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St Kilda backpackers among new Victorian exposure sites
By Cassandra Morgan
In case you missed it, Victorian health authorities identified nearly 40 new COVID-19 exposure sites after 7pm last night.
They included several tier-1 or close contact exposure sites, including:
- Base Backpackers in St Kilda from any time on Saturday, August 28 until 11.59pm on Wednesday, September 1;
- An office building at Essendon Fields on Monday, August 30 between 8am and 4.40pm;
- The dessert shop Kasr Sweets at Coolaroo in Melbourne’s north at various times between Monday, August 23 and Sunday, August 29; and
- Broadmeadows Family Health Care for Tuesday, August 24 between 2.35pm and 4.20pm.
Anyone who attended those sites during the specified timeframes has to immediately get tested for COVID-19 and quarantine for 14 days, regardless of whether they receive a negative test result.
The remainder of last night’s fresh exposure sites were tier-2 or casual contact sites. Several supermarkets, an apartment complex in Hawthorn, Sunshine Fruit Market and an Australia Post in Melbourne’s inner north are affected.
The full list of Victorian exposure sites can be found here.
COVID-19 patient hospitalised for ivermectin overdose
By Daniella White
A Sydney COVID-19 patient has been treated in hospital for an overdose of the drug ivermectin and other underground “cures” ordered online.
The person is now recovering at home after presenting to Westmead Hospital’s emergency department with vomiting and diarrhoea caused by the drug, according to the Western Sydney Local Health district.
“Thankfully they didn’t develop severe toxicity, but it didn’t help their COVID either,” Westmead Hospital toxicologist Associate Professor Naren Gunja said.
“There’s no evidence to support the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19. Don’t look for magic cures online, and don’t rely on what’s being peddled on the internet, because none of them work.”
Authorities have reported a tenfold increase in Australians importing the drug, which is approved as a treatment for roundworm infections, scabies and inflammatory rosacea.
The unproven treatment for COVID-19 has often been touted as a cure by anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists in online forums.
Experts predict thousands of Victorian cases by October as lockdown drags on
By Farrah Tomazin and Sumeyya Ilanbey
Victoria will remain in some form of lockdown until rates of full vaccination reach 70 per cent after the state recorded 120 fresh cases on Wednesday, with warnings that cases could peak at 2000 a day next month.
The state government announced that a slight easing of rules could happen by September 23, including allowing Victorians to travel 10 kilometres from their homes for exercise and essential shopping, exercise outdoors for up to three hours per day, and have personal training sessions with one other person.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on Wednesday. Credit:Getty
The only restriction to ease sooner will be the reopening of children’s playgrounds on Friday, dashing hopes that Melbourne’s curfew and the statewide five-kilometre travel restriction would be scrapped this week.
Business groups derided what they called the lack of ambition in plans to carefully reopen, while experts were divided about whether some further modest easing was justified due to the strain of the state’s sixth lockdown on Victorians.
More on this story here.
COVID hospital numbers surge in NSW, but worst to come in October
By Lucy Carroll, Lucy Cormack and Mary Ward
The number of people in NSW admitted to hospital with COVID-19 has jumped 42 per cent in one week, with infected patients spread across 35 of the state’s hospitals and more than 1400 healthcare workers now in isolation.
Swelling case numbers have forced the private hospital network to activate surge plans and deploy their nurses to public hospital intensive care wards.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian at Wednesday’s COVID-19 update.Credit:Kate Geraghty
Sydney Adventist Hospital in Wahroonga confirmed it is now “prepared to accept” COVID-19 patients and St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Darlinghurst will open a dedicated “amber” ward for close contacts of cases who require other medical treatment.
There are 150 infected patients in intensive care wards, taking up almost 18 per cent of the state’s ICU beds.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Wednesday warned that the state’s worst hospitalisation rate would be in October, but it would not halt the reopening of NSW when the vaccination rate hit 70 per cent.
Federal fury over Queensland ‘scaremongering’ on COVID and children
By David Crowe
A furious political row has deepened divisions over the national plan to ease lockdowns after federal ministers slammed a “scaremongering” claim from Queensland about the danger to children from rising coronavirus cases.
Angry at new objections to the agreed plan, the federal government accused Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk of misleading Australians over the risks to children if and when restrictions are eased and case numbers might increase.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has tapped into community anxiety on the fact children under 12 can’t yet be vaccinated against COVID-19.Credit:Matt Dennien
Health experts have warned against panic about children being exposed to the virus when steady increase in vaccinations among older Australians results in a greater proportion of cases among those under 12, given there is no approved vaccine for this age group.
More on this story here.
This morning’s headlines at a glance
By Broede Carmody
Good morning and thanks for your company.
It’s Thursday, September 2. I’m Broede Carmody and I’ll be anchoring our live coverage for the first half of the day.
Here’s everything you need to know before we get started.
- Melbourne’s lockdown has been extended until at least September 23, but the playground ban will be lifted for children this week. From late September, the five-kilometre travel limit will be extended to 10 kilometres, people will be able to exercise outdoors for three hours and outdoor one-on-one personal training will be permitted – but only if 70 pent of Victorians have had at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Premier Daniel Andrews says it’s “clear” that case numbers are not going down. There were 120 new, locally acquired cases yesterday. Most of those were infectious in the community.
- The number of people admitted to NSW hospitals with COVID-19 has jumped 42 per cent in one week and there are now 1400 healthcare workers in isolation. As a result, the private hospital network has activated surge plans and deployed nurses to public intensive care wards. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she expects the pressure on the hospital system to peak in October. There were 1116 new, locally acquired cases of COVID-19 reported in NSW yesterday. The state appears on track to reach 70 per cent of adults having received a single dose of coronavirus vaccine today.
- The ACT recorded 23 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday. Thirteen coronavirus patients are now in ACT hospitals. Chief Minister Andrew Barr says none of the people in hospital are fully vaccinated.
- Queensland is on high alert after an infectious truck driver visited the state last month. It comes as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is criticised by the federal government after tapping into community concerns over COVID-19 and children.
- And in overseas news, New Zealand recorded 75 cases of coronavirus yesterday. Auckland remains in lockdown and health authorities say they expect daily case numbers to bounce around in the coming days.
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