With hundreds of thousands of people expected to catch public transport from today, experts have warned it might not go to plan; Victoria has announced the next stage of eased restrictions, with restrictions on community facilities, entertainment venues, beauty salons, places of worship and fitness centres to be lifted from June 1; and Australia’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Nick Coatsworth has thrown his support behind gym-goers and operators demanding fitness centres reopen across Australia.
0:02 – There’s been another death from coronavirus in New South Wales. The 80-year-old woman died in a Sydney hospital overnight and is believed to have caught the virus in an out-patient department. The state also recorded three new cases from community transmission.
0:18 – Victoria has added 12 new cases. Five are linked to the Cedar Meats cluster which now stands at 111.
0:33 – The last remaining COVID-19 patient in South Australia – Paul Faraguna has walked out of hospital. The 68-year old spent a month in an induced coma after contracting the disease on the Ruby Princess cruise ship. The state will relax some restrictions today.
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The rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak continues to upend life around the world. The Post’s Libby Casey reports on the Trump administration’s push to reopen the economy, overriding concerns from public health officials. What can Americans do to protect their families and their businesses? Casey will talk about the disparity in death rates, the competing plans in how to protect public health and who is getting help from the government’s stimulus programs with reporters Tony Romm, Griff Witte, James Hohmann, Tracy Jan and Jeff Stein.
The epicentre of new cases and death tolls during this coronavirus pandemic has shifted over several months from China, to Europe and then to the USA.
There’s always been concern about what could happen when the virus gets to less developed countries and the numbers are shooting up in places now like Latin America.
Australia’s death toll stands at 100 and the number of cases here is relatively low with the big issue for the moment just how soon the internal borders here will open.
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27 more people have died of COVID-19 related complications in South Africa, bringing the national death toll to 339. The number of infections has also increased to 18 003.
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Australia continues to report very low new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection. Several states and territories have even reported no new coronavirus cases in recent days.
New South Wales has today reported four new cases, all in people who have returned from overseas.
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0:00 – News brief of the key elements in our coronavirus coverage.
2:06 – The Chinese Government continues to criticise Australia for claiming to lead the push for an independent review into the coronavirus response.
3:00 – Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister has defended the independence of the coronavirus review.
3:53 – Travel restrictions will be eased in New South Wales from June 1.
5:53 – The Queensland Premier has defended the closure of the State’s borders until possibly September.
8:00 – All residents and staff tested at the North Rockhampton Nursing Centre, where a nurse worked while contagious, have returned negative tests.
13:12 – Victorian public health officials have begun using the new CovidSafe app to identify close contacts of a person who has tested positive.
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Australia has received international backing from 62 nations for an independent inquiry into coronavirus as trade tensions with China face further strain; 12 McDonald’s stores across Victoria have closed after a truck driver for an external company tested positive for coronavirus; and a drive-in mass has been held in the French town of Chalons-en-Champagne for Catholics unable to attend church because of the pandemic.
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More Australians are enjoying re-instated freedoms today with West Australians and Tasmanians back in cafes but it sounds like the Queensland border could still be closed for quite some time.
And there’s been another coronavirus death reported this morning, a man in his 60s from NSW.
On the international front… There’ll be a lot of interest in this meeting tonight in Switzerland with a push for a comprehensive investigation into the origin of COVID-19 and how efforts to stop its spread have been handled.
A rapid response team is continuing to test residents and staff at a central Queensland aged care facility after a nurse tested positive for coronavirus.
So far 193 staff and patients have returned negative tests.
The news comes as thousands of Queensland and Australian Capital Territory businesses are reopening as coronavirus restrictions begin to ease across the country.
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0:00 – Queensland tests almost 200 staff and patients at an aged care facility after a nurse tests positive for COVID-19.
2:36 – Victoria has recorded another 11 cases of coronavirus overnight.
3:34 – Thousands of Queensland and ACT businesses are reopening as coronavirus restrictions ease.
8:18 – Concerns have been raised about whether hospitals will be able to secure enough personal protective equipment as elective surgeries ramp up.
9:50 – The head of the World Health Organization has called for global solidarity in the development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine.
10:55 – A potential coronavirus vaccine being researched in the US appears to have limited the severity of the disease in monkeys.
13:50 – In the UK, scientists are warning the COVID-19 reproduction, or ‘R’ rate is increasing and is now between 0.7 and 1.
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Victorians are enjoying some re-instated freedom today. People in other states and territories will get some reprieve from coronavirus restrictions over the coming week.
The virus is still present in the general community and being passed from person- to-person so the warnings are still very much in place to be vigilant.
We’ve had the sad news in New South Wales where there’s been another death from the Ruby Princess cruise ship
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0:26 – Victoria will start to ease some restrictions. NSW will start to ease some rules involving cafes, restaurants and up to 10 people in outdoor activities on Friday.
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There’s more optimism this morning on Australia’s efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus.
