Summary
- Two primary schools in Melbourne have been closed for cleaning today after one student at each tested positive for COVID-19. Both schools are in local government areas identified as current coronavirus hotspots.
- Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says Australia’s borders will remain closed for “a significant amount of time”, in order to maintain its status as an “island sanctuary” from the coronavirus.
- A total of 18 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Australia today: 17 in Victoria and one in New South Wales.
- Two more staff members of US President Donald Trump's campaign who were in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for his rally on Saturday have tested positive for coronavirus. Eight staffers in total have now tested positive.
- The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed nine million, with one million new infections being recorded in the past eight days.
'Significant community transmission' among Victoria's latest coronavirus cases: Premier
By Rachael Dexter and Craig Butt
A total of 17 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Victoria today, Premier Daniel Andrews has said.
Of these cases, one was someone in hotel quarantine, two were linked to known outbreaks, three were from routine testing and 11 are currently being investigated.
"So what we can be certain of is that there will be some significant community transmission within those numbers," Mr Andrews said.
"The exact amount of that will be determined following those processes that I've just alluded to."
"As we said on Saturday, and indeed again yesterday, this is still with us. This is not over."
Nationwide there have been 18 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Australia today, 17 in Victoria and one in New South Wales. The new case recorded in New South Wales is an overseas traveller in hotel quarantine.
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Victorian Premier apologies for wait times at coronavirus testing sites
By Rachael Dexter
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has apologised for increased waiting times at drive-through testing sites around Melbourne.
Yesterday The Age reported on hours-long wait times at shopping centre testing sites, which continue today.
“I apologise for any delays,” Mr Andrews said. “Increased testing numbers may result in some increases in turnaround times.”
Mr Andrews rejected the idea that long waiting periods may deter people from coming forward for testing.
“It makes you proud - the notion that people would give their time like that,” he said.
“I’m very proud to think Victorians are coming forward to get tested even if they have to wait”.
The Premier indicated more drive-through sites may be set up to deal with demand in hot-spot areas.
“It's really important for people to stay home whilst they have symptoms, and not just get a test and then go about their business after they've had the test.
“If you have symptoms, please get tested. And while you're waiting for those test results, please stay home.”
The map below shows the location of coronavirus testing sites in Victoria:
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Virus scars for life as doctors warn of long-term health damage
One in three patients who recovers from COVID-19 could be harmed for life, with long-term damage to their lungs, as well as chronic fatigue and psychological disturbances, research suggests.
Experts said there was growing evidence that the virus could cause persistent or even permanent trauma, including impairment to the brain and an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.
NHS guidance seen by The Daily Telegraph in London suggests that around 30 per cent of patients who recover from COVID-19 may be left with damaged and scarred lung tissue, if it follows patterns of similar diseases.
A COVID-19 patients being treated in Cambridge, England. Researchers are worried about the long-term effects of the virus.Credit:AP
In an interview with the newspaper, the head of the new NHS centre for COVID-19 recovery said she was worried about how little was known about how long the consequences could last.
Dr Hilary Floyd, clinical director at the NHS Seacole Centre in Surrey, said she had been shocked by how young many of its patients were. Healthy people who were in their 40s and 50s when the virus struck were now facing long-term fatigue and disability.
Telegraph, London.
New directive to make it easier for Victoria Police to issue fines for coronavirus rule breaches
By Simone Fox-Koob
Victoria's Police Minister Lisa Neville has said police officers will be able to issue coronavirus fines without first seeking the permission of their supervisor.
Fines will still be reviewed after they are issued, however officers will be able to issue fines if people are gathered in groups of more than 10 outside or are having more than five people over to their house.
“They can issue those [fines] on the spot... [this is] really sending a really strong message that police need to strongly enforce those directives,” she said.
Victoria Police will be focusing their spot checks on local government areas that have experienced an increase in coronavirus cases. Credit:Nine
On Monday, police did 624 spot checks, of which 170 were checking people were at home while they should self-isolating. They will focussing their checks on the hotspot council areas.
“The intention is to send a very strong message that if you are blatantly, deliberately breaching those rules you will get fined,” she said.
While calls to the police assistance line relating to coronavirus had dropped to about 80 a day, they were up on Monday to 400. Calls made about potential breaches in hotspot areas will be prioritised by police.
As lockdown restrictions in Victoria were relaxed last month, the number of fines issued by police decreased, analysis of Victoria Police data showed.
No evidence Melbourne dealing with a more virulent coronavirus strain: Victorian Deputy Chief Health Officer
By Rachael Dexter
There is no evidence yet that Melbourne is dealing with a more virulent strain of coronavirus, according to Deputy Chief Health Officer Annaliese van Diemen.
“The evidence does not indicate that at this point in time. Our overall hospitalisation, intensive care unit numbers, our overall death rates per numbers of cases are one of the lowest in the world, which indicates that we are finding a pretty good proportion of our cases,” Dr van Diemen said.
