BREAKING: Victoria has recorded 41 new cases of COVID19 and nine deaths, as Premier DanielAndrewsMP says the state could reopen sooner than spelt out in the road map if numbers fall.
We know you like to stay on top of these updates, so here's a heads up – Premier Daniel Andrews is due to stand at the podium at 11am today, while NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is set to hold a press conference at 11.30amWhat the epidemiologists say: Road map modelling is 'scant', 'disappointing'
"The Premier has placed great stock in the modelling, so much so that it leaves no doubt in his mind about the road ahead. Yet the rest of the detail under the various steps is equally critical, and this comes down to the advice of the public health team. Naturally, on Sunday we were all very keen to hear about what we have learnt from the Victorian data analyses, but there was nothing. I was left feeling extremely disappointed.
This is not about 'pretending this is over because we want it to be', or wanting to ease restrictions ahead of time, this is about using our data to inform tailored, precise, evidence-based responses. We may have missed that boat now for these next steps, but it is not too late for the government to analyse our second wave data so that we can know in more detail about our vulnerabilities as well as what worked, and can mount a strong, tailored prevention strategy going ahead.
Professor McVernon said the Andrews government needed to demonstrate how the improvements it claimed it had made – to contact tracing and infection control in healthcare settings – were factored into the road map out of lockdown.Heaping more criticism on the Andrews government this morning are regional Victorians.
But the road map announced on Sunday held no chance of a rapid return to any form of indoor dining, and offered no guarantee it would be permitted for months.
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