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Clarity for allied health services in Melbourne
By Rachael Dexter
Earlier we reported that the physiotherapy industry had received clarification overnight that Melbourne providers would definitely not need to require patients to have a GP referral during stage four lockdowns, but that face-to-face appointments may only go ahead in the most serious of cases.
It came after The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald reported confusion in the sector on the day the changes came into effect, with a number of physios telling clients they would need a doctor's referral to seek care.
We can now confirm that the advice given to physiotherapists is applicable across the entire allied health sector.
Allied Health Professionals Australia has today told its members – who may work in a hospital, aged care or community health service – that under the restrictions, routine services are not permitted and care must only be provided if “in the absence of, or delay of this care, a significant change or deterioration in the person’s functional independence would occur, necessitating an escalation of care”.
Whether a person meets the criteria of a serious case will be up to the allied health provider.This rule of thumb also applied to any AHPRA-registered health professions in private practice (including chiropractic, osteopathy, occupational therapy, optometry, physiotherapy, psychology, podiatry).
“On the basis of guidance from DHHS, we're strongly advising providers to offer telehealth services wherever possible to minimise contact and movement,” a spokesman said.
The industry body said for now, social work, speech pathology, dietetics and any other self-regulating allied health professions with a NDIS, TAC, Workcover or DVA care plan can also provide services where these meet the definition of essential.
“In addition, those professions involved in the provision of assistive technology such as hearing aids, prostheses, wheelchairs, glasses etc can provide repair or maintenance services where these are required to maintain health and wellbeing,” the guidelines state.
“That includes professions such as audiology, optometry, occupational therapy, orthotics/prosthetics.”
'Burbing' Melbourne cyclists take on all the streets they can
By Tom Cowie
Reservoir is a big suburb, with lots of streets. Liam Vaughan isn't sure exactly how many, except that it's in the hundreds. He should know, he's ridden all of them.
With travel restricted to within 5 kilometre of home, there isn't much exploration to be done right now. Lockdown has left us with one option: his suburb.
Cyclist Liam Vaughan, rider of the 'Tour de Reservoir'.Credit:Simon Schluter
Liam recently took this idea to the extreme, riding the "Tour de Reservoir" – every single road, street and alley of his home suburb – in a short window without a map.
It's known as "burbing", an activity which has taken hold in recent months among a small community of cyclists in Melbourne confined to their local area.
Victorian woman playing pokies, another 470km from isolation address among NSW fines
A woman who had a work permit but was found playing the pokies and another who was located 470 kilometres from the address at which she had said she was self-isolating were among yesterday's fines awarded for breaches of NSW's public health order.
A Victorian woman was found playing a gaming machine at a licensed premises in Albury just before 1pm yesterday.
NSW Police said officers spoke to the woman, who was revealed to only have permit to cross the border for work purposes. She received a $1000 fine and was directed to return to Victoria.
In another incident, a woman who had told NSW Police at the Victorian border she would be self-isolating in accommodation at Nimbin on the NSW North Coast was issued a $1000 fine after she was located 470 kilometres south in a vehicle at Nabiac.
She was also directed to return to Victoria.
All Melbourne post offices to stay open during lockdown
By Rachael Dexter
A development on something we reported on earlier in the blog today.
Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate raised concerns about staffing levels in small post offices around Melbourne on radio station 3AW this morning.
Post office sites will not need to shut in Melbourne.Credit:Jessica Shapiro
Ms Golding has again appeared on Neil Mitchell's program with good news.
“Half an hour later [after the radio interview] we got confirmation that post offices can stay open and we’re exempt from those restrictions,” she said.
Australia Post was concerned around 200 small post offices would need to close due to a restriction on staff levels, especially in areas with no access to banks.
Ms Golding said Australia Post still had concerns over the stage four restrictions, with plans to seal up a number of post boxes that she says won't be able to be serviced by posties due to restrictions.
With an increase of online purchases, but a decrease in staffing in distribution, Ms Golding said the mail system was "heading for a bottle neck".
'An expensive pizza’: Queensland slams Souths coach for COVID breach
By Stuart Layt
Queensland authorities say NRL coach Wayne Bennett’s actions have put the restarted competition at risk, but Friday's match between South Sydney and Brisbane would still go ahead.
