Basil's Homes for the Aged in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner on July 25.Credit:Penny Stephens
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said of some of the private aged care facilities hit by COVID-19 outbreaks, "I would not let my mum be in some of these places, I just wouldn't." Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt hit back on behalf of the carers who work in the facilities, saying they had looked after his father and were "wonderful human beings and I won't hear a word against them".
So why are nursing homes suddenly the subject of this war of words? Who funds and runs them? How have they become the centre of the COVID-19 crisis? And, crucially, what is the best way to fix them?
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews listed to give COVID-19 update at 11am
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews listed to give COVID-19 update at 11am AEST and we plan to have a live stream running for that press conference.
Early reports suggest Victoria is set to record seven deaths and 627 new cases today but that number is yet to be confirmed.
One new Qld COVID-19 case, possible infection source works at Brisbane aged care facility
By Toby Crockford
Queensland has recorded one new COVID-19 case overnight, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.
The new patient is a 27-year-old man from the Ipswich suburb of Bellbird Park, south-west of Brisbane, who is related to a person who visited the Madtongsan IV Restaurant in Sunnybank on July 23.
The Korean restaurant is one of the places visited by the three women who returned from Melbourne carrying COVID-19 and lied to border officers.
The trio have been charged by Queensland police.
The new case is not related to one of the three women, but is related to another person who visited the Korean restaurant on the same day as one of the three COVID-positive women.
The young man is in quarantine and Queensland Health is working to confirm that his relative who visited that Korean restaurant is the source of his infection.
His relative works at Bolton Clarke aged care facility in Pinjarra Hills in Brisbane's south-west and that facility has taken measures to ensure the virus has not spread to staff or residents.
Deputy Premier and Health Minister Steven Miles said there are 11 active cases in Queensland and the state's total stands at 1083.
Five of those active cases are in hospital.
Mr Miles also said 9076 Queenslanders have been tested for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is a "record-breaking" figure.
Watch: Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk gives COVID-19 update
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is listed to give a COVID-19 update along with several senior state officials at 10am AEST.
Victoria set to record seven deaths, 627 new cases on Friday
A source with knowledge of health statistics said Victoria is set to record 627 new cases overnight as well as 7 deaths.
That case tally would be the second worst of the pandemic behind only the 723 cases recorded on Thursday.
Today's number is not officially confirmed. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is listed to speak to the media at 11am.
We will bring you the confirmed figures as soon as they are available.
Major press conferences today, Victoria tipped to record seven new deaths, 627 new cases
By Roy Ward
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and several other state officials are scheduled to speak to the media at 10am AEST.
We are still awaiting times for Victoria's daily COVID-19 update and any New South Wales updates.
The ABC's Rafael Epstein is reporting Victoria's tally will be 627 new cases today but time will tell if that is the eventual number.
We are also hearing that 627 is on the mark, we are also hearing there are seven new deaths.
As always I will let you know as soon as I can on further press conferences.
NBA season resumes 140 days after COVID-19 shutdown
By Roy Ward
In late March the Utah Jazz were the team who kick-started the NBA's COVID-19 shutdown after centre Ruby Gobert and guard Donovan Mitchell tested positive to the virus.
So it was apt Gobert scored the first points as the NBA resumed its regular season in a hub at Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida this morning AEST.
Members of the New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz take a knee before Friday's NBA season resumed.Credit:AP
There will be two games today starting with the Jazz facing the New Orleans Pelicans and followed by the Los Angeles Lakers taking on the Los Angeles Clippers.
The league has sent 22 teams, those who still had mathematical chances to make the playoffs, to the hub and they will play some regular season games then head into the playoffs.
Players from the Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans bowed their heads and knelt during the playing of the U.S. national anthem while wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts as the NBA returned for the first time since the coronavirus halted play in March.
Coaches and officials joined the players in taking a knee to protest against racial injustice and police brutality with Australian swingman Joe Ingles among them.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver released a statement soon after tip-off confirming the league would not penalise those who took a knee despite the league having a rule requiring everyone stand for the national anthem.
"I respect our teams' unified act of peaceful protest for social justice and under these unique circumstances will not enforce our long-standing rule requiring standing during the playing of our national anthem," Mr Silver said.
Black Lives Matter was also written on the court at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, where the NBA plans to finish its season with 22 teams inside a bio-secure bubble
Athletes from around the world have united in solidarity behind anti-racism protests sparked by the death in May of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis.
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Aged Care minister admits 'we didn't get it completely right'
By Laura Chung
Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck had a Zoom call last night with almost 100 relatives of people who had been in aged care facilities.
"They were upset, they were distressed, some were angry. They were looking for answers about events that had occurred in the facility in the leadup to the outbreak," he told Today.
A sign outside St Basil's Aged Care, Fawkner on Friday.Credit:Joe Armao
"They wanted to know what their options are now - many of their family members are in hospital."
Queensland nurse sent to help with Victorian outbreak contracts COVID-19
By Toby Crockford
A Queensland nurse who went to Victoria to help local health officials try to contain the COVID-19 outbreaks across the state has contracted coronavirus herself.
Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young confirmed the diagnosis on ABC Radio Brisbane on Friday morning and says Queensland Health is working with the nurse to bring her back to Brisbane.
Dr Young says Queensland has recorded further COVID-19 cases overnight, but she would not go into specifics regarding the number, only revealing it was less than 10.
There is a media conference scheduled for 10am in Brisbane where officials are expected to reveal the exact number and Dr Young says health workers are trying to confirm how the new cases contracted the virus.
Perez the first F1 driver to test positive for COVID-19
Mexican Formula One driver Sergio Perez will miss Sunday's British Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19, his Racing Point team said.
The Canadian-owned outfit said the 30-year-old, who is the first driver to test positive since the pandemic-hit season started this month, was "physically well and in good spirits".
Sergio Perez will not race at Silverstone because of the coronavirus.Credit:Getty Images
They said they planned to replace him for the race at Silverstone.
With Britain extending the virus isolation period to 10 days from seven on Thursday, Perez also looks set to miss the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix - race five - at the same circuit on the following weekend.
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