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WATCH: Victorian health authorities provide COVID-19 update
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton and Acting COVID-19 Commander Naomi Bromley are giving an update on the coronavirus pandemic
Photographs of Sydney on Sunday
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age’s photographers are busy documenting the pandemic today. Here are a few of their images so far.
People queue up at Sydney Olympic Park Vaccination Hub where up to 4000 supermarket and food distribution workers are expected to receive their COVID jabs. Credit:Dean Sewell
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged people to come forward to get vaccinated.Credit:Edwina Pickles
A family at a public housing tower in Kensington has tested positive for COVID-19, which has resulted in an entire floor being ordered to isolate for 14 days. A testing clinic has been set up for all other residents to get tested.Credit:Paul Jeffers
Children aged 12 to 15 with specified medical conditions now eligible for Pfizer
By David Estcourt
Victorian Acting COVID-19 commander Naomi Bromley says children who are aged between 12 and 15 and have specific medical conditions, or who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, will be eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine at state-run clinics.
“Only the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for the 12 to 18 year age group,” she said.
“Children, adolescents, young adults with underlying medical conditions do have an increased likelihood of developing severe disease and complications with COVID-19 [can now receive the vaccine].”
Victorian health authorities also announced the “soft-launch” of Australia’s first drive-through vaccine program. The drive-through will at first only offer the Pfizer vaccine, so spots for the program are limited.
“You drive up. Roll down your window, roll up your sleeve, get a job. It’s that easy,” Ms Bromley said.“This is a fantastic addition to our existing state infrastructure, it’ll be a really good and convenient, simple, safe way for Victorians to get vaccinated.”
A few sites will be trialling the program, including at Bunnings Warehouses, who are charging a nominal fee for use of their existing infrastructure.
“We’re really excited about this new edition,” Ms Bromley said.
All new Victorian cases linked to Hobsons Bay cluster
By David Estcourt
Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says all state’s new cases are linked to the Hobsons Bay cluster seeded by the Al-Taqwa College teacher in Melbourne’s west and southwest.
Professor Sutton confirmed the cases at Mount Alexander College in Flemington, and the Kiewa Secondary Boys Campus of Ilim College in Dallas, and said authorities are taking the same approach to testing these communities as the successful testing program conducted at Al-Taqwa College.
“We’ve had a really successful approach with Al-Taqwa [College],” he said.“The trusted voice from the school reaching out to families has actually meant that we’ve had a higher proportion of testing in that cohort than we’ve had for any cohort.
“We’ve had more than three quarters tested, really, really short period of time, so we’re taking the same approach with these two new sites.”
Professor Sutton also reiterated calls for Victorians to get vaccinated, in light of the expansion of AstraZeneca to 18 to 49-year-olds.
“If I were 25 and at present [AstraZeneca] was the only vaccine available to me today, I would get it,” he said.
“Of course it’s your individual choice, but I’ve said all the way through the best sign is to get the one that’s available to you today, you will get protection from that first vaccine, you can get very, very good protection from being fully vaccinated.”
Nine Victorian government clinics to offer AstraZeneca to 18 to 39-year-olds
By David Estcourt
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says nine sites will now be offering the AstraZeneca vaccine to 18 to 39-year-olds, provided they consent to the risks associated with getting the jab.
“The doctor will take them through the risks, take them through all the different issues that they need to consider,” he said.“If they then make an informed decision and provide consent, they will receive the AstraZeneca first, and then some 12 weeks later, they’ll receive the second dose.”
It comes after the vaccine was made more widely available to people under 40 in NSW, and governments around Australia renewed pressure for people to get vaccinated.
Mr Andrews said authorities expect the sites to get very busy as a result of the expansion of the vaccine rollout.
“I would fully anticipate that those nine sites will be very busy, as all of our state sites have been right throughout this vaccine program,” he said.
“There’s a lot written and a lot said about people being hesitant to get the job … it’s not what I’m picking up on.
“They want to get vaccinated quickly, because I know what’s good for them, for their family and for every family, and it’s critical to us being open and staying open, so I think that those appointments will be snapped up quickly.”
NSW’s 262 local cases a ‘positive sign’: CMO
By David Estcourt
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says the fact that NSW recorded less cases on Sunday is a “positive sign” in the state’s battle to contain the outbreak.
“So 262 is less than there has been the last couple of days, which is a positive sign, of course, a trend is not just today so we need to look, certainly large number, and we need to continue to work,” he said.
“I think some positive elements there is that it is still mostly contained in a fairly small part of Sydney.“Health Minister Greg Hunt said the state was in the midst of a “fight”.
“Do I believe that they can, they can succeed? Do I believe that we can win? Yes I do,” he said.
More NSW venues of concern added
NSW Health has added new venues of concern associated with confirmed cases of COVID‑19.
Anyone who attended the following venues at the times listed is a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days since they were there, regardless of the result
Charlestown: Nextra Newsagency, Charlestown Square, Pearson Street, July 29, from 3.15pm to 3.22pm and 4.18pm to 4.24pm.
Kotara: Barber Industries, Westfield Kotara, cnr Park Avenue and Northcott Drive, August 5, from 1.30pm to 2.00pm
Maryland: Ampol Service Station, 41 Minmi Road, August 6 from 4.30pm to 10am.
Hundreds forced into isolation after positive case at school in Melbourne’s north
By David Estcourt
Hundreds of staff and students at a school in Melbourne’s north have been forced into a 14-day isolation after authorities discovered a positive test among the students cohort on Saturday.
Health authorities advised the Kiewa Secondary Boys Campus of Ilim College in Dallas that a positive case had attended school on August 3 and 4, and that all staff and students at the campus were now required to isolate.
“Our college is working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure best practise in managing our response and to maximise protecting our community from the virus,” a statement sent out to the school’s community said.
“DHHS will be in communication with any close contacts to inform them of testing and isolation requirements. Students will continue to learn remotely,” the school said.
Ilim College was the second school community to go into isolation on Saturday as Mount Alexander College, in Flemington, also had a student attend while infectious.
Positive case at mine in state’s north west
An employee at a mine in the state’s northwest has recorded a positive COVID-19 case.
A spokesperson for Boggabri Coal mine said they were informed on Saturday evening that an employee had returned a positive test.
“That individual was immediately isolated on-site under our site management plan and under the direction of NSW Health they are being tested again to confirm the positive result,” a statement said.
“We are working to ensure that staff who NSW Health have advised may have been in close contact with this person are also in isolation awaiting further direction from NSW Health.”
The mine will shut while further testing takes place.
“Idemitsu Australia Resources, at Boggabri and across all of its site had been and continue to follow our covid management protocols including increased hygiene practices in this time.”
‘Tracking well to hit our 6 million target’: NSW Premier
As those locked down across Greater Sydney await to hear whether restrictions will lift on August 29, the NSW Premier says the state is tracking well to hit its 6 million vaccination target.
The 6 million target is what NSW needs to reach for restrictions to begin to be eased.
Ms Berejiklian said about 40 per cent of people across NSW have received at least one jab.
“We are sticking to our targets, and I am keen to get to 6 million jabs by the end of August, because that will provide us opportunities to consider what life looks like in September,” she said.
“We are really keen, to really sprint. This is a race. We are keen to spend to get those vaccination rates up.”
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