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About 15 per cent of companies within the Metropolis of Melbourne have indicated they could shut down completely because of the pandemic, in accordance with a council survey.
The municipality has greater than 16,800 companies, however solely 45 per cent of meals enterprise stayed open in the course of the coronavirus disaster.
Lord Mayor Sally Capp mentioned small and medium companies have been already doing it robust.
“This second lockdown means they are going to be struggling to remain afloat. The shortage of foot visitors within the metropolis is having a devastating affect on companies,” she mentioned.
“We usually see as much as 1,000,000 individuals come into the town every day. Our pedestrian sensors confirmed a 90 per cent drop in foot visitors in the course of the first weeks of restrictions.”
“It’s regarding that round 15 per cent of companies surveyed earlier than the second lockdown announcement mentioned they’d shut their enterprise completely – or they haven’t determined if they are going to reopen.”
The Lord Mayor mentioned the council had arrange a devoted hotline and had spoken with greater than 725 hospitality enterprise homeowners.”
“We are able to’t afford to lose the meals and cafe tradition that’s been constructed up during the last 30 years.”
“Our restaurant, café and bar scene are key parts that make Melbourne an amazing metropolis – and the sector is value $2.5 billion to our economic system every year.”
“I’m asking everybody to proceed to help their favorite native haunts by way of takeaway and supply orders. These companies symbolize what we all know and love about Melbourne. They want our help greater than ever.”
FIVE PARAMEDICS INFECTED WITH VIRUS
A Victorian paramedic who contracted coronavirus was an in depth contact of one other paramedic who examined optimistic on Tuesday.
Ambulance Victoria mentioned on Wednesday night time the paramedic was isolating and was doing properly.
The most recent case means there have been now 5 Victorian paramedics contaminated with the virus for the reason that begin of the pandemic.
Ambulance Victoria chief government Tony Walker mentioned paramedics took each precaution to guard sufferers, themselves and their colleagues and have been temperature checked earlier than every shift.
They weren’t allowed to work in the event that they have been feeling unwell, he mentioned.
AL-TAQWA COLLEGE OUTBREAK SWELLS TO OVER 100
Greater than 100 coronavirus circumstances have now been linked to the outbreak at Al-Taqwa School in Truganina.
With one other seven COVID-19 circumstances confirmed at present, the Truganina faculty cluster recognized solely 9 days in the past has already risen to 102 workers, college students and shut contacts.
There was higher information amongst weak public housing tenants below strict lockdown in North Melbourne and Flemington public housing towers, the place solely two new circumstances have been recognized prior to now 24 hours. There at the moment are 75 coronavirus circumstances detected within the towers.
As Victoria recorded one other 134 new circumstances of coronavirus, 41 COVID-19 sufferers stay, together with seven in intensive care.
However with 860 circumstances nonetheless energetic, the infections are anticipated to develop considerably as Melbourne and Mitchell Shire residents enter new stay-at-home restrictions.
Hospitals are more and more feeling the brunt of the state’s second wave of infections, with 4 sufferers and a workers member at Brunswick Non-public Hospital testing optimistic for coronavirus.
Brunswick Non-public Hospital has been closed to new admissions as contract tracing continues and the Division of Well being inspects the positioning.
5 new COVID-19 circumstances have additionally been linked to aged care centres, which at the moment are present process cleansing and make contact with tracing.
The nursing residence caes embody:
* A workers member who was infectious whereas on the Doutta Galla, Lynch’s Bridge website in
Kensington on 2 and three July;
* A resident who examined optimistic on the Glendale Aged Care facility in Werribee
* A workers member who labored on the Uniting AgeWell facility in Preston;
* A workers member at BaptCare Karana in Kew who examined optimistic however didn’t work whereas
infectious;
* AND a optimistic case who supplies aged care providers to purchasers of their houses by way of Mercy
Well being.
One other case has additionally been linked to the Stamford Plaza outbreak – the 43rd an infection listed to the trouble-plagued quarantine lodge.
ANOTHER DAY OF TRIPLE DIGIT CASES
Victoria has recorded 134 new coronavirus caes at present, with the supply of 123 of these circumstances below investigation.
11 of these circumstances have been linked to outbreaks.
Authorities have up to now discovered 75 circumstances of COVID-19 within the 9 housing towers presently positioned below a tough lockdown.
There are 41 individuals in hospital due to the virus and 7 of those are in intensive care.
The state has carried out a couple of million exams, with 29,424 exams carried out yesterday bringing the overall to 1,00zero,867.
