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Victoria records two new cases of COVID-19
By Broede Carmody
Victoria’s daily coronavirus numbers are in.
The state has recorded two new cases of COVID-19. Three cases were reported today in total, but we already knew about one of those from yesterday (a case detected in the Bass Coast Shire south-east of Melbourne).
The Victorian Health Department says all of the cases are linked to known outbreaks and were in isolation for their infectious period.
Zero cases were detected in hotel quarantine. There are now 200 total cases of coronavirus across Victoria.
Those numbers are off the back of yesterday’s 43,542 coronavirus tests.
Qld CHO ‘struggling to understand’ how school student tested positive
By Jocelyn Garcia
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young is struggling to understand how a 17-year-old female student at Indooroopilly State High School in Brisbane’s western suburb has tested positive for COVID-19.
“I’m struggling to understand how she acquired it,” she said at a press conference earlier today.
“We’ll have to wait until we get whole genome sequencing results back later today to be able to work out from where she’s got this.”
State Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said the student got tested yesterday after she became unwell.
“We are testing her family members. It’s a family of five. They live in Taringa,” she said.
Ms D’Ath said the student had been infectious since Tuesday.
“She’s been in the community for three days and at the school for two days, so I understand the school has already notified families and have closed down for a deep clean,” she said.
“At this point, we understand the family hasn’t travelled anywhere and we’re still to get genomic sequencing to find out what variant it is and also whether it’s linked to any other cases in Queensland or Australia.”
Watch: Qld’s COVID-19 update
By Broede Carmody
Queensland’s Health Minister Yvette D’Ath and Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young are due to provide a coronavirus update from 8.15am AEST.
It comes after a student at a Brisbane school tested positive to COVID-19.
Watch live below.
Queensland school closes after student tests positive to COVID-19
By Jocelyn Garcia and Broede Carmody
A Queensland student has tested positive to COVID-19, triggering the closure of Indooroopilly State High School in Brisbane’s western suburbs.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says authorities are double-checking that the test isn’t a false positive. In the meantime, nearby schools have been told to go about their normal business.
A student at Indooroopilly State High School has tested positive to COVID19. The school is closed for a deep clean today. Credit:Reece D’Alessandro
We can expect more information at Queensland’s daily coronavirus update later this morning. Sometime around 8.15am AEST.
More on this story here.
Joe Biden pushes for more Americans to get vaccinated
By Broede Carmody
Joe Biden’s latest plan to increase the number of Americans who are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 involves federal mandates and cash incentives for the general public.
The US President will require federal workers to provide proof of vaccination or wear masks, practice social distancing and undergo regular testing. America’s federal government is the country’s largest employer, with just over 2 million employees and some 500,000 postal service workers.
US President Joe Biden urges the public to vaccinated. Credit:AP
Under the changes, newly-vaccinated Americans will also be eligible for cash payments of around $135.
Read the full story here.
AstraZeneca creator says Australia’s mixed messages on vaccine may cost lives
By Bevan Shields
The scientist who created the AstraZeneca vaccine fears mixed messaging in Australia over who should take the jab may cost lives, and says wealthy nations have a moral duty to not prioritise children for vaccination.
Dame Sarah Gilbert, who was given a standing ovation at Wimbledon for her role as co-architect of the vaccine, made the intervention amid an intensifying debate in Australia over whether the wider use of AstraZeneca could have shortened or even prevented lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne.
Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert.Credit:John Cairns
AstraZeneca was to be the backbone of Australia’s vaccination program but faith in the jab was damaged by medical advice recommending against its use among under 60s due the risk of an exceptionally rare blood clotting condition.
Read the full story here.
Costco, Westfield and Kmart among NSW’s latest exposure sites
By Daniella White
NSW Health sent through a new list of exposure venues late last night, mostly located in the city’s west and south.
Anyone who attended the following locations is a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days, regardless of the result:
- Crazy Nonna in Campsie on July 24 from midday to 9pm and again on July 25 from midday to 4pm;
- The Ampol in Croydon on July 23 from 10.20am to 10.35am;
- The 7-Eleven in Camperdown on July 25 from 9.45am to 10am and again on July 27 between 6.55am and 7.05am; and
- Limra Indian Spices in Campsie on July 26 between 12.50pm and 1.10pm.
There were also 30 venues added to the casual contact list, meaning those people must get a test and isolate until they get a result.
The locations include a number of venues in Sydney’s west, including the Lidcombe Costco on July 24, Westfield Parramatta on July 25, Woolworths in Blacktown on July 23 and 26 and the Parramatta Kmart on July 25.
Melbourne’s restrictions were harsher but ‘best’, expert says
By Broede Carmody
University of New South Wales Adjunct Professor Bill Bowtell was speaking on Seven’s breakfast show Sunrise earlier.
You might recall that NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has described Sydney’s restrictions as the harshest in Australia. While that may be correct currently, due to Victoria being out of lockdown, the policy settings in Greater Sydney are not the strictest Australia has ever seen.
Adjunct Professor Bill Bowtell at a Senate hearing last year.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Here’s what Professor Bowtell had to say:
“The harshest, best restrictions that can get rid of Delta are the ones adopted in Melbourne ... weeks ago when they moved swiftly, stopped Delta over a few weeks and have now come out of lockdown. These restrictions [in Sydney] are not what is going to get rid of Delta anytime soon.
“It was a very black day yesterday ... and it looks like it will go in the wrong direction today and for the next few weeks. A lot more has to be done.”
Army to be on Sydney streets in days: Dutton
By Daniella White
Defence Minister Peter Dutton says the Australian Defence Force will be hitting Sydney’s streets “as soon as possible” to help NSW Police enforce tightened lockdown orders.
“You’ll see some people today and over the next day or two we’ll stand up about 300 people,” he said on 2GB radio this morning.
Minister for Defence Peter Dutton. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
“They’ll work alongside NSW police. It’s important to remember ADF personnel don’t have the powers of NSW police officers.”
Mr Dutton said the ADF support would free-up NSW Police to conduct more compliance activities.
“Obviously there’s an enforcement issue in NSW and they can really help multiply the force,” he said.
“If there’s a task being completed by three police officers, then as an example there’s the prospect of one police officer being joined by two soldiers and that allows the NSW police to cover much more territory and that helps to contain the virus.”
Police Commissioner Mick Fuller formally requested the back-up yesterday, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison offered Ms Berejiklian support earlier in the month.
From today, residents of eight local government areas across Sydney’s west and south-west will also face tighter rules on exercise, masks and shopping.
Army to enforce NSW’s stay-at-home orders as Delta spreads through children
By Alexandra Smith, Lucy Cormack and Lucy Carroll
Army troops will door-knock homes of people who have tested positive to COVID-19 and those deemed to be close contacts to ensure they are isolating in a crackdown on Sydney hotspots after NSW reached a record number of new infections.
The ADF has accepted NSW’s request for six weeks of assistance to ensure people are staying home and not mixing with extended families. Transmission between family members remains one of the main reasons the virus continues to spread, with almost 200 children aged nine or under testing positive in Sydney in the past two weeks.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the state should prepare for an enhanced police presence.Credit:Janie Barrett
Along with the increase in positive cases in children, there has been a rise in the number of infections among unvaccinated people in their 20s, with cases in young people tripling in the past two weeks.
Read the full story here.
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