'Infuriating' footage of packed Melbourne bar 10 minutes before lockdown emerges
3 years, 6 months ago

'Infuriating' footage of packed Melbourne bar 10 minutes before lockdown emerges

Daily Mail  

Australia's chief medical officer has issued a stark warning about future Covid outbreaks - as 'infuriating' footage emerges of Melbourne partygoers in a bar minutes before lockdown. 'Infuriating' footage has emerged of Melbourne partygoers minutes before lockdown Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly has said the latest Covid outbreak in Victoria is a 'wake-up call for Australia' The Victorian Government has slammed the 'beyond infuriating' footage as attendees were not wearing face masks and did not appear to adhere to social distancing guidelines, Nine News reported. The Victorian government imposed a seven day 'circuit breaker' lockdown in a bid to slow down Melbourne's latest Covid cluster. Kevin Margin was due to marry his partner Maree Piacente - it is the second time Covid lockdowns have ruined their big day The frustrated couple said plenty of people were sympathetic - they hope to wed later on this year in Melbourne People must observe a 5km travel limit for exercise and shopping and wear masks both indoors and outdoors.

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With COVID cases growing, Melbourne is following in Sydney's footsteps, but at what speed?
3 years, 3 months ago

With COVID cases growing, Melbourne is following in Sydney's footsteps, but at what speed?

ABC  

With Australia's third wave settling in, this week we saw Victoria follow in New South Wales' footsteps down two paths — much to the state's chagrin. But most cases — 335 in total — fit into the "other" category, which a health department spokesman said included sporting venues, family and social gatherings, places of worship and transport. As federal Health …

NSW records its worst day of the COVID-19 pandemic so far against a backdrop of curfews, police and protests
3 years, 4 months ago

NSW records its worst day of the COVID-19 pandemic so far against a backdrop of curfews, police and protests

ABC  

For as long as Sydney has been in lockdown, commentators — including Premier Gladys Berejiklian's interstate counterparts — have loudly called for tougher restrictions, lamenting what they saw as "lockdown lite". West and south-west Sydney are bearing the brunt of the state's COVID-19 response, with nearly all of the new restrictions only applicable to residents in "local government areas of …

Canberra COVID-19 cluster grows to 28 as ACT lockdown extended for two weeks
3 years, 4 months ago

Canberra COVID-19 cluster grows to 28 as ACT lockdown extended for two weeks

ABC  

The ACT has recorded 19 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of active cases in Canberra to 28. Key points: One of the confirmed cases is a worker at an aged care facility who was infectious at work for three days One of the confirmed cases is a worker at an aged care facility who was …

Coronavirus Australia: Daniel Andrews no-show amid fears Melbourne lockdown could be extended
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Daniel Andrews no-show amid fears Melbourne lockdown could be extended

Daily Mail  

Melbourne's chances of emerging from its sixth lockdown this week remain on knife's edge, despite no coronavirus cases in intensive care. Health officials are concerned about Caroline Springs in Melbourne's north-west where 25 cases linked with the Caroline Springs Square shopping centre There are growing fears Melbourne's lockdown will be extended beyond midnight Thursday. IPC Health St Albans, 1 Andrea …

Australia Tightens Covid-19 Curbs as Brisbane Extends Lockdown, Army Patrols Sydney
3 years, 4 months ago

Australia Tightens Covid-19 Curbs as Brisbane Extends Lockdown, Army Patrols Sydney

News 18  

Australia’s Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-home rules as Australia struggles to stop the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading. Queensland said it had detected 13 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours – the biggest one-day rise the state has recorded in …

Sydney lockdown extended four weeks as Covid delta surge worsens
3 years, 4 months ago

Sydney lockdown extended four weeks as Covid delta surge worsens

Live Mint  

Sydney’s month-long lockdown will be extended by at least another four weeks, with Australian authorities failing to flatten an outbreak of daily Covid-19 cases that on Wednesday surged to another record. Berejiklian has been criticized by some health experts and political rivals who say she was too slow to implement lockdown in the city of 6 million people, in a …

Coronavirus Australia: Millions of Victorians to be RELEASED from lockdown as Sydney cases soar
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Millions of Victorians to be RELEASED from lockdown as Sydney cases soar

