Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says the Government will work with employers to get a quarter of their workforces tested for coronavirus on a weekly basis, and that employers will want to "stay vigilant" to remain open.
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By Kelsie Iorio
Daniel Andrews press conference — dodgy link
Hey friends, some people have mentioned that they can't seem to access the link to Daniel Andrews' press conference from today.
I'm not exactly sure what the glitch is here, but if you're having trouble, you can always jump onto YouTube and search for it there — it's on our ABC News (Australia) account, and the title you're looking for is Victoria records 13 new coronavirus cases, four deaths | ABC News.
For future reference, you can find many of our press conference streams and stories on that channel.
By Kelsie Iorio
Active cases in aged care
How many of those active cases are in aged care? Thanks for all the updates-Cathie
Hi Cathie, Daniel Andrews said earlier that there are 147 active cases linked to aged care in Victoria at the moment, and one active case in disability care (that's a staff member though).
By Kelsie Iorio
Put this one in the suggestion box?
Having read the US presidential debate blog, wouldn't mind a version of our own between Dandrews and O'Brien. Thoughts COVID bloggers???-Premier debate???
Still a while to go til the next state election in Victoria, but I personally think one debate blog is enough for today.
By Jon Healy
Hi JonYou posted that "the threshold of five mystery cases, which needs to be maintained for 14 days", but that's not quite right. We don't need to *maintain* it for 14 days, we need the total mystery cases over 14 days to be under 5. Obviously we want to maintain it but that's not the trigger-mystery case trigger
That's true. From the DHHS website:
"Metropolitan Melbourne moves to the Third Step (on the roadmap) when the daily average number of cases is less than five state-wide over the previous 14 days and there are less than 5 cases with an unknown source in the last 14 days (state-wide total)."
By Kelsie Iorio
Victoria's press conference
Hi Kelsie, I missed Dan's press conference today, would you please post a link so I can watch it now?-Missed it
By Kelsie Iorio
You will get your P's eventually. Maybe not the first possible day you're eligible. But you will get them
Can learners go for drives in Metro Melbourne?-isooooo
Premier Daniel Andrews said yesterday that learners can practice driving if they are out for one of the four permitted reasons for leaving home, like driving to the supermarket for example.
You cannot go out solely for the purpose of driving practice.
By Jon Healy
A big milestone for Tasmania
By Kelsie Iorio
Quick rewind
Hi Jon, could you please post the link to yesterday's blog for the loyal fans who need to catch up? Please and thanks!-Teresa H
By Kelsie Iorio
Active cases
Do you have the active case count for NSW and Queensland as of today too? 305 in Victoria but wondering what the others are...-Active Cases
Sure do, Active Cases — Queensland has five active cases and New South Wales has 59 active cases.
By Kelsie Iorio
Park bench reunion
Hi there, I am going to meet my parents tomorrow for the first time in many months. We will be outside and both within our 5km zones, are we allowed to sit on a park bench (appropriately distanced) or do we need to walk around? Thank you-Can’t multitask
Hello Can't multitask, the DHHS says "a picnic in the park with physical distancing is allowed" — so as long as you're spaced out, and within all the other relevant gathering limits, you should be fine to sit down.
If it was me, I'd pack some hand sanitiser and use it before and after using any public equipment just to be extra cautious.
By Jon Healy
Pandemic hits university arts courses
Two arts courses at Melbourne's Monash University are the latest victims of the pandemic.
The university is planning to cut its Theatre and Performance and Musicology and Ethnomusicology programs to save money after loss of international student fees.
Domestic students like Ryan Hamilton are campaigning against the changes.
"I spent a couple of days just in shock that this institution that I moved to Melbourne for was so callously being shut down by the uni," he said.
The university says it will still offer a minor in Theatre and Performance and existing students will be able to complete their studies.
277 full-time jobs and up to 103 units are being scrapped across the institution due to a "revenue shortfall" from the closure of Australia's international borders.
But Ryan hopes the university will reconsider its proposal to scrap his Theatre and Performance course.
"Monash's course is unique in that it's open access, it doesn't rely on auditions or anything to get the education which means that you get a real diversity of ability," he said.
"I think (it) makes for a stronger theatre industry and cultural industry across Australia."
Reporting by James Hancock
By Kelsie Iorio
Hi
Good afternoon from the first of your PM bloggers for today.
We see heaps of you have questions for us today — we're working to answer as many of them as we can.
By Jon Healy
Victoria Police daily numbers
Victoria Police issued 101 fines to people for breaching the rules, including 16 for failing to wear a face mask when leaving home and 23 at vehicle checkpoints.
There were 28,394 vehicles checked at the checkpoints 912 spot checks were conducted on people at homes, businesses and public places across the state, taking the total to 470,359 spot checks since March 21.
By Jon Healy
Missed out the first part of Dan's conference, how many active cases today? Thank you.-Helen
There are 305 active cases as of today.
By Jon Healy
Getting kids back to school
There have been a couple of questions asked about getting kids in grades 7-10 back to school.
The Premier and CHO have assured that that is one of their priorities. Nothing particularly specific, but they said they can't afford to open up too soon.
"We are so close to seeing this off, and then we can have not just moments of normality, but a COVID-normal that we can lock in," Mr Andrews said.
By Jon Healy
Does reginal Victoria have to wait for all of the state to be virus free for 14 days before we go to the next step, or can we move on our own? If so, how many more days before we hit that target?-Does regional Victoria have to wait for all of the
There were no mystery cases in regional Victoria today and the Chief Health Officer said the situtation in the regions will continue to be reviewed.
"There isn't a set date. They will be COVID-free soon enough, but we have to consider what that means when there are 300 cases in Metro Melbourne."
By Jon Healy
'Wednesdays are a bit of a spike day'
Some commenters were speaking about being a bit disappointed to see a bit of a jump today and on other Wednesdays.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton confirmed "Wednesdays are a bit of a spike day", and the 14-day rolling average was the trend to keep watching.
Only once the state gets under the threshold of five mystery cases, which needs to be maintained for 14 days to allow reopening, will watching daily numbers be a particularly worthwhile exercise.
By Jon Healy
Aged care staff to get tested regularly
Among those frontline workers, the Commonwealth will test all private aged care staff using a private provider, while public facilities will test their staff.
"Metropolitan aged care staff will be tested every fortnight, so around 50 per cent of the workforce a week," Mr Andrews said.
"Regional aged care staff will all be tested every month, around 25 per cent of the workforce a week."
Mr Andrews said staff who were asymptomatic would not be required to isolate while they wait for their test result to come through.
By Jon Healy
High-risk workplace testing
The Victorian Government is endeavouring to test a quarter of staff working in high-risk workplaces every week.
"They have kept our supermarket shelves stocked, our abattoirs working and delivering essential goods," a Government statement read.
"Beginning with the food production sector, the Government will work with industry to ensure employees can get tested on a regular basis.
"All medium and large employers in the meat, poultry, seafood processing and supermarket and refrigerated distribution sectors will be asked to ensure that a quarter of their workforces are tested each week.
This applies to all workers operating from their work premises – and will lead to the majority of a workforce being tested over the course of a month."
The Government will work with the employers to do this, but Premier Daniel Andrews it would be a partnership and said workplaces would want to stay vigilant to stay open.
By Jon Healy
How many of today’s cases are linked to a known outbreak?-Deb
Four are linked to known outbreaks.
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