Premier Daniel Andrews acknowledged the inconvenience of reintroducing harsh restrictions.
“If all of us work collectively over these subsequent six weeks, as painful and irritating and tough as that shall be, we will get to the opposite facet of this stay-at-home interval,” he mentioned.
“We’ll be capable of then recommence our opening-up in a cautious method.
“We’ll be capable of restore the harm to the economic system that this virus is doing and, alongside the best way, we’ll be capable of help those that want that help, whether or not it’s companies, households, people, or communities.”
Mr Andrews mentioned the federal government was taking a look at opening up regional Victoria in areas with low virus numbers.
“We now have obtained a singular problem, in that we have now vital group transmission,” he mentioned.
“However, on the similar time, we have now huge areas inside regional Victoria the place there isn’t any group transmission, different elements of regional Victoria the place there are small numbers of circumstances and we have now to safeguard the standing of regional Victoria.
“We’re doing the arduous work to take a look at choices to speed up opening-up in regional Victoria for regional Victorians.
“That comes with vital financial profit, for them and due to this fact the entire state.
“That’s solely potential if we proceed to safeguard the very low-COVID or COVID-free standing of huge elements of regional and nation Victoria.”
“To attain that consequence, then we do need to have a tough border between these 31 metropolitan LGAs, and Mitchell Shire, and regional Victoria. Once more, nobody is happy to be in that predicament, to having to confront these circumstances, however there’s huge profit throughout regional Victoria if we will get that job achieved.”
264 ADF personnel will present logistical and sensible help to Victoria Police.
They may help with monitoring the boundary round metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire.
Police will use quantity plate recognition to scan for the house handle of drivers transferring round Melbourne.
Car examine factors shall be arrange round the primary arterials resulting in regional Victoria.
Police have carried out 92,215 checks of houses, companies, mass gatherings performed up to now, with that determine excluding the 1000’s of residents pulled over throughout operations in restricted postcodes.
Police minister Lisa Neville mentioned the police help line acquired 810 calls yesterday, a major improve from the 60-70 calls acquired day by day in Could.
“We’re about to enter the brand new interval. Now, I keep in mind on the time, we had a number of complaints about what number of fines Victoria Police had issued,” she mentioned.
“Identical to then, and identical to now, that was completely essential as part of ensuring that Victorians complied with the directives.
“It was completely, and nonetheless stays essential in an effort to save lives.
“So for many who wish to blatantly and clearly and intentionally breach these directives of the Chief Well being Officer, police shall be there.
“Whether or not you’re breaking your quarantine at residence, whether or not you’re having events, whether or not you’re having individuals over to your house or whether or not it’s about you making an attempt to, for no good motive, go to regional Victoria, police shall be there.”
TWO ALFRED HOSPITAL STAFF TEST POSITIVE
All workers shall be required to put on surgical masks in medical areas of The Alfred hospital after two medics examined optimistic to coronavirus.
Contact tracing is underway to establish shut contacts of the 2 workers members, nevertheless the Herald Solar understands dozens have already been examined and requested to self isolate.
An Alfred Well being spokeswoman mentioned all Alfred Well being providers are persevering with as common regardless of the affect on staffing ranges.
“Stringent an infection management measures are in place all through the hospital for employees and affected person security,” she mentioned.
“Employees in all medical areas at Alfred Well being at the moment are required to put on a surgical masks to extend their safety in opposition to COVID-19.
“That is consistent with the newest recommendation from the Division of Well being and Human Providers.”
DAVID JONES ADDS NEW LOCKDOWN MEASURES
David Jones is the primary main retailer to disclose modifications in response to the brand new lockdown measures kicking in from midnight tonight.
The division retailer is about to cut back hours in some shops and pause all on-counter and wonder providers, lingerie fittings, alterations and dine-in providers in all Victorian shops.
A spokesperson says “principally late night time commerce has been decreased and we are going to proceed to evaluate this over the approaching days”.
“We respect the seriousness of the present scenario in Victoria and shall be carefully monitoring this every day, in addition to strictly complying with all authorities well being and security recommendation.”
“Over the previous few months we have now invested vital time and experience in readying our shops to handle the COVID-19 scenario, and with the measures we have now applied – together with elevated cleansing and sanitisation, protecting hygiene screens, rigorous social distancing and the enforcement of retailer capacities.”
Shoe retailer Service provider 1948 has additionally introduced at present it’s going to shut its Melbourne Central, Chadstone, Southland, Doncaster and Highpoint shops from tomorrow till August 20.