Daily Mail  

Victorians are set to be released from their fifth lockdown Victorians are on track to throw off the shackles of their fifth Covid lockdown on Wednesday, but the nightmare is only just beginning for Sydneysiders who could remain under stay-at-home orders until at least mid-September. NSW government has made a request for financial modelling to assess the devastating effect of …

COVID updates: NSW renews pleas for Pfizer doses as Delta cases hit new record despite Sydney lockdown — as it happened
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID updates: NSW renews pleas for Pfizer doses as Delta cases hit new record despite Sydney lockdown — as it happened

ABC  

You may have seen those videos posted a little earlier, but several people have been arrested as thousands of anti-lockdown protesters breached COVID-19 restrictions and gathered in Sydney's CBD. People in Greater Sydney and its surrounds have been living in lockdown for exactly four weeks, as an outbreak of the Delta COVID-19 continues to spread. Protesters shouted "freedom" as they …

South Australia 'moves into lockdown' after five COVID cases associated with Modbury Hospital cluster
3 years, 5 months ago

South Australia 'moves into lockdown' after five COVID cases associated with Modbury Hospital cluster

ABC  

South Australia has now entered lockdown, after health authorities confirmed the state's outbreak is the Delta strain. Key points: A fifth COVID case has been detected in South Australia The state went into lockdown from 6:00pm Schools will be closed from tomorrow They have so far identified five cases linked to the current cluster. A fourth case was announced on …

Lockdown returns in Australia’s Melbourne due to growing Covid clusters
3 years, 5 months ago

Lockdown returns in Australia’s Melbourne due to growing Covid clusters

India TV News  

Amid concern over rising Covid cases in Australia, country's largest city Melbourne has been put under 5-day strict lockdown, starting tonight. Melbourne’s fifth lockdown of the pandemic will apply across Victoria state, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday. A three-week lockdown of Sydney and surrounding communities in New South Wales state had been due to end on Friday. Health …

Over 10 million Australians in lockdown as country battles Delta variant flare-ups; Brisbane issues stay-at-home orders
3 years, 5 months ago

Over 10 million Australians in lockdown as country battles Delta variant flare-ups; Brisbane issues stay-at-home orders

Firstpost  

Brisbane is the fourth major city after Sydney, Perth and Darwin to have ordered a lockdown in recent days Brisbane: More than 10 million Australians have been ordered into lockdown as coronavirus cases spread across the country, and Brisbane on Tuesday became the fourth major city to issue stay-at-home orders. The three-day snap lockdown for Brisbane, starting on Tuesday evening, …

Melbourne's COVID-19 lockdown to lift on Friday as Victorian businesses push for 'snapback'
3 years, 6 months ago

Melbourne's COVID-19 lockdown to lift on Friday as Victorian businesses push for 'snapback'

ABC  

Melbourne will take its first small steps out of lockdown on Friday, as the Victorian government resists calls from business for a "snapback" to an open economy sooner. Your handy 25-kilometre radius calculator for after Melbourne's lockdown Photo shows A map shows Melbourne with a radius circle superimposed over it, and a button reading "Use my location" Melburnians are set …

Covid Australia: Melbourne lockdown WON'T be extended unless 'massive surge' of mystery cases
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid Australia: Melbourne lockdown WON'T be extended unless 'massive surge' of mystery cases

Daily Mail  

Melbourne's tough lockdown will end on Friday as planned unless there is a massive surge in mystery cases, government sources say. Victorian government sources said the city's lockdown will be lifted as scheduled at 11.59pm on Thursday, with restrictions likely easing to those currently in place in regional Victoria. Melbourne's tough lockdown is unlikely to be extended unless there is …

MELBOURNE POSTCODES HIT WITH COVID-19 CASES
3 years, 6 months ago

MELBOURNE POSTCODES HIT WITH COVID-19 CASES

Daily Mail  

Read articles that feature this panel How all it took was an 18 SECOND exposure to the contagious Indian Covid variant to send seven million into lockdown - as supermarkets place. Vaccination hub is added to Victoria's growing list of Covid exposure sites as Melbourne continues to battle its latest outbreak A Covid-infected person visited Preston City Hall on Gower …

Australia: Fourth round of lockdown in Melbourne as new Covid infection cluster grows
3 years, 6 months ago

Australia: Fourth round of lockdown in Melbourne as new Covid infection cluster grows

