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Joan Kirner Hospital areas added as tier 1 exposure sites
Victoria’s Department of Health provided a late update on Sunday night over the exposure site status of the Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital in St Albans.
The Maternity Assessment Area (third floor) and Dorevitch Pathology (ground floor) have both been listed as tier one sites on the exposure list.
A positive COVID-19 case visited Dorevitch Pathology on August 6 between 9.05am and 9.50am, while a positive case also visited the Maternity Assessment Area on August 6 between 8.15am and 2.45pm.
Anyone who was there at those times needs to get a COVID-19 test and quarantine for the next 14 days.
The CafAC Bar (main corridor) at Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital has been listed as a tier two site on August 6 between 9.20am and 9.50am. Anyone at the venue during that time needs to seek a COVID-19 test and isolate until receiving a negative test result.
All other parts of Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital have been declared a tier three site with anyone at the hospital on August 6 between 8.15am and 2.45pm who has COVID-19 symptoms should seek a COVID-19 test.
Dance Effects performing arts studio in Ravenhall has also been listed as a tier one site so anyone who was at the studio on August 3 between 4.50pm and 6.05pm needs to get a COVID-19 test and quarantine for the next 14 days.
That’s all we have for tonight
By Roy Ward
Thanks for joining us today everyone.
It’s been a pleasure bringing the COVID-19 developments to you and we will have more live blogs this week including our weekday National News blog early tomorrow morning.
St. Mary’s shopping precinct in the Penrith area resembled a ghost town todayCredit:Dean Sewell
Before I finish for the night, here is a quick look at some of the major developments from today.
Mass vaccination hubs to offer AstraZeneca to all adults
Cold weather dampens Sydney vaccine demand amid ‘super Sunday’ push
Full list: Cairns shopping centre, restaurant and leagues club among new exposure sites
Australia’s first drive-through vaccination hub to open in Melton, AZ jab available to under-40s at state-run clinics
Flemington tower residents test negative after isolation order
Blame the lockdown on business urgers trying to wish the virus away
Crowd cheers Republican conspiracist over low vaccination rates as state dumps 65,000 doses
No hiding the government’s failures on vaccine supply
That’s all from me for tonight. Please take care of each other and I’ll see you all soon.
Bye for now.
Sign of the times: Interpreters feel great responsibility during pandemic
By Katina Curtis
The pandemic has brought many new terms and concepts into our language – even the word COVID-19 didn’t exist two years ago – but there was one moment that had Auslan interpreter Mandy Dolejsi stumped.
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy was about to explain the R number, or the coronavirus reproduction rate, to discuss how infectious the virus was.
DeafACT president Jacob Clarke with Auslan interpreter Mandy Dolejsi.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
He shared his presentation with Ms Dolejsi before the press conference, and she had to spend a lot of time looking up the highly technical concepts.
Caroline Springs cafe adds tier one exposures
By Roy Ward
The Jolly Miller Cafe at CS Square in Caroline Springs has had two tier-one visits added to the Victorian exposure sites list.
Anyone who was at the cafe on August 2 from 8.45am to 5.20pm and August 3 from 9.30am to 5pm needs to immediately get a COVID-19 test and quarantine for 14 days.
Pepin’s Pharmacy in West Footscray has also been added to the list as a tier two exposure site. Any who visited the pharmacy on August 5 from 2.30pm to 3.10pm needs to get a COVID-19 test and isolate until they receive a negative test result.
Cold weather dampens Sydney vaccine demand amid ‘super Sunday’ push
By Lucy Carroll and Josh Dye
The nation’s chief medical officer has called for access to COVID-19 vaccines to be as easy as possible, particularly in areas with high case numbers, as fewer than half the available appointments were filled at Sydney Olympic Park’s dedicated vaccination drive on Sunday.
Queues of people outside the mass vaccination hub at Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday.Credit:Dean Sewell
The NSW government hoped up to 5000 people would take part in “super Sunday”, a targeted effort to inoculate authorised supermarket and food distribution workers, but despite queues forming early about 2000 people turned up on chilly and wet winter’s day.
On Saturday health authorities announced a “big day out for the food providers of Sydney,“ to come forward and receive a dose on the weekend, the days when vaccination rates are lowest.
Once lagging, Europe catches up to the US in vaccinations
Brussels: Despite a sluggish start, the European Union’s COVID-19 vaccination drive has caught up to that of the United States, where the slowdown of the country’s once-vaunted campaign has contributed to the virus’s deadly comeback.
In mid-February, less than four per cent of people living in the 27-nation EU were at least partially vaccinated against the coronavirus, compared with nearly 12 per cent in the US, according to Our World in Data, an online science publication connected to the University of Oxford.
Now the EU has surpassed the US by that same measure, with some 60 per cent of the bloc’s residents receiving at least one dose, versus less than 58 per cent of Americans.
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Analysis: No hiding the government’s failures on vaccine supply
By David Crowe
There is no way to rewrite history on the mistakes made one year ago when Australia did not sign enough deals to vaccinate its people.
In fact, owning up to a problem is a good way to make sure it does not happen again.
The Prime Minister receives his second Pfizer vaccination in March.Credit:Edwina Pickles
This is a political nightmare for the government because the failure was born of success. Presiding over relatively low case numbers and deaths compared to other countries, Prime Minister Scott Morrison thought he had enough vaccines for the second year of the pandemic. He was wrong.
Joan Kirner Hospital sites added to exposure list
By Roy Ward
Dorevitch Pathology (ground floor) at Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital has been listed as a tier one site on the exposure site list.
A positive COVID-19 case visited the site on August 6 between 9.05am and 9.50am so anyone who was there at that time needs to get a COVID-19 test and quarantine for the next 14 days.
The CafAC Bar (main corridor) at Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital has been listed as a tier two site on August 6 between 9.20am and 9.50am. Anyone at the venue during that time needs to seek a COVID-19 test and isolate until receiving a negative test result.
All other parts of Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital have been declared a tier three site with anyone at the hospital on August 6 between 8.15am and 2.45pm who has COVID-19 symptoms should seek a COVID-19 test.
Dance Effects performing arts studio in Ravenhall has also been listed as a tier one site so anyone who was at the studio on August 3 between 4.50pm and 6.05pm needs to get a COVID-19 test and quarantine for the next 14 days.
‘False positive’ test result at NSW mine site
By Josh Dye
An employee at Boggabri mine in northern NSW who tested positive to COVID-19 on Saturday has now returned a negative test.
NSW Health now deems the initial result a false positive.
“This means that members of our team who had been required to isolate onsite since last night can return home,” a spokesman for the mine said.
“We appreciate this has been a long and difficult day for the Boggabri Coal regional communities and we sincerely thank all workers, families and the community for your professionalism and understanding in dealing with this complex situation.”
Victoria declares Cairns, Yarrabah ‘red zones’ from 11.59pm
By Roy Ward
The Victorian Government has declared the Cairns and Yarrabah LGAs as red zones under the state’s travel permit system from 11.59pm tonight.
Victorians are eligible to return to the state but must get tested and quarantine for 14 days while non-Victorians will not be eligible to apply for travel permits to enter the state.
Cairns and Yarrabah have also been retroactively listed as orange zones from 12.01am on July 29 to August 8 when the red zone permit comes into effect.
The Victorian Government wants anyone arriving in the state who was in Cairns or Yarrabah between July 29 and August 8 to isolate, get tested within 72 hours of arriving and stay isolated until a negative test result is received.
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