Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has backtracked on comments she made about who she expects to be vaccinated before she will open up the state. Full story:
They were a woman in her 50s, another woman in her 50s and a man in his 70s. The total death toll of the virus in NSW is now 182.They were a man in his 60s from western Sydney who died at his home, a woman in her 80s from southwest Sydney who died at Fairfield Hospital, a man in his 50s from western Sydney who died at Westmead Hospital, and a man in his 70s from southwest Sydney who died at Liverpool Hospital.October has been outlined as the time where restrictions will ease.
“It has been a difficult time but also one in which we have done as well as we can to protect life, to ensure wellbeing and also to minimise what we‘re doing for the community.”The premier has slapped down suggestions by NSW Labor for a relaxing of lockdown restrictions. “All the modelling indicates to us that the peak is likely to be here in the next week or two and the peak in hospitalisation and intensive care is likely to be with us in October.”
There are now 1417 active cases of Covid in Victoria. These figures follow 190 recorded on Saturday. Of these cases, 103 are linked to current outbreaks but 87 were listed as mystery cases.Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has pleaded with Victorians to go and get vaccinated now, otherwise, they may beThe premier made the comments while announcing there would be thousands of vaccination appointments available in his state this week.
“That is to say you will be in the queue behind 12-year-olds because they can only get Pfizer. That‘s the position of the Australian Government and I support them in that.” “The trouble at the moment is that the epidemic curve for Victoria is now much deeper than NSW was at this point in the outbreak,” he said.However, he added the modelling was wide for Victoria, ranging from 600 to 3000 cases in the September 23 scenario, and assuming there were no major changes to restrictions or vaccination rates.Employment Minister Stuart Robert has confirmed that state leaders will ultimately have the power to decide whether their states allow travellers in.
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