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Doctor's orders: Make your bed this morning
Struggling to get up and moving for the day ahead? Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth had some practical advice yesterday for Victorians to keep some structure to their days during lockdown - make your bed.
Dr Coatsworth acknowledged those Melburnians "suffering from psychological distress due to the restrictions" and offered "a series of things that can really assist."
Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
He outlined the benefits of putting "some structure into your day", such as putting aside "dedicated time for housework."
"Set yourself achievable goals. One of the simplest things you can do in the morning, and this was said to me once at a leadership seminar by someone who is a very good leader, is make your bed," Dr Coatsworth said.
"It sounds so simple, but if you get into some structure and routine for the next two weeks while the stage four restrictions are still in place in metro Melbourne and the surrounds, those sorts of achievable goals and structure can be very important to keep you on track.
(If nothing else, it might be helpful in getting children to clean their rooms - the Deputy Chief Medical Officer said so, that's who!)
But seriously, if you do feel like you need to talk to someone, Dr Coatsworth urged people to contact: Lifeline 13 11 14; Mensline 1300 789 978; Kids Helpline 1800 551 800; beyondblue 1300 224 636.
Front pages of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald
Today's papers look at the huge spending boost planned for the federal October budget.
- The national spending spree will launch new construction projects that can create jobs, with the federal government promising more money and a focus on longterm infrastructure. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has named water supply as a key priority in an agenda that will add to $100 billion in existing projects but will also call on state governments to back the plans.
- The Age reveals that many of the aged care homes hardest hit by Victoria’s coronavirus outbreaks were given a clean bill of health by the federal regulator only months before their first infections.
Sydney pub closed after repeatedly breaching COVID restrictions
By Mary Ward
A pub in Sydney's inner west has become the first in NSW to be closed by the Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing after repeatedly breaching coronavirus restrictions.
The Unity Hall Hotel at Balmain will be closed for a week after it was caught hosting two birthday parties and failing to follow its COVIDSafe plan just one day after receiving a penalty notice for a restrictions breach.
The venue has also received a $10,000 fine.
The Unity Hall Hotel in Balmain will be closed for a week after breaching coronavirus restrictions.Credit:Kate Geraghty
In a statement on Facebook, the Unity Hall apologised "unreservedly" for the breaches.
"We acknowledge that we did not understand every aspect of the changing regulations and we should have," it said.
"The standards of the hotel required by the health authorities is very high, but we recognise that the consequences of this virus are severe and not to be taken lightly."
The hotel said they had implemented "a number" of procedures beyond what was required in their COVIDSafe plan since the breaches, and looked forward to reopening next Wednesday.
"I don't enjoy seeing businesses shut, but if they are putting everybody else at risk I have no hesitation," Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello told Nine News last night.
Modelling used to back Victoria's lockdown plan 'outdated'
The Victorian government is rolling out rapid COVID response units that draw on local knowledge from health service, community groups and councils in Melbourne's suburbs, an approach that has worked well in country Victoria to contain the spread of the virus.
Premier Daniel Andrews said one of the changes involved in moving to a digitised contact tracing system - as revealed by The Age yesterday - was decentralisation.
But state political reporter Michael Fowler reveals this morning that modelling used by the Victorian government to justify its strict lockdown regime is based on outdated contact tracing assumptions that do not take into account improvements in the state’s public health response.
Researchers who worked on the projections have told The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald that the Andrews government did not ask them to make forecasts that consider scheduled upgrades to Victoria's contact tracing system, nor the inevitable improvement in contact tracing as overall case numbers fall.
Dr Jason Thompson, one of the Melbourne University researchers who prepared the modelling, said on Tuesday that it was possible to make projections based on how contact tracing might improve but the Victorian government did not ask his team to do so.
"While we didn't empirically test how changes in the contact tracing system would affect case numbers, we did base the model around current Victorian contact tracing performance," Dr Thompson said.
Victorians will not return to anything resembling normal life until late November under the state's road maps.
NSW health alerts for cafe, malls, gym and golf club; 100 students from one school self-isolating
By Rachel Clun and Jordan Baker
One hundred students have been placed into self-isolation after being identified as close contacts of a COVID-19 positive student at an eastern Sydney school.
The Kincoppal-Rose Bay School boarding student is one of two new cases linked to the Sydney CBD cluster. The case has forced the boarding school to close for years 7 to 10.
One hundred students and several staff have been identified as close contacts and placed into self-isolation.
Concord Hospital will also be closed to visitors until Friday as two healthcare staff who had worked at its emergency department were the latest cases linked to the hospitals cluster.
NSW Health is investigating links between the Liverpool and Concord hospitals outbreak and earlier cases confirmed at Liverpool Hospital.
NSW Health also issued alerts for venues across Sydney including a golf club, gym and cafe, directing people who had visited those venues to self-isolate for 14 days. People who had attended other venues including the Clovelly Hotel and Fitness First Maroubra have been asked to monitor for symptoms.
The China Doll Restaurant in Woolloomooloo is also currently closed for cleaning, after a person diagnosed with COVID-19 dined there while infectious on the evening of Thursday, September 3.
Global cases pass 27.4 million
First off, let's take a look at the global figures according to Johns Hopkins University this morning.
At least another 200,000 cases have been confirmed since this time yesterday, taking the global tally past 27.4 million, while the death toll has now exceeded 894,000.
On a positive note, more than 18.3 million people have recovered from the virus. You can explore our data centre (below) for the latest figures across the world:
Good morning
Good morning, it's Marissa Calligeros here, joining you for our coronavirus coverage on this Wednesday. For those of us who are counting, Melbourne is 38 days into its now-extended stage four lockdown.
I have received wonderful lockdown care packages from family in Brisbane this week, so on that note, here's a song to kick off this Wednesday morning:
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