“Our love goes out to all of our groups … the well being and security of our individuals and are prospects are all the time our highest precedence,” a web based assertion says.
Myer is constant to commerce as regular at this stage, however extra retailers are anticipated to shut doorways or scale back buying and selling hours below the brand new lockdown laws in Melbourne.
– Kim Wilson
NEW ACT COVID CASES LINKED TO MELBOURNE
Medical professionals up and down the jap seaboard have been on excessive alert as COVID-19 circumstances linked to Melbourne have been found in NSW and the ACT on Wednesday.
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth mentioned it was a significant concern for the nation’s peak medical physique, that has been in day by day conferences in regards to the unfolding scenario.
“It’s clearly a priority once we see individuals who have lately travelled up from Victoria and developed COVID-19 in different jurisdictions,” Dr Coatsworth mentioned.
“We’re all on very excessive alert. Each public well being unit throughout the jap seaboard is on alert.”
He mentioned the border between NSW and Victoria was of specific concern due to how deeply linked and reliant communities have been on either side of it.
He mentioned there was “no border prefer it” and insisted the scenario was being carefully monitored by the related state authorities.
The ACT’s three new circumstances have been linked with the Melbourne outbreak.
CASES CONFIRMED AT WOOLWORTHS DISTRIBUTION CENTRE
Three workers at Woolworths’ Buyer Fulfilment Centre in West Footscray have examined optimistic for coronavirus.
A Woolworths spokesperson confirmed the positioning’s closure.
“As a precautionary measure we have now made the choice to quickly shut the positioning so we will undertake testing of all group members,” the spokesperson mentioned.
“We now have additionally requested our group to self-isolate whereas they wait for his or her outcomes.
“To make sure we proceed to satisfy the net orders often serviced at West Footscray CFC, we have now elevated our supply capability out of our grocery store community.
“All scheduled on-line supply orders are going out at present as deliberate.”
Police and well being employees went door-to-door inside public housing estates in North Melbourne, Victoria, that have been locked down as a consequence of an outbreak of COVID-19 on July 7. 9 public housing towers in Melbourne’s northern suburbs have been positioned below lockdown by the state authorities on July four after a cluster of circumstances was found within the condominium buildings. On July eight the lockdown was expanded to the town’s total metropolitan space. The state’s border with New South Wales was additionally closed at midnight. Victoria recorded 134 new circumstances of COVID19 on July eight, bringing the overall variety of circumstances to 2,824, in accordance with state well being authorities. Credit score: sumeyya.official by way of Storyful
POLICE PREPARE FOR LOCKDOWN
Police chief commissioner Shane Patton mentioned the window of discretion was quickly closing, and mentioned individuals continued to make reckless selections.
“We’ve achieved this earlier than in restrictions we’ve been by way of,” he mentioned.
“Folks know what to do. They know what to anticipate.
“And the overwhelming majority are doing the fitting factor, however transferring ahead by way of these kind of restrictions, for those who don’t, we are going to concern infringements and it will likely be a uncommon event and exception the place discretion is used.
“Once I say persons are doing the fitting factor as a majority, we’ve nonetheless obtained others who’re doing silly, egocentric, reckless actions.
“Some persons are nonetheless not listening and if the one method we will get by way of to them to hear and to stick to the instructions is thru us giving out vital fines, that’s what we’ll do.”
Commissioner Patton outlined how police could be imposing the lockdown.
“We’ll have 700 extra police concerned in Operation Sentinel,” he mentioned.
“It received’t be an absolute ring of metal, however there shall be a major police presence and an entire quantity of these major arterial roads you’d count on to see on the Hume Freeway heading out to the Calder, taking place to Geelong, heading to Gippsland.
“We’re going to be there from midnight tonight.
“We’re going to be checking individuals. We’re going to be ensuring they’re adhering to these tips.
“For those who don’t have a motive to depart, you can be turned again round. If somebody breaches these tips and leaves after they shouldn’t, you’ll obtain an infringement: $1652. We’ll have huge booze bus-type operations.
“We’ll have computerized quantity plate recognition. We’ll have our groups on the market and you’ll count on and have seen prior to now the general public order response groups. We’ll have mounted department. We’ll have the Freeway Patrol.
“The probabilities of really being detected are going to be very vital. We count on to see so much much less visitors out and about due to these restrictions.
“If there are ambiguities — and typically you’ll be able to’t be prescriptive about every thing — we’ll work by way of that.
“However usually talking, the tolerance and discretion window could be very a lot practically closed.”
Police have already issued no less than 35 fines to Victorians flouting the regulation in the course of the second wave of coronavirus.