India TV News  

Australia’s second-largest city was set to enter its fourth lockdown Thursday as concern grew over the rapid spread of infections from a coronavirus variant. The seven-day lockdown for Melbourne and the rest of Victoria state comes after a new cluster in the city rose to 26 infections, including a person who was in intensive care. Health Minister Greg Hunt described …

Covid-19 Australia: Melbourne heading for five-day lockdown as South Australia shuts its borders
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: Melbourne heading for five-day lockdown as South Australia shuts its borders

Daily Mail  

Health authorities are locked in crisis talks debating a snap five-day lockdown for Melbourne in a desperate battle to stop the coronavirus cluster from spreading. Swim Schools Bundoora 4/37 The Concord, Bundoora VIC 3083, 21/05/2021, 8:55am - 10:15am, Case attended venue, Tier 1 - Get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days from exposure Axedale Axedale Tavern 105 High Street, …

Snap Lockdown Ordered in Australia's Brisbane After Virus Outbreak
3 years, 8 months ago

Snap Lockdown Ordered in Australia's Brisbane After Virus Outbreak

News 18  

More than two million people in Brisbane were ordered into a three-day lockdown Monday after a cluster of coronavirus cases was detected in Australia’s third-biggest city. It is the second snap lockdown of Brisbane and the city’s surrounds this year, coming after seven people tested positive for Covid-19 — the first significant community outbreak in Australia in weeks. I don’t …

Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city, to enter three-day Covid-19 lockdown
3 years, 8 months ago

Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city, to enter three-day Covid-19 lockdown

Hindustan Times  

Australian authorities announced a snap three-day Covid-19 lockdown in the northern city of Brisbane from Monday afternoon, as they attempt to stamp out an outbreak of the virulent UK variant of the virus. About 2 million people in the city, the country's third largest and the capital of Queensland state, will be required to stay home from 5 p.m. local …

One new coronavirus case recorded in Victoria on the first day of lockdown
3 years, 10 months ago

One new coronavirus case recorded in Victoria on the first day of lockdown

ABC  

A locally acquired coronavirus case reported by Victoria's health authorities on Saturday has been linked back to the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn outbreak, bringing the cluster to 14 cases. Key points: The outbreak has prompted a snap five-day lockdown Victorians are under stage four restrictions, which means people must stay within 5km of home An epidemiologist fears the viral spread …

Victorian coronavirus outbreak expected to worsen as state enters start of five-day lockdown
3 years, 10 months ago

Victorian coronavirus outbreak expected to worsen as state enters start of five-day lockdown

ABC  

Victorian authorities are expecting an outbreak of the UK strain of coronavirus from a quarantine hotel to grow, as the state enters the first day of a snap lockdown called on Friday in a bid to dampen community transmission. Key points: Victorians will be placed under stage 4 restrictions until 11:59pm on Wednesday Household visits will be banned and stay-at-home …

Latest COVID lockdown catches regional Victoria by surprise
3 years, 10 months ago

Latest COVID lockdown catches regional Victoria by surprise

ABC  

Some regional Victorians have questioned why they're caught in a sweeping statewide five-day lockdown imposed by Premier Dan Andrews on Friday in a bid to extinguish out a growing Melbourne coronavirus outbreak. Key points: Regional Victoria is included in a five-day lockdown Hospitality businesses say internal borders between Melbourne and regional Victoria would have been a better way to limit …

One of the nation's toughest coronavirus lockdowns comes into place in South Australia
4 years, 1 month ago

One of the nation's toughest coronavirus lockdowns comes into place in South Australia

ABC  

Some of the toughest restrictions faced anywhere in Australia since the start of the coronavirus pandemic are now in place in South Australia. Premier Steven Marshall yesterday put South Australia into a major lockdown for six days as a "circuit breaker" to stop a second wave of coronavirus starting from a cluster in Adelaide's north. "If the numbers absolutely dissipate …

Australia\'s Melbourne to remain in lockdown despite protests
4 years, 3 months ago

Australia\'s Melbourne to remain in lockdown despite protests

Deccan Chronicle  

Melbourne: The premier of Australia's Victoria state announced a slight easing of restrictions in Melbourne but the country's second-largest city will remain in lockdown until at least October 26. Police said that seven others have been charged with breaching COVID-19 directions after about 200 gathered at the Shrine of Remembrance and Albert Park. "Despite all the warnings, it was disappointing …

