“This is an important decision because it marks another step on the way back,” Mr Morrison at a press conference in Canberra this afternoon.
“There is a road back. There is a road ahead and the decisions that the National Cabinet has taken today are evidence of that.”
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Australia has recorded 72 deaths from COVID-19 so far with 6644 confirmed cases, including 2969 in New South Wales, 1336 in Victoria, 1024 in Queensland, 437 in South Australia, 546 in Western Australia, 200 in Tasmania, 104 in the Australian Capital Territory and 28 in the Northern Territory.
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Staff at two hospitals have tested positive for coronavirus, sparking urgent tracing and isolation efforts.
Three employees in Cairns Hospital's pathology laboratory returned positive serology tests on Monday.
“Serology testing detects the disease after you have had it, unlike traditional PCR testing which diagnoses the disease while you have it,” Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said.
“The three Cairns Hospital employees who tested positive for COVID-19 had mild or no symptoms and did not realise they had the disease, which is why they did not get tested.
"As a precaution, they have been placed in self-quarantine, even though they are not feeling unwell or likely to be infectious."
Cairns Hospital will now screen all staff to determine if there has been a wider transmission, Dr Young said.
Meanwhile in Sydney, a doctor at St George Hospital in the city's south has tested positive to coronavirus.
The worker has been isolated and anyone they had contact with has been contacted.
New South Wales Health said there is no further risk to staff or patients.
A third resident at a coronavirus-plagued nursing home in Sydney has died after contracting COVID-19.
Newmarch House in Caddens in the city's west has been at the centre of an outbreak after an employee came to work while symptomatic for six days.
The woman was later found to have coronavirus.
Anglicare has confirmed that a third elderly resident – a woman aged 92 – at its Newmarch facility died this morning.
It brings Australia's coronavirus death toll to 72.
Anthony Bowe’s mother Pat is a resident at the home and he has demanded Anglicare immediately hand over control to New South Wales Health.
His mum tested positive for COVID-19 last Wednesday and Mr Bowe said the standard of care has been shocking, he told 7 News.
“It’s horrendous. There’s nowhere near enough staff. People are going to die.”
Pat fell in the shower today, he revealed. She’s a type 1 diabetic but hasn’t had her blood sugar levels tested in several days.
More than 40 staff and residents at Newmarch have tested positive for coronavirus.
Two residents died at the weekend – a 93-year-old man died on Saturday and a 94-year-old man on Sunday.
Anglicare tonight released a statement about the latest death. It reads:
We are saddened to advise a third resident of Newmarch House, who had tested positive for COVID-19, passed away late this morning.
She was 92-years-old and had multiple health issues.
The resident’s family have been contacted as have all relevant authorities. The cause of death is still to be formally determined.
Anglicare Sydney’s CEO Grant Millard said: “I have spoken personally to the immediate family of the resident to convey our deepest sympathies”.
This is a very sad time not only for the immediate family but also for other residents and staff.
Please keep everyone in your thoughts and prayers as we continue to support the families through what is a difficult and challenging time.
The Northern Territory has recorded its 15th consecutive day without a new case of coronavirus.
Chief minister Michael Gunner just announced the good news, while also outlining strict new penalties for anyone who coughs or spits on others “in order to cause fear about the spread of the coronavirus”.
Penalties will include an instant fine of $5495, Mr Gunner said.
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has called for the government to “get its hands dirty” when it comes to the Virgin Australia crisis.
Speaking on the ABC this afternoon, Senator Canavan said the loss of Australia’s second major airline would be devastating.
“We saw a few years ago, up here in Central Queensland, when Virgin pulled out of a route to a mining town called Moranbah… prices went up by 30 per cent after they pulled out,” he said.
“It just went back to Qantas. I don't want to see that happen.”
The government has defended its decision not to bail out Virgin Australia, which today entered voluntary administration amid crippling debts and a collapse of revenue due to coronavirus.
Senator Canavan said the government is “right to proceed cautiously”.
“We don't want to spend billions of taxpayer money to prop up shareholders who had made bad decisions in the past, in this case foreign shareholders, so we should focus on protecting Australian jobs and maintaining competition in air services.
“There is a window of opportunity to do that while we work through the issues with Virgin.”
Senator Canavan then described himself as being “a strong advocate for the government getting involved here – getting its hands dirty” but wouldn’t detail what that intervention might include.
More than a dozen partying Irish expats have copped hefty fines for a wild night that breached social distancing measures.
Police in Melbourne were called to a residence in Bentleigh East on Sunday morning after complaints.
A man refused entry to a responding officer, who had to call for back-up.
When police finally entered at 7.45am, 15 people were each handed fines of $1652.
And the man who blocked access to responding officers was charged with hindering police.