These fines have been issued as a part of Operation Sanus, the taskforce devoted to the 12 hotspot suburbs presently in lockdown.
The 35 fines have been issued between Thursday July 2 and Sunday July 5.
Police have withdrawn 15 fines issued to partygoers at a Southbank Airbnb after a evaluate discovered they did nothing flawed.
Chief Commissioner Shane Patton on Wednesday morning labelled the group’s actions as “silly, egocentric and reckless” amid the steep rise in day by day COVID-19 infections.
Nevertheless a evaluate of the gathering discovered the group didn’t break any guidelines, prompting police to withdraw the fines.
“Following the usual evaluate course of, it was recognized the fines have been incorrectly points as the present Chief Well being Officer restrictions enable for 20 individuals to collect for an in a single day keep at vacationer lodging, which incorporates non-public vacation leases,” a Victoria Police spokeswoman mentioned.
“A brief time period rental condominium will not be a personal residence so it’s due to this fact recognized as a personal vacation rental.
“We’re presently within the strategy of withdrawing the fines and can notify the related people sooner or later.”
The Victoria Police spokeswoman mentioned it was working with the Division of Well being and Human Providers on the difficulty because it “goes in opposition to the intent of the Chief Well being Officer restrictions designed to sluggish the unfold of coronavirus”.
Nevertheless from midnight no gatherings of any dimension shall be permitted inside houses.
PICTURE SPECIAL: INSIDE MELBOURNE’S VIRUS FIGHT
VICTORIAN TOURIST TESTS POSITIVE IN NSW
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has warned these dwelling in NSW-Victorian border cities to not journey to different elements of the state, after a Victoria vacationer examined optimistic for COVID-19.
The teenager holidaying in Merimbula was not from a Melbourne scorching spot, and underwent testing earlier than approaching a NSW vacation.
Ms Berejiklian mentioned the case was “regarding” and the danger of contagion in NSW remained “extraordinarily excessive”, with harder measures nonetheless on the desk for NSW if the border city bubble measures put the remainder of the state in danger.
NSW Chief Medical Officer Dr Kerry Chant mentioned the teenage boy’s preliminary destructive outcome was an error, and he was knowledgeable he examined optimistic whereas in Merimbula.
“The one occasion the household did outdoors the household group was go to the Tathra Lodge,” Dr Chant mentioned, including the lodge was following social distancing necessities.
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PM: “WE’RE ALL MELBURNIANS NOW”
The Prime Minister has prolonged his sympathies to Melbourne residents going through a second lockdown.
“For the individuals in Melbourne: that is arduous,” Scott Morrison mentioned.
“It is a arduous name on you. It’s robust. And it’ll take a look at you and it’ll pressure, however you have got achieved it as soon as earlier than and it is possible for you to to do it once more as a result of you have got confirmed that.
“You’ve gotten demonstrated your capability to cope with this. It’s taking place in Melbourne now.
“After all, there’s all the time the danger it may occur in different cities and each step is being taken to hunt to stop that wherever potential.
“However we’re all Melburnians now relating to the challenges we face.
“We’re all Victorians now as a result of we’re all Australians and that’s the place the problem is correct now.”
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says for the individuals Melbourne that is arduous and it’ll take a look at you and it’ll pressure, however you have got achieved it as soon as earlier than and it is possible for you to to do it once more. Courtesy 9 Information
NO PLANS TO RESUME HOTEL QUARANTINE
The Premier mentioned the controversial lodge quarantine program for returned travellers had been paused indefinitely.
“I don’t suppose we put a timeline on it,” Mr Andrews mentioned.
“I feel we foreshadowed that two weeks will not be sufficient.
“That’s not a lot a mirrored image on Corrections Victoria and new lodge quarantine preparations.
“It’s a mirrored image that we have now many different challenges to cope with.
“While you’re doing that a lot testing, that a lot contact tracing and also you’ve obtained that many positives, plus the work that the Chief Commissioner has gone into round borders and people different points, our focus must logically and appropriately be some place else and it might be that we lengthen that out … I don’t suppose we put a time on.
“It was extra about being frank and open with the Federal Authorities that it might must be longer.”
It follows federal well being minister Greg Hunt blaming Victoria’s bungled lodge quarantine for the resurgence in circumstances/
Mr Hunt additionally pointed the finger at rising complacency stemming from the large-scale Black Lives Matter protests as a contributing issue.
“Their lodge quarantine was the primary and central downside,” Mr Hunt mentioned.
