Summary
- Victoria is awaiting new numbers on Friday after 13 deaths and 723 new cases on Thursday.
- NSW recorded 19 new cases on Thursday and also closed several schools due to COVID-19 positive tests.
- There are health alerts for 11 sites in Brisbane after two women who travelled to Queensland from Melbourne via Sydney did not adhere to self-isolation directions and tested positive. A close contact has already tested positive.
- US death toll passes 151,000 people.
- The world has recorded over 17.1 million cases and 669,000 deaths so far.
Watch: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg addresses the media at 9am AEST
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is scheduled to address the media at 9am AEST.
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Queensland nurse sent to help with Victorian outbreak contracts COVID-19
By Toby Crockford
A Queensland nurse who went to Victoria to help local health officials try to contain the COVID-19 outbreaks across the state has contracted coronavirus herself.
Queensland chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young confirmed the diagnosis on ABC Radio Brisbane on Friday morning and says Queensland Health is working with the nurse to bring her back to Brisbane.
Dr Young says Queensland has recorded further COVID-19 cases overnight, but she would not go into specifics regarding the number, only revealing it was less than 10.
There is a media conference scheduled for 10am in Brisbane where officials are expected to reveal the exact number and Dr Young says health workers are trying to confirm how the new cases contracted the virus.
Perez the first F1 driver to test positive for COVID-19
Silverstone: Mexican Formula One driver Sergio Perez will miss Sunday's British Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19, his Racing Point team said on Thursday.
The Canadian-owned outfit said the 30-year-old, who is the first driver to test positive since the pandemic-hit season started this month, was "physically well and in good spirits".
Sergio Perez will not race at Silverstone because of the coronavirus.Credit:Getty Images
They said they planned to replace him for the race at Silverstone.
With Britain extending the virus isolation period to 10 days from seven on Thursday, Perez also looks set to miss the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix - race five - at the same circuit on the following weekend.
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Deputy CMO calls Victorian numbers 'quite alarming'
By Laura Chung
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd said yesterday’s new case numbers are 'quite alarming' despite the restrictions that remain in place with the possibility of further restrictions looming.
“Yesterday the AHPPC [Australian Health Protection Principal Committee] met and talked about possible recommendations for additional measures and ..., the Prime Minister and the [Victorian] Premier have had further discussions overnight,” he told ABC News Breakfast on Friday morning.
Dr Kidd said while the possible new measures are a decision for the Victorian government, they had provided advice on what was working well both nationally and overseas.
“It is really important that we learn from the experience that happens in every single outbreak of COVID-19 occurring in Australia, and particularly the outbreaks occurring in such critical areas as residential aged care facilities, and we apply those learnings as we go along with other settings as well. ”
He added that wearing a face mask in areas that have high community transmissions, such as parts of Sydney and Brisbane, should be considered.
Watch: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg addresses the media at 9am AEST
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is scheduled to address the media at 9am AEST.
Wiped out: US economy suffers biggest fall on record as pandemic wreaks havoc
By Lucia Mutikani
Washington: The US economy suffered its biggest blow since the Great Depression in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic shattered consumer and business spending, and a nascent recovery is under threat from a resurgence in new cases of coronavirus.
The bulk of the deepest contraction in at least 73 years reported by the Commerce Department on Thursday (US time) occurred in April when activity almost ground to an abrupt halt after restaurants, bars and factories among others were shuttered in mid-March to slow the spread of coronavirus.
The US economy has been hammered by the pandemicCredit:AP
More than five years of growth have been wiped out. With the recovery faltering, pressure is mounting for the White House and Congress to agree on a second stimulus package.
President Donald Trump, who is trailing Democratic challenger and former Vice President Joe Biden in opinion polls, said on Wednesday he was in no hurry. Trump on Thursday raised the possibility of delaying the November 3 presidential election.
"This is hard to swallow," said Jason Reed, finance professor at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. "Right now, the American economy is speeding toward a fiscal cliff. Not only do we need Americans to take serious action preventing the spread of the disease, but we also need Congress to agree on another stimulus package and quickly."
Reuters
Morrison says aged care during COVID-19 is a challenge
By Laura Chung
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said managing the COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne’s aged care facilities has been a difficult challenge.