Daniel Lang is one of the thousands of human faces behind the Virgin Australia crisis.
The pilot was stood down at the end of March when the airline suspended its operations as a result of the coronavirus crisis.
Mr Lang spoke to ABC this afternoon on the back of news that Virgin has entered voluntary administration, amidst enormous debts and an uncertain future.
After flying for the company for 12 years, Mr Lang said he’s now working at Woolworths.
“I'm not one to sit around,” he told the ABC.
“I printed off the resumes and did the drive around the local supermarkets. I'm hoping for a job doing something. So thankfully one of the local Woolworths stores gave me a position. So, I've been doing that for the past few weeks.”
Despite the difficult news today, Mr Lang said he feels fortunate – his position, for now, is still there when Virgin takes to the skies again.
“There's always hope there,” he said.
“And the job at Woolworths is an honour to be honest. It gives me a purpose – put my uniform on and go and do my bit for the local community.”
He’s confident of returning to the cockpit sooner rather than later.
“It's been a lifelong passion of mine,” Mr Lang said.
“I was fortunate enough to have emigrated to Australia from overseas when I was six-years-old. We travelled back internationally to visit family from an early age. I caught the bug all those years ago.
“I've been flying for over 20 years now. It takes quite a while to hone the craft.
“It's a lifelong passion. We put a lot into our careers to keep it as safe, professional and efficient as we can. It's obviously a concern (at the moment) but I would hope to have another 30 years doing this.”
There's been a bit of speculative number-crunching among reporters and commentators about a particular date.
And that date is May 11.
Those trying to figure out when Australia might begin to ease strict social distancing measures, which have impacted just about every aspect of life, have pointed to this as the potential kick-off day.
There are a few reasons why May 11 is significant.
It's when the National Cabinet will next review elective surgery restrictions.
It's also when Victoria's current state of emergency is due to expire.
And just today, retail figure Solomon Lew said his Premier Investments group would reopen its stores – Smiggle, Dotti, Peter Alexander, Just Jeans, and Jacqui E are among them – on May 11.
It's an interesting theory and Prime Minister Scott Morrison was asked about it at a press conference in Canberra today.
He was asked: "Is May 11 that turning point for how Australians live with this virus? Do you think May 11 could be the date we see a further easing of social distancing restrictions?"
Mr Morrison urged reporters not to "read too much into that" date.
"We are on the road back and I think we have already reached a turning point on these issues provided we can keep the controls in place to keep the virus under management," Mr Morrison said.
"It will continue to write its own rules and it is essential, we think, that we stay on top of it."
Just to recap Prime Minister Scott Morrison's remarks from earlier about what he described as "the road back" from the coronavirus crisis.
At a press conference in Canberra, Mr Morrison directly addressed the question of when our coronavirus restrictions might start to be eased.
"For those who are asking when can we ease, well, we were clear about that last week. We laid down some clear markers as to what the requirements would be," the PM said.
"We said there needed to be an effective rate of transmission less than the score of one. And we said we need to get in place, over these four weeks that we're now in – almost one week down in that timetable – of testing, tracing and a response capability on the ground.
"National Cabinet will continue to look at those areas that may be able to be eased at the end of that period, when we look at those issues. But they are the clear markers. They are the clear prerequisites."
So, no firm detail on when social distancing measures and lockdown precautions might be lifted, and which would be relaxed first, but there's good news and positive signs.
But there were some clear details when it comes to current restrictions on elective surgery procedures being eased.
And they'll be scaled back after the Anzac Day weekend.
"This will not mean an immediate return to normal with elective surgery, but a gradual restart, subject of course to capacity and other constraints that may exist in each jurisdiction," Mr Morrison said.
"We will be easing restrictions on the following areas. That is Category 2 or equivalent procedures in the private sector, and selected Category 3 and other procedures, which includes all IVF, all screening programs, where they have ceased.
"Post-cancer restricted procedures, such as breast reconstruction, dental and Level 2 restrictions. So, such as fitting dentures, braces, non-high speed drilling and basic fillings. All procedures for children under the age of 18, all joint replacements, including knee, hips and shoulders, all cataracts and eye procedures, and endoscopy and colonoscopy."
All measures will be subjected to further review on May 11 to then determine whether all surgeries and procedures can recommence more broadly.
"This is an important decision because it marks another step on the way back," said Mr Morrison.
"There is a road back. There is a road ahead and the decisions that the National Cabinet has taken today are evidence of that."
South Australia has just announced two new cases of coronavirus in the past day.
The state's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said one person is aged in their 20s and the other is in their 60s.
"But importantly, we do know where these two people had contracted the disease," Professor Spurrier told reporters.
The low number of new cases brings South Australia's total to 437.
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