“We all know that there have been vital breaches there in Victoria that weren’t current in different states and territories.
“There isn’t any doubt that there was some leisure from a number of the individuals – the overwhelming majority Victorians have been extraordinary with their distancing however after the protests, many individuals noticed a double commonplace and thought properly, if it’s okay for 10,00zero, absolutely it’s okay for 10 – comprehensible, however the issue is that it wasn’t okay for 10,00zero individuals to be huddling collectively.”
Mr Andrews defended the federal government’s resolution to not positive Black Lives Matter protesters after the rally.
“We are able to return over Black Lives Matter: shouldn’t have occurred,” he mentioned.
“However except you need Victoria Police to actually lock up and arrest 10,00zero individuals, there’s a variety of sensible explanation why that simply wouldn’t have labored.”
SOCIAL DISTANCING KEY TO RECREATION RULES
Golf, fishing and boating have been banned over the past lockdown, however are allowed this time.
“Golf (Australia) primarily decided final time that they’d very early on not play,” Mr Andrews mentioned.
“They might shut programs. Then, because the stage one, stage two, stage three, as we rolled by way of all of these completely different restrictions, it was merely not applicable to convey that again.
“We’ve obtained a brand new algorithm in relation to 2 gamers, so teams of two – similar for fishing, similar for an entire vary of different actions.
“It’s additionally primarily based on the truth that the Chief Well being Officer has the understanding now of getting checked out these restrictions within the first wave and realizing that it’s a really low public well being threat.
“It will possibly’t be greater than two individuals. You should be 1.5m aside. You should do the hand sanitising and different work, and once more, it’s not an invite to spend each afternoon fishing. “It’s not an invite to play 36 holes of golf day by day.
“It’s within the context of day by day train as a result of we would like individuals to have the ability to get recent air and do these issues safely.
“The opposite level to make, in fact, is that clubhouses are closed, all of these kinds of issues, so it’s genuinely outside exercise.
“There are various different examples as properly that we expect are low sufficient threat that that threat will be managed, but when I obtained completely different recommendation, then the principles would change.”
PREMIER FLAGS FURTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR VICTORIANS
Daniel Andrews has acknowledged the financial devastation anticipated to outcome from a second shutdown.
“There’s little doubt that there’s very vital financial harm proper all through this international pandemic,” he mentioned.
“This virus is inflicting huge harm to jobs, to companies, to income, to the state price range and, certainly, family budgets.
“There’s no query about that. That’s why JobKeeper, JobSeeker, the payroll tax refunds that we offered, the enterprise grants we’ve offered, and the following bundle of help that we’ll very quickly announce, are so, so vital.
“But it surely’s additionally an vital reminder for all of us, that we have now to get previous this public well being bushfire, and get again right into a place the place we will begin to open up once more, and begin to restore the very vital financial harm that has been achieved.
“And that received’t be a fast course of in any a part of the nation. It actually received’t be a fast course of right here.
“Clearly there’s going to be better wants in some elements of Victoria than there shall be in different elements of our nation. And I’m reassured that hardship goes to proceed to be the primary factor that drives all of the completely different instruments the federal authorities is utilizing.
“I’ll go away bulletins — that’s rightly the provenance of the federal authorities — however I’m reassured that there shall be additional bulletins made.”
VCE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE TO ATTEND SCHOOL
The Premier mentioned VCE research would proceed.
“Will 12 months 11 and 12 look a bit of bit completely different than it would in any other case have when it comes to the best way faculties function? Sure, I feel it will likely be,” he mentioned.
“I feel there shall be much more vigilance to ensure college students are holding their distance, that we’re all being as cautious as potential in these actually sensible issues: hand hygiene, cough etiquette, social distancing, all the principles that we’ve develop into fairly acquainted with.
“The judgment of the Chief Well being Officer is that given the age and the probability of complying with these fundamental roles, that’s a decrease threat and it’s a manageable and acceptable threat.
“I feel all of us perceive that 12 months 11 and 12 are in a singular place.
“That’s actually vital that we get them again on Monday.
“Clearly we don’t need a scenario the place the VCE in metropolitan Melbourne is in any method completely different to the VCE in regional Victoria.
“Plus, in fact, the truth that as younger adults they’re in a greater place to have the ability to distance and to comply with these guidelines.
“I can’t rule out that at-home studying. That shall be primarily based on Chief Well being Officer recommendation and a few additional work we have now to do.”
PREMIER “CONFIDENT” ALL TOWERS RESIDENTS WILL BE TESTED
Premier Andrews mentioned testing of the 3000 residents in locked down public housing blocks in North Melbourne and Flemington was on observe to be accomplished on Wednesday.
