NSW has recorded seven new coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour reporting period, all with known sources. Follow the latest coronavirus coverage here:
I've just been told Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt will hold a news conference at 1pm today at Mount Martha Life Saving Club. More details as they come to hand.Premier Daniel Andrews says the curfew will be removed once the need to limit the movement of people subsided, saying it may even be extended beyond its scheduled end date in late October.
“It could be that the tail of this second wave is more stubborn than even some of the most rigorous and robust modelling that's ever been done in our country, outlines. “The Chief Health Officer wants and provides, in many ways, very detailed advice, and that's when those matters relate directly to public health … Government is free to go beyond, the government is free to make some administrative decisions that make the enforcement of the principles that the Chief Health Officer has put forward much more achievable.
A case from south-eastern Sydney described yesterday as having no known source has now been identified as having attended the Eastern Suburbs Legion Club. Some companies have failed to implement hygiene controls and procedures to deal with a positive case, but Ms Hennessy said the private sector had overwhelmingly adapted to enable safe operation.
Premier Daniel Andrews is being peppered with questions about who decided to install a curfew, and why it was installed. He won't name whose idea it was, but says the responsibility ultimately rests with him.Paul Sakkal He said that as numbers declined into low figures, judgements would be made about whether it was safe to open to even with a trickle of cases that may be linked to known, controlled outbreaks.
“Whether it be the curfew or the 5km rule … all of these rules are about limiting movement,” Mr Andrews said. “We won't need a curfew forever. We will need it for so long as it serves a useful purpose in helping police to enforce rules,” he said.Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has begun his daily media conference by confirming 51 new COVID-19 and seven additional deaths in the past 24 hours.
There are now 16, Victorians in hospital with COVID-19, 27 fewer than yesterday, including 17 in intensive care, three fewer than yesterday.
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