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Nurse, second school student test positive in Queensland
By Lydia Lynch
A nurse is one of Queensland’s two new coronavirus cases recorded on Tuesday.
The 37-year-old male nurse worked at the Ipswich Hospital where all staff have been required to wear personal protective equipment. He had been treating patients in the COVID ward, Deputy Premier Steven Miles said.
“He identified he had abdominal pain, not normally considered a symptom of COVID-19, but he was incredibly wise and he identified that that was a symptom that could be from COVID-19.
“He went and got tested and that test came back positive.”
The second positive case was an 18-year-old high school student from Staines Secondary College at Redbank Plains. He tested positive while already in quarantine. The school is closed for a fortnight.
COVID-positive case visited after-hours care centre at south-east Queensland school
By Toby Crockford
A school in Logan, south of Brisbane, has undergone deep cleaning after a confirmed coronavirus case visited the after-hours care centre within the school grounds.
Edens Landing State School principal Clint Curran said in a letter to parents that the school continued to take precautions regarding health and hygiene.
“A person associated with the school community has been diagnosed with COVID-19. This person visited the YMCA Outside School Hours Care service operating at our school on August 27," he said.
“The Metro South Public Health Unit has assessed the risks to the school community and advised the Department of Education there is negligible risk to members of the school community and it is safe for students and staff to attend school."
It is understood the confirmed case was only at the school very briefly to pick up a child.
The school was cleaned on Monday and reopened to staff and students on Tuesday
Victoria records 70 new cases, five deaths
By Paul Sakkal
Victoria has recorded 70 new cases and five additional deaths over the past 24 hours.
The five deaths are the fewest recorded in Victoria on a single day since August 15 when four deaths were recorded.
The state's death toll sits at 570 and the total number of cases recorded by Victoria is 19,150.
On Monday, 73 cases were recorded, the lowest daily figure since early July.
Also on Monday, 41 cases were added to the Victorian death toll, however only eight of those deaths occurred in the 24 hours to the publication of the figures.
The remainder of the deaths dated back as far as late July and were notified to the Health Department by aged care facilities on Sunday due to amended reporting obligations.
Outdoor businesses to benefit in Victoria's 'traffic light' recovery
By Marissa Calligeros
Many Victorian businesses will struggle to get more than a highly restrictive "orange" light under the Andrews government's proposed traffic light system that will guide the state out of its stage three and four lockdowns, the Australian Industry Group says.
About 160 industry representatives spent 40 minutes listening to the government last night about its plans to ease the current lockdowns.
Victorian Premier Dan Andrews has promised to release a road map for easing restrictions on Sunday.Credit:Paul Jeffers
Tim Piper from Australian Industry Group was at the meeting chaired by Jobs Minister Martin Pakula and his department's secretary.
"What we discussed is the plan to get us into 'COVID-normal' as they're calling it," Mr Piper told ABC radio this morning.
"They've got the traffic light system which is red, orange, yellow [and] green ... and companies and sectors are going to be allowed to move through those [levels] beginning wherever is decided ... What the government did tell us was that they're going to be especially looking at outside areas ... construction, those type of things, are more likely to get the go-ahead.
"Those where there are enclosed areas are going to find it difficult to get anything more than an 'orange' at the moment which is going to be more restrictive."
Mr Piper said the government would hold rolling meetings over the coming days with different sectors.
"Each of those will get together with the government to talk about what their expectations are and what's needed," he said.
But Mr Piper said the government had not yet addressed the issue of payroll tax.
"Payroll tax needs to be decreased to support businesses get back up and running," he said.
WATCH: Queensland Premier gives a coronavirus update
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will give a coronavirus update at 9am.
Patrons of Sydney Thai restaurant need to self-isolate, Health confirms
Patrons of an inner west Sydney Thai restaurant do need to self-isolate for 14 days, NSW Health has confirmed this morning.
Anyone who attended the It's Time for Thai restaurant on King Street at Newtown on Friday between 5pm and 8pm should get tested immediately and self-isolate for 14 days.
These people are considered close contacts of a diner who attended the venue at this time and later tested positive.
In a Facebook post last night, the restaurant asked diners to contact NSW Health for more information.
Top epidemiologist predicts 30 cases per day when stage four ends
By Paul Sakkal
Leading epidemiologist Tony Blakely predicts there will be about 30 cases per day when Victoria is set to move out of stage four restrictions on September 13.
The University of Melbourne professor said a prediction the state could be in single-digit case growth by this weekend was wrong.
Case numbers will likely decrease by about 10 per cent per day on average, he said, meaning single-digit daily case numbers would not occur until after Sunday, September 13.
Premier Daniel Andrews will announce plans to reopen on Sunday, a week before September 13.
Professor Blakely said Victorians, including himself, were fed up with stay-at-home orders but said re-opening was risky with case numbers about 30 per day.
“You [can] resurge again and you get the cases coming back. So it's really important to strike the balance here. I am sick of lockdown, we are all sick of lockdown, but we need to come out where we don't have a wave coming in that will have us back in lockdown by Christmas,” he said on Nine's Today program.
Professor Blakely said it was possible the state could open up and suppress cases effectively if testing rates remained high, businesses operated safely and people continued to wear face masks.
“There's a lot of things that need to be done well. Contact tracing needs to be done much better by the Victorian government than previously has been the case,” he said.
“Us as citizens [need to be] using masks in those outdoor environments and be sensible and not have mass group gatherings. It's a very different world but it's our reality.”
Queensland Premier to give update at 9am, school remains shut after case
It's understood the person went to that shopping centre while infectious on Wednesday, August 26 between 3.15pm and 5.45pm, with the centre undergoing a deep clean as a result.
Staines Memorial College, south-west of Brisbane, will remain closed for another fortnight with students learning from home. The school initially shut on the weekend after a student tested positive.
"Thank you for your patience as we navigate this extraordinary and unprecedented time," acting deputy principal Melissa Coluccio said in a letter to parents on Monday afternoon.
New COVID-19 cases surge in US Midwest
Several US Midwestern states are experiencing rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and positive test results, some linked to colleges reopening and others stemming from an annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota.
Iowa leads the nation with cases rising by more than 8000 in the past week, or 116 per cent, according to a Reuters tally of state and county reports. At the same time, positive test rates in Iowa shot up to 24 per cent from 13 per cent the prior week.
South Dakota has the next highest positive test rate at 23 per cent, followed by North Dakota at 20 per cent. At least 25 states reported a positivity rate above 5 per cent, a level the World Health Organisation says raises concerns as it suggests there are more cases yet to be uncovered.
South Dakota drew hundreds of thousands of people to the annual rally in Sturgis from August 7 to 16. The South Dakota health department said 105 cases had been traced to the event.
Nationally, the number of new cases fell 2 per cent last week, the sixth straight week of declines, but the number of new infections still averages more than 41,000 a day.
'Exploitative and despicable': Government MP attacks airlines, international travel caps
By Latika Bourke
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has savaged airlines "gouging" Australians for tens of thousands of dollars as a result of the travel bans set by the national cabinet that have effectively locked tens of thousands of Australians out of the country.
Mr Wilson, formerly a Freedom Commissioner with the Human Rights Commission, said he had "real issues" with the travel bans when they were first imposed in March as a way of trying to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has criticised airlines for the high prices some people are being charged to fly back to Australia.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
"I remember when it was first discussed and I was flabbergasted at the prospect," he told Parliament on Monday.
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