“We’re very assured that we will full testing at present,” he mentioned.
“Our orders run for 14 days, 5 days was the time that we set ourselves.
“Whether or not we will ship that precisely to the hour, we’ll have to attend and see, however the faster everybody will get examined, clearly, the faster we will get these outcomes after which put in place an in depth plan to supply tailor-made and particular help to these individuals who take a look at optimistic.
“(Testers) are on the market proper now going door to door and we’re assured that that may be concluded at present.
“There’ll then be the laboratory time.
“I once more say to each single resident in these towers you can be below these restrictions for not a second longer than it is advisable be, to your security, to your well being and welfare, in addition to for public well being.”
CHAOS REIGNS AS COUNTDOWN TO LOCKDOWN BEGINS
Chaos has damaged out throughout the state as greater than 5.2 million Victorians put together to be pressured again into harsh lockdown conditions for no less than six weeks.
Panic-buying has resumed, with grocery store giants bringing again restrictions on staple merchandise in metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell shire.
Coles has capped the next gadgets at two per buyer: pasta, rice, flour, sugar, milk, mince meat, frozen greens, tissues, hand sanitiser and liquid cleaning soap.
Clients will solely be capable of purchase one pack of bathroom paper.
Woolworths has additionally reinstated product limits on sure merchandise.
“The transfer follows a surge in demand throughout Victoria in a single day and can assist guarantee extra prospects have truthful entry to recent meals and necessities at Woolworths,” an announcement mentioned.
Objects with a cap of two per buyer embody: frozen greens, pasta, rice, flour, sugar, milk, sliced bread, mince meat, frozen greens, tissues, hand sanitiser and liquid cleaning soap.
Woolworths prospects should purchase two packs of bathroom roll per buyer.
Related restrictions have been introduced in in the course of the first wave of the coronavirus to cease panic shopping for.
Consumers flocked to Chadstone shopping centre this morning forward of the lockdown.
Within the state’s north, police have begun patrolling the Victoria-NSW border after it was closed at midnight for the primary time in 100 years.
Simply hours earlier than, households making use of for border entry permits have been left annoyed and offended after a NSW authorities web site crashed after “experiencing excessive ranges of demand”.
The exemption was accessible from 7pm on Tuesday nevertheless it was solely working for simply over an hour earlier than the “apply” button disappeared, making it unimaginable to make use of.
Round 650 law enforcement officials, joined by the army, descended on the border yesterday close to the southern city of Albury, to assist implement the lockdown.
Nobody can enter NSW from Victoria, except they meet exemption standards.
This contains being a NSW resident returning residence, a cross-border resident, individual offering essential providers and people accessing medical providers.
Fines apply for many who breach the general public well being orders.
It comes as a nurse employed at Sunshine hospital in Melbourne’s western suburbs examined optimistic to coronavirus.
It’s understood the nurse works within the emergency division.
The division is working at present and never impacted on account of the case.
The supply of the optimistic take a look at is below investigation with no clear hyperlinks to any identified circumstances.
Hospital operator Western Well being confirmed the optimistic testing and has been contacted for extra particulars.
CARS BANK UP AT BORDER CROSSING
Visitors banked up within the early morning as a whole bunch of individuals tried to cross the border into Moama.
At 7.30am, it took 12 minutes to cross the bridge into NSW and be waved by way of by police with an accepted allow.
Police autos lined the entrance of the queue with officers going automotive to automotive checking paperwork.
These on foot have been additionally requested for permits on the checkpoint, although there was no police presence on the strolling bridge entrance to NSW.
Work colleagues Casey Love, Amanda Griffin and Tailah Clifford walked the bridge into Echuca for a morning espresso and to see how the brand new allow course of labored.
“It’s simple when you’ve obtained the correct web site,” Amanda mentioned.
All three had already utilized for permits for his or her companions and children.
ST VINCENT’S HOSPITAL DOCTOR TESTS POSITIVE
A health care provider in one of many acute medical groups at St Vincent’s Hospital has examined optimistic to COVID-19.
“There was no operational affect on our providers,” a spokeswoman mentioned.
Fifteen workers are in precautionary quarantine on account of potential publicity.
The an infection management group is offering the hospital with help.
POLICE CLASH WITH VOLUNTEERS OUTSIDE TOWERS
Tense scenes between civilians and police have erupted outdoors one of many Flemington towers in a single day.
