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Victoria records zero new local coronavirus cases, three in quarantine
By Ashleigh McMillan and Chloe Booker
Victoria recorded zero new local cases on Saturday for the 17th consecutive day in a row, after caps on household gatherings were increased and more Sydneysiders were able to enter the state due to relaxed border restrictions.
There were three new cases found in international travellers in hotel quarantine. Is it not yet known if those cases are connected to the Australian Open.
There were 15,711 test results received on Friday.
Victoria hits 17 days of no local cases
Victoria has recorded zero locally transmitted cases for the 17th straight day.
Three hotel quarantine cases were recorded in the past 24 hours.
Retail trade shrinks over Christmas but industry upbeat about annual sales
By Jennifer Duke
Shoppers pulled back in the crucial lead-up to Christmas after splurging the previous month and as Sydney’s northern beaches were locked down amid a fresh coronavirus outbreak.
Retail trade was 4.2 per cent lower in December than in the previous month, preliminary Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows.
Retail spending declined in December.Credit:Jessica Hromas
While this is a sizeable decline, Commonwealth Bank senior economist Kristina Clifton said it followed a 22 per cent lift in November, largely driven by Victoria as the state eased out of COVID-19 shutdowns.
Victoria recruits more hotels for quarantine ahead of expected boost to arrivals cap
By Michael Fowler
More hotels will be contracted to house people in quarantine ahead of an expected jump in the number of Australians landing in Melbourne from next month.
The Age can reveal the Andrews government has asked the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Melbourne’s CBD, which has 160 rooms and operated as a quarantine hotel from July until the government stopped using it in October last year, to prepare to host quarantine guests again from next month.
A government spokeswoman confirmed details of the new hotels would be announced once plans to expand the international arrivals cap were finalised.
Invasion Day rallies planned
The organiser of Sydney’s Invasion Day rally to be held at the Domain on January 26 has said the march will go ahead and is likely to be well in excess of the COVID-19 legal limit for protests.
Raul Bossi, who was involved the Black Lives Matter protest on June 6 last year after receiving an 11th-hour green light from the Court of Appeal, said the organisers for the upcoming march did not lodge a form to police because they could not guarantee only 500 people would attend.
In a statement issued on Thursday, NSW Police said the organisation had not received the required form for the protest to go ahead as an authorised event.
Meanwhile, volunteer crowd marshals will be trained to separate protesters into groups of 100 after almost 5000 people indicated interest in attending Melbourne’s Invasion Day rally.
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane tests positive
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Spanish club said early this mornig (AEDT).
The announcement came two days after Zidane coached the team in a 2-1 loss at third-tier Alcoyano in the Copa del Rey.
Assistant coach David Bettoni, who said Zidane was feeling fine, will coach Madrid at Alavés on Saturday. The club has not provided any other information on Zidane’s health status.
Two weeks ago, Zidane tested negative for the virus after he had been in close contact with someone who was infected.
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WA’s hard border with NSW, Queensland to soften from Monday
By Hamish Hastie
Western Australia will be “open” to the rest of the country again from Monday after the state’s hard border with Queensland and NSW is eased.
NSW has recorded five consecutive days of no community cases and the Greater Brisbane area has gone 15 days since the last positive case tied to the Hotel Grand Chancellor outbreak, where a cleaner contracted the highly transmissible UK variant of the virus.
Good morning all
By Roy Ward
G’day everyone. I’m Roy Ward and I’ll be running today’s COVID-19 live blog.
Thanks for joining us and, as always, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment on the blog or shoot me a tweet directly at @rpjward on Twitter.
Before we get started here’s a quick recap of how things stand as we start the day:
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