Victorian health authorities believe the state is headed towards a "second bump" in cases after 41 new coronavirus cases were revealed on Saturday, including 15 believed to be linked to community transmission.
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Just as worrying as the community transmission are the much greater recent numbers "under investigation" . And equally worrying is that the ABC counts those as reported in the first instance and does nothing to move them later to community transmission if they are found in that group. Effectively the ABC has been hiding the risk by doing this. The ünder investigation "cases should be graphed together with community transmission cases as on the balance of probability that is what they are. If that turns out to not be the case too bad, Better to err on cautious reporting rather than the current method.-Paul
Hey Paul, reporting the details of the cases is a bit tricky as we don't have access to all the case information health authorities do, but we try to report them as accurately and transparently as we can.
When they present them in an announcement, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will sort them into the following categories, explained as best as I understand them:
- Returned travellers in hotel quarantine: These are cases detected in people who have returned into Australia on international flights and are being kept in 14-day hotel quarantine.
- Linked to outbreaks: Cases that can be traced back to a known outbreak, and usually identified through the process of contact tracing and testing.
- Community transmission: Cases where, after thorough investigation, the chain of transmission could not be traced back to a previously identified case. So the day these are reported as community transmission is probably a little while after the day they were reported.
- Routine testing: This classification is for those tested at public testing sites and in testing blitzes. It excludes cases linked to outbreaks (e.g. where close contacts of a case were being targeted) and those found during hotel quarantine. "While a case diagnosed through routine testing may ultimately be classified as community transmission that conclusion is typically made several days after it is first reported," DHHS said when we asked them about this one earlier in the pandemic.
- Under investigation: This one might throw people and I double-checked it today, here's the DHHS explanation: "Under investigation refers to test results that were provided to DHHS late in the reporting day and have yet to be allocated to a more specific classification - such as community testing or hotel quarantine."
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SA police catch Victorian man allegedly flouting border controls while drink driving
A Victorian man has lost his licence after he was caught driving at four times the legal blood alcohol limit and has been fined for breaching COVID-19 restrictions.
The 28-year-old crashed his car at Port Augusta, north of Adelaide, last night.
He recorded a blood alcohol level of 0.2 and was charged with a number of driving offences.
Police also issued him with a $1,000 fine after discovering he'd entered South Australia eight days ago and should have been in self-isolation.
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Food charities are swamped in Brisbane
While Queensland has got its coronavirus cases under control, the economic pain is being felt by those hit hard by the shutdown measures.
"I don't want to take free food that could help other people in more need than me but I decided this is the only place I come," she told reporter Andree Withey.
"The money that I earn I can spend on my rent and this food really helps."
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Victorian update at 10:30am
We've just had news that Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Health Minister Jenny Mikakos will hold a press conference at 10:30am.
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Is there consistency in the interstate approaches to Victoria's cases?
The Tourism NT website states ‘ Any person from interstate that lives in a hot spot area should be in lock down and therefore not travelling‘ however does not provide a definition of the hotspots - LGA or suburb based? Also it seems strange that it asserts that those from a hotspot should be in lockdown?-NT Hotspot confused
Throughout much of Australia's response to the coronavirus pandemic, there's been a broadly collaboration approach, but the fine details have differed.
Last weekend, the national health body responding to the pandemic, the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC), nominated six local government areas in Melbourne as hotspots.
The term "lockdown" is also one that can confuse, because it has been used to describe a law-enforced scenario where people cannot leave their homes except for essential reasons, but I think here it's simply meaning 'erring on the side of caution and staying at home', which is what Melburnians are being encouraged to do.
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Canberra's zoo has barred Melbourne visitors from tours
This in from our Canberra newsroom:
The National Zoo and Aquarium won't let anyone who has been to Melbourne participate in their tours.
The ban only applies if the person has been to Melbourne in the 14 days prior to the tour and will also apply to any other area that health authorities designate a COVID-19 hotspot (note, that's probably ACT authorities, there is no nationally coordinated hotspot list).
In a message to members, the Zoo said the precautions were for the safety of staff, the animals and other participants.
I'm not 100% on whether banning from tours extends to banning from entering the zoo, and can't see anything publicly posted by the zoo about this yet.
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No word yet on when we'll get Victoria's update today
I know it’s early but any idea when the new Vic numbers will be released and also why they kept delaying yesterday?-#datahelpsmakeinformeddecisions
I know lots of Victorians (myself included) really want to get some more information on what's happening.
Once I've got an indication of a likely time for an update, I'll bring it to you here.
Deputy Chief Health Officer Annaliese van Diemen did say yesterday that news of some of those 41 latest cases were coming into health authorities at 11:00pm on Friday.
So you can imagine it would take a while to be able to call, contact and interview all those people, identify close contacts, learn what the chains of transmission may have been, then make that into useful information for the community.
I'm not a fan of speculating too much, but the sheer volume of cases could be a factor in yesterday's press conference being pushed back a bit.
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So are they Melbourne suburb hotspots or local council hotspots?
Hi there. Thanks for the hard work you're all doing.My question is related to hotspots. It seems like originally these were the LGAs, but has it since changed to become the specific Melbourne suburbs?-Prospective traveller
Good question, Prospective traveller, I'm afraid I can't give you a really precise answer unfortunately.
First up, to be clear there are no legal restrictions or laws being put in place around geographical areas in Melbourne right now.
But the State of Emergency powers do allow the Victorian Government to lock down either local government areas (LGAs) or suburbs if they rule it's necessary.
Since then, the coronavirus updates from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have solely mentioned those suburbs, so I think it's safe to say that the attention is now focused and fine-tuned more tightly than the initial, broader, council zones.
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A nurse is among Victoria's recent cases
A nurse at the Royal Melbourne Hospital's emergency department is among recent cases in Victoria.
In a statement, the hospital said it was supporting the nurse and close contacts had been informed and rigorous cleaning was being done.
Note: You'll sometimes see us report specific cases like the one above in vague terms. We don't know for sure if it was one of yesterday's cases, as health authorities only reveal as much information as is really necessary for public health, to protect the privacy of individuals.
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Community transmission is a concern in Victoria
On Saturday, 15 of the latest 41 cases were recorded as community transmission.
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What's this about a peak of cases in Victoria?
Yesterday Deputy Chief Health Officer Annaliese van Diemen characterised the latest surge in cases this way:
"Our case numbers are increasing, so when you look at our overall epidemiological curve there will be, and I'm hoping very soon, a second bump or a second peak, and so that is what this is.
"Whether we have second, third, fifth, 10th waves nobody really knows.
"This is not something any of us have experienced before.
"We will continue on a suppression strategy and, as our Premier and multiple others have said, we know that cases and outbreaks will continue to occur, and we are really just doing our best to keep absolutely on top of them."
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Good morning!
Welcome to the live blog for a second day.
I'll be with you over the next few hours, as we wait to see how Victoria's coronavirus case trajectory is headed.
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