Dramatic imaginative and prescient of the arrest exhibits police swarm the person and produce him to the bottom close to the Holland Court docket flats, earlier than he yells “I can’t breathe”.
The scuffle was one in all many who happened after charity volunteers argued with police outdoors 12 Holland Court docket, the place residents have been unable to depart their houses since Saturday.
Australasian Mercy Secondary College Affiliation Youth Join arrived simply after 9pm with packed groceries for residents.
Volunteers declare they waited round for about half an hour earlier than deliveries have been in a position to start, and the combat broke out shortly after.
Counsellor Tigist Kebede filmed the incident, and will be heard yelling for the person to be let go as they scuffle with police.
“Please, please don’t choke him, please … he’s simply making an attempt to ship meals,” she mentioned.
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NORTHERN TERRITORY BANS VICTORIANS
Victorians who dare step foot within the NT when border measures ease on July 17 shall be thrown into a compulsory quarantine at their very own expense, with the Chief Minister confirming the Territory will keep shut to the coronavirus-ravaged state.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner on Wednesday morning confirmed NT authorities had made the choice to maintain harsh border measures in place for Victorians indefinitely.
From July 17, solely individuals who come from or who’ve been in coronavirus hotspots shall be pressured into 14 days of quarantine in the event that they journey into the NT.
The whole thing of Victoria is now thought of a hotspot by the NT.
In the meanwhile all arrivals into the NT should self-quarantine for 14 days no matter the place they’re from.
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$6B HOLE EXPECTED IN VICTORIA’S ECONOMY
The restrictions are anticipated to blow a $6bn gap in Victoria’s economy, placing its restoration months behind the remainder of the nation.
Writing in Wednesday’s Herald Solar, Josh Frydenberg mentioned Victoria made up 1 / 4 of the nationwide economic system and the outbreak wanted to be contained rapidly.
Enterprise and trade leaders at the moment are demanding additional help, calling the renewed restrictions the “closing straw” for corporations that had solely simply managed to reopen.
Premier Daniel Andrews mentioned Victoria’s economic system was “in for a really tough time” and flagged a help bundle for companies, after these already pressured to shut in particular postcodes got $5000 grants.
HOW MELBOURNE’S RESTRICTIONS AFFECT YOU
Victorian Tourism Trade Council chief Felicia Mariani mentioned the lockdown was a “seismic shock to an trade (already) crippled below the load of restrictions”.
The lockdown can even affect the federal authorities’s selections on the way forward for the JobKeeper wage subsidy and the doubled Jobseeker unemployment profit, to be introduced on July 23.
Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Trade chief Paul Guerra mentioned JobKeeper — offering $1500 fortnightly wage subsidies — wanted to be prolonged by no less than two months to provide companies “the runway they should stand up and working earlier than the scheme ends”.
“This (second wave) is definitely unhealthy for jobs in Victoria and we’re seeing a desperation from companies that we have now simply not seen earlier than,” Mr Guerra mentioned. “Melbourne companies and employees will as soon as once more be requested to bear the brunt of the COVID-19 disaster, and we all know this would be the closing straw for some.”
The Treasurer mentioned the Australian economic system wanted Victoria to halt the unfold of the virus. “The pace and trajectory of our nationwide economic system restoration depends upon it,” Mr Frydenberg mentioned.
He mentioned shopper confidence was going backwards, and Treasury modelling discovered a return to restrictions would price Victoria about $1bn per week.
Requested whether or not federal financial help measures ought to be prolonged, Mr Andrews mentioned he was “very assured that the Prime Minister is aware of and understands that there shall be completely different types of hardship in several elements of the nation”.
“I feel he’s going to be guided by that hardship,” he mentioned.
The brand new lockdown is expected to ship a shattering blow to the state’s tourism trade.
CHILDCARE FUNDING CHANGES FOR MELBOURNE FAMILIES
Emergency modifications to childcare funding have been made by the Federal Authorities to make sure centres stay viable at the same time as Victorian households hold their youngsters at residence in the course of the six-week lockdown.
Childcare operators within the Melbourne postcodes the place stay-at-home guidelines are already in place have been calling for additional help, with the free childcare initiative introduced in in the course of the pandemic ending this weekend.
Schooling Minister Dan Tehan introduced on Tuesday night time that operators could be allowed to waive the hole charge charged to Melbourne mother and father from Monday if their youngsters weren’t attending due to the renewed coronavirus restrictions.
SCHOOLING AGAIN PUT TO THE TEST
Solely years 11 and 12 college students, 12 months 10s learning a VCE topic and specialist faculties will return for third time period subsequent week in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire.
