An infectious truck driver who transmitted COVID-19 from Melbourne to the town of Kilmore failed to tell contact tracers he had also travelled to the northern Victorian city of Shepparton, where more cases have now been confirmed.
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By Michael Doyle
West End brewery will close
The owner of Adelaide's West End brewery has announced it will close in June next year.
Lion has blamed falling beer sales caused by consumers choosing other drinks, like wine, and then the coronavirus pandemic hitting draught beer sales.
"West End has been operating well below its full production capacity for some time now and unfortunately this is no longer viable," the company said in a statement.
"We have come to this proposal as the best way to ensure we have a sustainable brewing network for the future."
Lion will continue to sell West End and Southwark beer.
By Michael Doyle
Why is the Bairnsdale case counted in Melbourne's numbers?
Do we know why the Bairnsdale case has been linked with Melbourne? I thought Bairnsdale would be considered regional not metro..-Confused
Professor Sutton was able to answer this question for you.
"The individual had their entire acquisition period, the two weeks before they became symptomatic, in Melbourne," Professor Sutton said.
By Michael Doyle
Victoria Police issue 56 COVID fines
Of these fines, 12 were for people not wearing masks.
Two examples of breaches include:
- A man travelling from Melbourne to Phillip Island to spend time with friends.
- A woman travelling to Bacchus Marsh from a suburb in Stage 4 restrictions (Rockbank) to attend a beauty salon.
By Michael Doyle
There are 182 active cases in Victoria
Good morning!Do we know the number of active cases currently?-Locked in Victorian
By Michael Doyle
The Victorian and NSW press conferences have finished
Information overload has paused.
By Michael Doyle
More information on the Bairnsdale Secondary College
Many have asked about the case linked to the Bairnsdale Secondary College.
Victoria's Chief health Officer, Professor Brett Sutton, has confirmed that case has been counted as one of the four cases linked to Melbourne today.
By Michael Doyle
NSW reaching a potential tipping point
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state was "on the verge of being where it was" in early July, when an infected Victorian man sparked a cluster of cases at the Crossroads Hotel in Sydney's south-west.
"I cannot stress enough that this is the most concerned we've been since that first incident when the Victorian citizen came up, infected his colleagues and went for a drink at a hotel," Ms Berejiklian said.
Nine of the cases are linked to the Lakemba GP cluster, and the other two are linked to the Liverpool Hospital cluster.
That brings the Lakemba GP total cluster number to 12, while the source of the cluster is unknown.
Two of today's confirmed cases were linked to a private clinic cluster in Liverpool, bringing that total cluster number to 10.
One additional case was confirmed outside yesterday's reporting period, found in Bargo, 100 kilometres south-west of Sydney.
Ms Berejiklian said the location of the additional infection falling beyond the fringe of Sydney, was concerning.
NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant said the elderly man in Bargo was still being interviewed to determine the source of his infection.
By Michael Doyle
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews dismisses calls from Josh Frydenberg to reopen businesses
Mr Andrews was asked about comments by Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg about reopening business quicker.
"He's entitled to say whatever he wants to say but the Prime Minister did not take the opportunity when we spoke this morning to run that argument to me," Mr Andrews said.
"I'm not interested in talking about Josh Frydenberg more than I already have, but I will yet again make the point that politics, whether they're out of Canberra or out of Spring St, they don't work against this virus. They just don't."
By Michael Doyle
Mr Andrews urges people to tell the truth in contact tracing
The Victorian Premier has made another plea for people to be frank to authorities who are conducting contract tracing.
"This virus has a pretty stubborn habit of completing the picture," he said.
This comes after an infectious truck driver who transmitted COVID-19 from Melbourne to the town of Kilmore failed to tell contact tracers he had also travelled to the northern Victorian city of Shepparton.
By Michael Doyle
Daniel Andrews responds to a drop in support for lockdowns
Back to the Victorina press conference and Mr Andrews was asked about recent polling which shows support for lockdowns is falling.
Mr Andrews said he was not surprised by that.
"This is not about being popular, it's about getting the job done," he said.
By Michael Doyle
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian wants other states to follow her lead
Ms Berejiklian told reporters other state should look at how NSW has handled COVID-19.
She made a special reference to Queensland.
"What I do want to say, New South Wales, we can live a very normal, healthy, COVID-safe lifestyle and businesses can keep employing and keep can get jobs and re-skill so long as we keep that balance," she said.
"I say to the other States, please look at the balance we're able to have in New South Wales. I can assure you those tourism operators in Queensland will go belly up after summer."
By Michael Doyle
Breakdown of NSW cases
It was announced that there were 13 new cases, but this post says their are 14.
The reason for this is that one case is currently being investigated. It is being classified as a negative for the moment.
By Michael Doyle
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard 'concerned' with testing numbers
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says he is worried that low testing numbers could mean people are not taking the situation as seriously as they could.
He references the Crossroads Hotel outbreak in Sydney, which started the second wave of infections in NSW>
"It's fair to say that as Health Minister I have some concerns, some very serious concerns about testing," he said.
"The numbers that we got overnight are just reminiscent to me of Crossroads and it worries me that perhaps the community are not actually coming out in the numbers that we need to be tested."
By Michael Doyle
NSW has 11 locally acquired COVID-19 cases
Health authorities in NSW have confirmed 13 new coronavirus infections in the 24 hours to 8.00pm yesterday.
Eleven of those are locally acquired.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the state is "on the verge of being where it was" in early July, when an infected Victorian man sparked a cluster of cases at the Crossroads Hotel.new cases of COVID-19
By Michael Doyle
'We should have been told about the Shepparton'
Jeroen Weimar has told today's press conference that if they were told about the visit to Shepparton by the infectious truck driver, they could have been onto this outbreak quicker.
"We should have been told about the Shepparton connection that he had made," he said.
"Had we known about that, we would have done in Shepparton what we did in Kilmore and Benalla, which was to jump on all this and the contacts a week earlier."
By Michael Doyle
If you visited any of the Shepparton locations on the DHHS website and posted on our blog this morning, you should get tested today
By Michael Doyle
All three Shepparton cases work at the same business
Jeroen Weimar from the Department of Health says 12 employees of a tyre shop in Shepparton have been test for COVID-19.
Three people tested positive.
"Thank you to the team at Goulburn valley health, they had to do some fast detective work yesterday," he said.
"We used our rapid molecular test to get rapid turn around results for the first 12 people so we could identify how far the initial outbreak had gone."
By Michael Doyle
Andrews urges those in Shepparton to monitor symptoms
The Premier has urged the people of Shepparton to ensure the latest outbreak does not get out of control.
"We want to prompt people to act, come forward and get tested. I am very confident — I have had the great privilege of visiting Shepparton many times and I know that community and I know just like Kilmore, they will respond to this challenge.
"They will come forward and the early reports are many people have already presented for testing. That will present a challenge. There will be time taken to process those people. We are grateful, at this early stage, for the response we have received."
By Michael Doyle
Active cases in medical facilities
There are 16 active cases in health care workers.
There are 30 active cases in aged care facilities.
There are zero active cases in disability settings.
By Michael Doyle
Metro/regional split
Of today's seven cases, there are three in Shepparton and four in Melbourne.
I am not sure what this means for the cases in the Gippsland (Bairnsdale Secondary College). Will find out as soon as I can.
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