For the first time since the pandemic began there’ve been no new reported cases in a 24 hour period in Australia’s worst affected state New South Wales
The news comes while there are more announcements about restrictions gradually being lifted in different states and territories. So while there’ve been close to 100 deaths here in Australia, there is this growing sense of hope about a managed transition back to some form of normality.
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With coronavirus case numbers continuing to fall, jurisdictions around Australia are in the process of easing restrictions.
The New South Wales Government has today announced its plans to begin easing restrictions.
Starting Friday, people in NSW will be allowed to have up to five visitors at their house and outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people will be permitted.
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0:08 – Australian states and territories are outlining plans to ease coronavirus-related restrictions.
0:45 – New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has today announced the lifting of some restrictions as part of the State’s stage one changes.
3:38 – In Queensland, restrictions have been eased again this weekend, allowing families some more freedom to celebrate Mother’s Day.
6:16 – The Federal Opposition is demanding the Government explain how unemployed people will pay their bills when welfare is reduced.
7:25 – In the US, three children in the state of New York have died from a rare inflammatory condition believed to be linked to the coronavirus.
8:24 – Indonesia has reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus infections since the pandemic began.
8:52 – The UK is beginning to announce plans to ease lockdown restrictions, but warns it will proceed with extreme caution.
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0:00 There’s been another coronavirus related death at Sydney’s Newmarch house. It’s the 17th at the troubled aged care facility bring the total number of coronavirus related deaths in Australia to 98.
92-year-old, Fay Rendoth, died at Newmarch house yesterday after testing positive to the virus three weeks ago.
2:22 After the Prime Minister unveiled the National Cabinet’s plan to exit lockdown some States and Territories are further easing restrictions from today.
We take a look at the latest coronavirus pandemic developments around the world:
– The International Monetary Fund is worried about an economic collapse in Brazil. The country went through a major recession in 2016 and has just begun to stabilize. The current Covid-19 pandemic is threatening a full recovery.
– The coronavirus has also inspired people to be more innovative to deal with some of the challenges that the pandemic has posed. Companies are adapting to changing demands. The US company Hatch Exhibits has gone from building tradeshow booths to protective equipment for health care workers facing a dire shortage amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
– Lockdowns imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus have reduced traffic and pollution. In some places that’s has allowed nature to make a comeback. In Thailand it has emboldened dolphins and another animals to reappear.
– More than 3-point-8 Million people have been infected with the coronavirus globally, and nearly 270-thousand have died.
– A new study by the World Health Organization projects that up to 190-thousand people in Africa could die of COVID-19 in the first year — if the outbreak is not contained.
– Iran’s state news agency has said Friday prayers will resume in mosques in 146 cities where the infection risk is considered minimal.
– Afghanistan’s national health minister has tested positive for the coronavirus. The World Bank has approved 400 million dollars in aid to help the country’s shaky economy weather the crisis.
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National Cabinet is meeting today to plan Australia’s gradual steps towards reopening the economy and returning to normal life.
It comes as the nation joins the ‘first movers’ group — an exclusive group of countries that responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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0:29 – Summary of today’s developments.
1:11 – Brasil records 615 virus deaths – the highest one-day tally in the southern hemisphere.
1:23 – The AFL is investigating whether several Adelaide Crows players broke rules by training in a group.
1:36 – National Cabinet meets today to chart a roadmap out of the coronavirus crisis, finalising a framework that will outline how restrictions should be wound back.
4:10 – Federal Police have been called in after it was discovered some people had their Superannuation stolen through a scheme introduced during the coronavirus crisis.
5:22 – The ramifications of a coronavirus outbreak at a Melbourne meatworks is growing with a high school student linked to the facility testing postiive.
9:23 – There are four new coronavirus infections in New South Wales.
11:35 – Pressure to re-open the US economy continues to mount after the release of data showing 33 million Americans have sought unemployment benefits since March.
12:01 – The Trump Administration has shelved a document created by the top public health institute in the US, setting out how to safely re-open the economy.
Australia has seen another day with a total of more than 20 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 17 reported in Victoria and 9 in New South Wales. In five of those in NSW, the source is unknown.
It comes as the death toll in the US passes 70,000 and the UK now has the worst death toll in Europe.
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00:35 – Victoria has recorded another 17 new coronavirus cases overnight.
0:47 – Nearly 729,000 organisations have signed up for the Job Keeper wage subsidy program.
1:22 – The NSW Opposition says the state’s premier and health minister must be involved in the Ruby Princess COVID-19 inquiry.
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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab hosts today’s Covid-19 briefing as government experts have been advised to lift the lockdown “very gradually” to avoid risking a rise in infection rate and losing public trust.
A paper considered by the Government’s scientific advisory group Sage warns that having to reintroduce restrictions in a bid to control a second peak would be likely seen as “a serious failure of policy and trust in public health advice will be lost, leading to lower adherence to advice to restrict or to resume activity”.