Victoria's coronavirus modelling says stage 4 lockdown and restrictions should stay in place in Melbourne for weeks. This is the report
4 years, 3 months ago

Victoria's coronavirus modelling says stage 4 lockdown and restrictions should stay in place in Melbourne for weeks. This is the report

ABC  

Victorians have been anxiously waiting to see the State Government's plan to emerge from the one of the world's toughest lockdowns. Other countries have emerged from their first wave but exited restrictions too quickly, and are now experiencing resurging infections Victoria is one of many countries now experiencing a second wave Most have arisen from countries exiting restrictions too quickly …

Melbourne's coronavirus restrictions roadmap: The five steps from stage 4 lockdown to 'COVID normal'
4 years, 3 months ago

Melbourne's coronavirus restrictions roadmap: The five steps from stage 4 lockdown to 'COVID normal'

ABC  

The Victorian Government has released a staged plan to ease Melbourne out of its tight coronavirus restrictions. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said it was likely Melbourne would be able to take its next "big step" a week earlier than expected, with October 19 now looking like the date Melbourne could move to the third step. Mr Andrews said outdoor pools …

The date when Melbourne will know if COVID-19 lockdown will end
4 years, 4 months ago

The date when Melbourne will know if COVID-19 lockdown will end

Daily Mail  

Health authorities will know in three to four weeks if Melbourne's draconian stage-four lockdown is working - and whether Victoria must stay isolated from the rest of Australia. Victoria suffered its worst day of the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday, with 725 new cases and 15 fatalities, including Australia's youngest coronavirus victim - a man in his 30s All states and …

Australia coronavirus: Victoria declares ‘state of disaster,’ locking down millions in Melbourne
4 years, 4 months ago

Australia coronavirus: Victoria declares ‘state of disaster,’ locking down millions in Melbourne

CNN  

CNN — The premier of Victoria plunged the region into a “state of disaster” on Sunday, announcing even stricter lockdown measures, introducing a nightly curfew and banning virtually all trips outdoors after Australia’s second largest state recorded 671 new infections in a single day. “Where you slept last night is where you’ll need to stay for the next six weeks,” …

Why the next three days are crucial in Victoria's fight against COVID-19 after an explosion of cases
4 years, 5 months ago

Why the next three days are crucial in Victoria's fight against COVID-19 after an explosion of cases

Daily Mail  

The next three days will signal if Melbourne's tough coronavirus lockdowns are taking effect after another explosion of community transmissions. Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the impact of the stage three lockdown on the spread of the virus should emerge in the coming days. 'With respect to stage three restrictions across metro Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, it's in …

Melbourne wakes up to the first day of lockdown — here's a recap of why and how it's happening
4 years, 5 months ago

Melbourne wakes up to the first day of lockdown — here's a recap of why and how it's happening

ABC  

There were long queues at some police checkpoints around Melbourne as 5 million Victorians begin the first day of six weeks of restrictions. Residents in the 31 local government areas of Metropolitan Melbourne, also known as Greater Melbourne, and Mitchell Shire — the only regional area to be included in the stage three restrictions — have four reasons to leave …

Why six weeks? The thinking behind Melbourne's stage-three coronavirus restrictions
4 years, 5 months ago

Why six weeks? The thinking behind Melbourne's stage-three coronavirus restrictions

ABC  

It was an inevitability many Victorians feared, but when Premier Daniel Andrews announced another round of lockdown measures, the six-week ruling came as an unexpected shock. Key points: Metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire will return to stage-three restrictions from midnight Scientists say the six-week duration will give the city a better chance of getting to zero active cases Six weeks …

Melbourne, Australia’s second-biggest city, under new lockdown for 6 weeks
4 years, 5 months ago

Melbourne, Australia’s second-biggest city, under new lockdown for 6 weeks

Live Mint  

Five million Melbourne residents were ordered back into lockdown after coronavirus cases surged in Australia's second-biggest city Tuesday. Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews announced a six-week lockdown would begin Wednesday, warning "we can't pretend" the virus crisis is over. Around 3,000 people in the city were also locked down in their homes on Saturday in Australia's strictest coronavirus response to …

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