Souths coach Bennett was spotted on Wednesday dining out at a Sydney restaurant, in flagrant breach of the NRL’s COVID-19 “bubble” which allowed it to restart competition. As a result Bennett has been stood down for two weeks and will not coach the team in Friday’s match against his old club the Brisbane Broncos.
Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles said Bennett had acted irresponsibly and should have known better.
“It’s disappointing to see a leader like Wayne Bennett contravene these rules. I think he of anyone should have understood what was at stake,” Mr Miles said.
“He has put his team at risk, his team’s ongoing participation in the competition at risk, even the ongoing competition at risk.
“That’s a pretty expensive pizza.”
Wayne Bennett's pizza on Wednesday night is having consequences for the competition.Credit:Getty
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said she had spoken to the NRL about the incident and did not have any concerns about the Broncos playing Souths in Sydney.
“If [Bennett} was a confirmed case that would be different, but he is not a confirmed case,” Dr Young said.
“This is just a very strong process the NRL has put in place to minimise any risks. I can’t commend them more highly.”
Victorian Premier to give coronavirus update at 12pm
Premier Daniel Andrews will give a coronavirus update at 12pm. He will be joined by Deputy Premier James Merlino.
Victoria is expected to record around 451 new coronavirus cases today, according to sources with knowledge of the health statistics.
US rescinds global 'do not travel' warning, lists Australia as high risk
The Trump administration on Thursday rescinded its warnings to Americans against all international travel because of the coronavirus pandemic, saying conditions no longer warrant a blanket worldwide alert.
The State Department lifted its level-four health advisory for the entire world in order to return to country-specific warnings. That move came shortly after the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention revised its COVID-19 travel advisory information. The CDC lifted "do not travel" warnings for about 20 locations but advised staying away from the vast majority of the world, AP reports.
Travellers make their ways to the south security checkpoint in the main terminal of Denver International Airport in Denver.Credit:AP
Seven places, including Thailand, Fiji and New Zealand, are in a low-risk group, according to the CDC, although officials there advised that certain people, such as older adults and those with certain underlying medical conditions, talk to their doctors before making the trip. For more than a dozen other locations, it had no precautions. Taiwan, Greenland, and Laos are on that list.
Australia, like most of the world's nations, is listed as a high risk country.
Queensland ‘hopeful’ as no new cases ahead of border lockdown
By Stuart Layt
Queensland has recorded no new cases and its total number of cases has decreased by one as it prepares to finalise a return to a hard border with NSW.
The state has 11 active cases after a woman who tested positive was found to be a false positive and subsequent tests came back negative.
Deputy Premier and Health Minister Steven Miles said the high level of testing was enabling them to have a “high degree” of confidence that they weren’t missing cases and there was no community transmission in the state.
In the last 24 hours 16,183 people have been tested, while 119 495 tests have been carried out in the nine days since three women travelled from Melbourne to Brisbane via Sydney, allegedly lying about having visited the Victorian capital and sparking the current cluster.
It comes as Queensland prepares to lock down its border with NSW from Saturday, in response to continuing cases in that state.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said they would continue to monitor the situation in NSW and Victoria.
“NSW has done such a brilliant job to maintain a where they are, but despite that they are still seeing, every single day, cases that they can't link back to known outbreaks,” Dr Young said.
“So that's why we really, to keep Queenslanders safe, we needed to reinstitute those border controls.”
Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski warned that people would be turned around at the road border, and the only way to reenter Queensland would be by air.
“You will not be allowed into Queensland at all over the road borders. Those people coming perhaps out of South Australia, Western Australia, they need to understand they can't come into Queensland through those routes,” he said.
“Queenslanders who want to return after 1am tomorrow morning will need to come back by flight unless they have the exemptions. Our officers are ready to enforce that.”
NSW records 11 new cases
By Kate Aubusson
NSW has reported 11 new cases today – all locally-acquired.
A total of 27,937 tests were carried out in the 24-hours to 8pm last night.
Some 109 people are being treated for COVID-19 by NSW Health, including ten people in intensive care units.
One case is still under investigation – a woman in her 60s from south-west Sydney.
Another case was acquired in Victoria and has been self-isolating.
Nine are linked to known cases, including one person who attended the Apollo restaurant in Potts Point and eight who are close contacts of known cases.
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