Watch live: Coronavirus update with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is holding a coronavirus update. You can watch it live below:
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Victoria’s lockdown ends at midnight: businesses respond
By Mathew Dunckley
Victorian businesses and business groups are starting to respond to the news that the lockdown will be easing.
Property Council of Australia’s Danni Hunter the announcement was “great news”.
“We’ve done the hard work and we should be proud of what we’ve been able to achieve,” she said.
“The government’s sensible approach to restart the return-to-office roadmap and allow 50 per cent of Victorians to return to offices from tomorrow puts us back on the path to economic recovery.”
While the five-kilometre movement limit and four reasons for leaving the home will be removed from midnight, some restrictions on public and private gatherings will remain in place. View the list of rules after the end of lockdown here.
Mr Andrews flagged additional support for businesses was on the way and Chapel Street precinct general manager Chrissie Maus said that could not come soon enough.
“We would have liked to see the good news today also coupled with further government support for our businesses who fell back to their knees,” she said.
“Now more than ever is it important to support your local faves so we can again emerge stronger than ever.”
NSW Premier will not be among first for vaccine
By Kate Aubusson
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has provided some more information about her state’s coronavirus vaccine rollout, noting, unlike in some other countries, she and other leaders will not be among the first to receive the inoculation.
Ms Berejiklian said the number of vaccine doses NSW will receive will be enough to cover its quarantine workers.
The Premier said there will be some exceptional reasons why certain individuals will not be able to have the vaccines, but the reasons for these exceptions are very few.
“I’m certainly excited about when my turn comes up,” Ms Berejiklian said.
“I think the vast majority of the community are looking forward to our turn.
“But we have to protect those who are on the frontline first.”
Ms Berejiklian said that if the state can vaccinate between 10,000 and 15,000 people in the quarantine system, then the balance of the vaccine doses can be given to frontline healthcare workers.
As soon as the government learns what volume of vaccine doses they can expect to get after the initial three weeks that information would be made publicly available, she added.
Queensland to lift border restrictions with Melbourne next week
By Lydia Lynch
Queensland plans to lift its border restrictions for Greater Melbourne next Saturday (February 27).
The state’s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the 27th would mark 14 days, or one incubation period, since the last confirmed local case in Victoria.
Queensland shut to Greater Melbourne on Saturday in response to a COVID-19 outbreak stemming from a quarantine hotel in Melbourne.
Dr Young said the border closure would last 14 days rather than the usual 28 days because the cases had been linked back to a known cluster.
NSW must ‘be patient’ as virus frontline get first vaccinations
By Kate Aubusson
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has said roughly 6500 staff work in the state’s quarantine network every week, which he described as a critical area of vulnerability.
Mr Hazzard urged the general public to be patient, and not to worry that they would miss out on their coronavirus vaccine.
He said the federal government would be releasing information about the AstraZeneca vaccine, which will be received by most residents, in the coming weeks.
“For the time being be patient and allow our frontline staff to get their vaccines,” he said.
Dr Chant said each vial of the Pfizer vaccine would yield five doses, meaning five people will receive their first dose of the vaccine from each vial.
“We will be using every single vaccine provided to us … we will be reporting how many vaccines are used transparently [and] where we are with our vaccine rollout,” Dr Chant said.
The federal government is responsible for vaccinating aged care residents and workers, Dr Chant said.
The current list of COVID-19 exposure sites in Victoria
By David Estcourt and Jamie Brown
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said health authorities were planning for the fact that some people may not be up-to-date on the most recent list of exposure sites.
“There might be some people who still haven’t checked the exposure sites who’ve been exposed and aren’t where they might be developing symptoms today tomorrow,” Professor Sutton said.
“The next day, everyone needs to be aware of that and everyone needs to test if [they have] any symptoms at all.”
For reference, here is the current list and map of exposure locations (places that were visited by people who later tested positive for the virus. Anyone who visited any of these sites during the specified exposure period is urged to self-isolate, get tested, and not leave self-isolation until they receive a negative test.
Thousands of people still ‘potentially exposed to infectious cases’: Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton
By David Estcourt
Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said people isolating need to remain vigilant, even if they test negative, because a proportion of people infected COVID-19 test positive in the second week of their infection.
“The incubation period is 14 days, there are literally thousands of people who’ve been potentially exposed to infectious cases, they need to see out their quarantine period.
“They need to not be complacent,” Professor Sutton said.
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton.Credit:Getty Images
“If they’ve got a negative test early on, because as I’ve said before, most people will be symptomatic will test positive in the first week but there are a proportion who might yet develop illness in the latter part of that quarantine period.”
He reminded Victorians that there are still thousands of people in the community who are finishing up their isolation after being potentially exposed to infectious cases.
NSW records no new local cases, stay-at-home order for returnees from Victoria expected to expire today
By Kate Aubusson
NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases in the latest 24 hour reporting period, NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant has said.
It’s the 31st consecutive day of no community cases. Queensland has recorded 41 days in a row of zero local cases while Victoria today recorded its first day of zero local transmission since February 9.
The stay-at-home order for people who have returned from Victoria to NSW is expected to expire today, Dr Chant said.
35,000 frontline workers in NSW will be vaccinated against COVID-19 in coming weeks: Berejiklian
By Kate Aubusson
NSW Premier Glady Berejiklian has confirmed that from Monday, roughly 35,000 frontline workers will be vaccinated in NSW over the next three weeks.
The Pfizer vaccine will be delivered at three Sydney hubs: Westmead, Liverpool and RPA hospitals.
Workers who receive the vaccine will need another dose a few weeks later.
Ms Berejiklian said the scale of the vaccines delivered in NSW will increase in the following weeks.
Quarantine workers will be first in line, followed by frontline workers who may be exposed to the virus in the course of their roles, such as staff at testing clinics, emergency departments and paramedics.
Ms Berejiklian said the NSW government would have more to say in the next week about how the vaccine will be rolled out to the broader community.
NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases in the latest 24 hour reporting period. It’s the 31st consecutive day of no community cases.
NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said the priority of the vaccine rollout was to protect workers at the greatest risk of coming into contact with the COVID virus, beginning with quarantine workers and then healthcare workers who treat and care for returning overseas travellers with COVID.
Dr Chant said anyone eligible for the vaccine will be given a consent form and the opportunity to ask questions about the vaccine and any medical conditions they may have.
Clinical staff will be available to answer their questions and potential side effects associated with the vaccine will be clearly described.
No new coronavirus cases in Queensland
By Lydia Lynch
No new locally acquired coronavirus cases were confirmed in Queensland for the 41st day in a row.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said six cases remained active across the state and 9846 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours.
“That is fantastic news,” she said.
The first 100 vaccines will be delivered on the Gold Coast on Monday.
Health workers at Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital will begin to be jabbed on Wednesday, Ms Palaszczuk said.
Frontline staff in Cairns will start to be vaccinated from next Friday.
Ms Palaszczuk said the rollout would be a “very slow process”.
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