“There isn't any evidence at this point in time that the strain in Melbourne is any more virulent in terms of severity of disease in other countries, or in terms of transmissibility than in other countries,” she said.
Victoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer Annaliese van DiemenCredit:Paul Jeffers
Dr van Diemen said people should remember that the rest of the world continues to see major growth in cases.
“We saw 150,000 cases in a single day last week. That's the highest number ever reported for this disease,” she said. “We've had close to 500,000 deaths internationally.”
“So, we are somewhat in a bubble here, and that's fantastic, we're really lucky, but this hasn't gone away.”
No new coronavirus cases in Queensland for sixth day in a row
By Lydia Lynch
Another Queenslander has recovered from COVID-19 overnight as the state found no new cases of the virus for the sixth day in a row.
Deputy Premier and Health Minister Steven Miles said the state now had just two active cases of COVID-19.
"Both of them are on the Gold Coast, one of them is in hospital," he said.
"There continues to be 2931 people in quarantine in Queensland."
Mr Miles said the government remained concerned about the outbreak in Victoria.
Why does the Premier think Victoria has had such an increase in numbers?
By Rachael Dexter
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has said the “most likely” reason Victoria has so many more coronavirus cases than other states is that there have been “low-level chains of community transmission" authorities had not been able to isolate.
“The fact that we weren't aware of that, even though we did a testing blitz of the best part of 175,000 tests, just makes the point," he said.
“Unless you test every single Victorian at the same time, and then somehow get the results of those tests at the same time, you can never have a total and complete picture of how much community transmission there is.”
Premier Andrews defended the performance of the government in handling outbreaks.
“This is not a zero cases every day strategy,” he said. “That's not the strategy that has been determined. That is not what we are aiming for at this point.”
“There is an acceptable level of new cases. We're not at that point now. The amount of community transmission that we've got is too high.”
Mr Andrews firmly pointed the finger at large families as the source of the biggest virus growth in the community.
“[They’re] making decisions that are not in accordance with the rules and are not the right thing to do.”
We're 'too good' on testing, says Trump
US President Donald Trump says the United States has done "too good a job" on testing for cases of COVID-19, even as his staff insisted the president was only joking when he said over the weekend that he had instructed aides to "slow the testing down, please".
The president's comments at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday brought quick rebukes from the campaign of likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as well as scores of Democratic lawmakers.
US President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday.Credit:AP
In an interview with Scripps for its local TV stations, Trump was asked on Monday whether he did indeed tell aides to "slow it down". He did not directly answer the question.
"If it did slow down, frankly, I think we're way ahead of ourselves, if you want to know the truth," Trump said.
"We've done too good a job," adding that the reason the United States has more coronavirus cases is that it does more testing.
Health officials say that testing in the United States early on was insufficient for optimal containment.
In early March, Dr Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, testified that the nation's testing system was "not really geared to what we need right now" and added: "It is a failing. Let's admit it."
But now, about a half-million people per day are being tested, and the president and his aides have been repeatedly touting the United States as leading the world in testing.
The United States has confirmed nearly 2.3 million COVID-19 cases, which represents about a quarter of the world's cases.
More than 120,000 people in the US with COVID-19 have died. The next closest nation is Brazil, with 50,600 deaths.
AP
“Army” of doorknockers to flood Victoria's coronavirus hotspot areas
By Rachael Dexter
Premier Daniel Andrews has pleaded with the Victorian public to speak to door-knocking health officials who have started visiting hotspot areas around Melbourne.
“They will do that job in providing public health advice and making sure that everybody, where language and other issues like that won't be a barrier,” he said.
“I would encourage people, if you get that door knock, take the time to have a conversation with the dedicated public servant who is going to speak to you, because they'll give you some information that you can in turn pass on to others, and that might lead to better behaviour.”
There are concerns COVID-19 messaging not reaching multicultural communities in hotspot areas in Melbourne’s north and western suburbs.
“There has been very deep engagement with localised communities, multicultural communities, multi-faith communities,” Mr Andrews said.
We think that that is appropriate, and we're really, really working hard to make sure that every Victorian, regardless of their circumstance, knows and understands the rules, knows and understands how serious this is, and knows and understands that their conduct, the conduct of each of us, will have a direct bearing on what all of us have to deal with.”
'Nowhere near the end': Virus surge jolts prospects for world economy
The global economy's fragile recovery is facing a fresh hurdle as the surge in coronavirus cases threatens to keep businesses closed and consumers on edge.
Cases of the deadly virus rose by a record for a single day on June 21, according to the World Health Organisation, with flare-ups across the US and new scares in Germany and Australia. While China said the latest outbreak in Beijing is under control, other large emerging economies including Brazil, India and Indonesia continue to see cases soar.
"The fight is nowhere close to being over," said Tuuli McCully, the Singapore-based head of Asia Pacific economics at Scotiabank. "A second significant wave of infections in advanced economies is a huge risk for the global economy that is still in very early stages of recovery."
Bloomberg
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