The remaining 12 months ranges may have an additional week tacked on to their holidays because the State Authorities crunches COVID-19 numbers to see what the steadiness of third time period may seem like.
The modifications will have an effect on about 700,00zero college students throughout public, Catholic and unbiased campuses.
The varsity modifications have an effect on metropolitan councils, together with the Mornington Peninsula, and Mitchell Shire, 40km north of Melbourne.
These areas are additionally topic to six-week lockdown measures beginning Wednesday night time.
Mitchell Shire takes in Broadford, Kilmore, Seymour, Tallarook, Pyalong and Wallan.
Colleges outdoors metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire will proceed face-to-face lessons from subsequent week.
Specialist faculties won’t be affected, with on-campus studying persevering with even in metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire areas.
Youngsters of important employees in lockdown areas can entry vacation care subsequent week.
Whereas pupils from Prep to 12 months 10 (excluding these doing a VCE topic) within the lockdown areas will get an additional week of college holidays, academics shall be at college subsequent week in what’s being known as curriculum days to work on how time period three shall be delivered.
Schooling Minister James Merlino confirmed academics within the affected council areas would use the additional faculty vacation week to organize for a potential return to distant studying for Prep to 12 months 10 from July 20.
Mr Andrews mentioned senior college students would return to class to make sure that they had some consistency with fellow VCE college students in nation Victoria who would proceed to attend faculty.
He mentioned older college students would have a greater understanding of sustaining bodily distance in a faculty setting and to and from faculty.
“That’s seen as a a lot decrease threat and day by day at college is vital for these 12 months 11 and 12 months 12 college students,” mentioned Mr Andews, who has a son in 12 months 12 this 12 months. “We wish to be sure that their VCE isn’t any extra disrupted than it already has been.”
Mr Andrews mentioned specialist faculties would return as a result of suggestions from academics and households was their youngsters had struggled within the distant setting.
“Earlier than the top of this week, we are going to finalise what our plans are for versatile and distant studying on the very newest early into subsequent week,” he mentioned.
Victoria’s Chief Well being Workplace Brett Sutton mentioned he believed faculties have been manageable if individuals stored bodily distancing and hygiene up.
Whereas transmission in faculties was not excessive, Al-Taqwa School in Truganina was an exemption. There at the moment are 90 circumstances linked to the outbreak on the faculty.
Impartial Colleges Victoria chief Michelle Inexperienced mentioned it continued to suggest faculties act on the recommendation of presidency well being authorities.
Catholic Schooling Melbourne, which was amongst teams consulted, mentioned it supported the lockdown.
Colleges within the following native authorities areas shall be affected: Mitchell, Banyule, Hume, Moreland, Bayside, Kingston, Mornington Peninsula, Boroondara, Knox, Nillumbik, Brimbank, Manningham, Port Phillip, Cardinia, Maribyrnong, Stonnington, Casey, Maroondah, Whitehorse, Darebin, Melbourne, Whittlesea, Frankston, Melton, Wyndham, Glen Eira, Monash, Yarra, Higher Dandenong, Moonee Valley, Yarra Ranges and Hobsons Bay.
NEW CLOSING TIME
Associates Glen Crawforth and Angus Kerr popped into the London Tavern in Richmond on Tuesday night time after the lockdown announcement.
“It looks like a little bit of a Final Supper,” Mr Crawforth mentioned.
“It’s a bit of bit sombre. We have been sort of actually enthusiastic about it being again and having a little bit of normality and now it’s like having the rug pulled from below you. Again to sq. one.”
Mr Kerr mentioned: “It’s actually disappointing for the publican. We’ve come all the way down to help him and have a couple of drinks earlier than it goes again to the previous methods of lockdown.
Footscray cafe West 48 proprietor Steffan Tissa mentioned the return to lockdown was anticipated however disappointing.
He mentioned it dropped at a halt the robust commerce that they had been having fun with from dine-in prospects.
“It was good to sort of construct that momentum we had over the previous few weeks,” he mentioned.
“The client sentiment was glorious. Now it’s again to takeaway. It’s a bit like ‘right here we go once more’.”
He mentioned it meant some workers may face decreased hours.
“I’ve needed to make these arduous cellphone calls advising my workers we have now to return to that holding sample as soon as extra.
“We’ll share the load as a lot as we will, even when it’s one much less shift per week. We’ll have to attend and see what commerce shall be like.”
– With extra reporting by Alex White, Tom Minear, Claire Heaney and James Mottershead
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