For example, he said the situation at Epping Gardens, 20 km north of Melbourne's CBD, was different from that at Newmarch House in Sydney’s west.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
“In Newmarch, the staff weren’t stood down… but there wasn’t a community outbreak around Newmarch," Mr Morrison said.
"The way that occurred was slightly different.”
Mr Morrison said Epping Gardens is heading towards a stabilised situation, with the prime minister to receive an update on the facility in the next 30 minutes.
“When you’ve got the level of community outbreak that we’ve seen in Victoria, then it gets into every workplace,” he said.
“The level of community outbreak and transmission in Victoria is the great challenge down there, and there is still a lot of work to do and we are not on top of it yet.”
PM denies Tim Smith's call for Victorian Premier to give powers to Canberra
By Laura Chung
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says there has been no “contemplation” of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews referring his power to Canberra.
“We are always ready to support them [Victoria] with requests they have made and further offers,” Mr Morrison told 2GB.
"Those things haven’t been in contemplation.”
Earlier today, Victorian Liberal MP Tim Smith said people lacked confidence in Mr Andrews and called on him to refer his power to Canberra.
Mr Morrison said he was not interested in any politics, rather his job was to work with the premieres and chief ministers across Australia to keep people safe.
“I know there have been a few stories out and about trying to exaggerate some tensions. I can tell you everyone is picking up the phones, everyone is talking to each other, everyone is asking the questions they need to ask of each other,” he said.
“People are working together because that’s what we are elected to do.”
Dr Chant says NSW COVID-19 cases all linked to Victoria
By Laura Chung
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said the active COVID-19 cases in NSW are all linked to strains circulating in Victoria.
In some cases, like the Crossroads Hotel Cluster, health officials have been able to locate the exact source of the infection, she told 2GB.
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant.Credit:Edwina Pickles
Health officials believe the Thai Rock restaurant in Wetherill Park and Potts Point outbreaks originated from the same source and were waiting for further results from genetic sequencing to confirm the link to the Apollo restaurant, also in Potts Point.
Dr Chant said the border restrictions on those travelling between NSW and Victoria had been a difficult decision, but one that had been essential in preventing further outbreaks.
"We don't want people coming unknowingly infecting and the setting off chains of infections in NSW," she said.
"Health officials all recognise the preventing of movement of people from an area where you have high rates of disease to low rates of disease is one controls you need to put in place."
Dr Chant urged the community to minimise contact with others, practice good hand hygiene and wear a mask when unable to socially distance while NSW Health is “putting out spot fires”.
She also said anyone who had symptoms should not go out into the community, rather they should go and get tested.
Another person caught trying to lie to get through QLD/NSW border after three women charged
By Toby Crockford
A matter of hours after police laid charges carrying hefty fines and possible jail time against three women accused of lying to border officials, another person has tried to pull the same trick at the Queensland/New South Wales border.
Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski says it is "incredibly difficult" to check where people have been and whether they are being truthful, before allowing them across the interstate border.
“Even as early as this morning when a person trying to get through on a false declaration at Coolangatta, they were given a $4000 fine and turned around after coming out of Fairfield in Sydney," he tells ABC Radio Brisbane.
"The system is working, but there is always going to be people who try to deceive us."
It comes as ABC News reports Queensland detectives are looking into whether three young women at the centre of the state's COVID-19 scare were coached by an organised crime syndicate to cover their tracks at the border.
"That’s absolute news to me," Deputy Commissioner Gollschewski tells ABC Radio Brisbane in response.
"There are ongoing investigations but these are the sorts of things we deal with every day, so I’m not going to comment further."
Deputy Commissioner Gollschewski says all three women have cooperated with detectives and disclosed their true movements interstate and upon their return to Queensland.
One of the women was not cooperating on Thursday.
Herman Cain, one-time Republican presidential candidate, dies from coronavirus
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has died after battling the coronavirus. He was 74.
A post on Cain's Twitter account announced the death on Thursday morning, US time.
Herman Cain was hospitalised with coronavirus earlier this month.Credit:AP
It was not clear when or where Cain was infected with the virus, but he learned of his diagnosis on June 29, nine days after attending President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He spent most of July in an Atlanta hospital.
The former pizza company executive had been an outspoken backer of the President and was named by the campaign as a co-chair of Black Voices for Trump.
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