Perth COVID lockdown to end at midnight, WA Premier Mark McGowan announces at press conference
3 years, 5 months ago

Perth COVID lockdown to end at midnight, WA Premier Mark McGowan announces at press conference

ABC  

Perth's "circuit-breaking" four-day lockdown will end at midnight after WA recorded one new local case of COVID-19 since yesterday, Premier Mark McGowan has announced. Next three days 'crucial' to determine future freedoms Mr McGowan said he understood the four-square-metre rule and 20-person capacity limit would be "difficult" for many businesses. Mr McGowan said the next three days would be crucial in determining whether restrictions can be further eased. Mr McGowan also said he would write to the Commonwealth requesting it consider income support for people who were not able to work during the lockdown and while restrictions remain in place.

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Mark McGowan's WA border backflip may have unforeseen consequences for tackling COVID-19
2 years, 11 months ago

Mark McGowan's WA border backflip may have unforeseen consequences for tackling COVID-19

ABC  

For two years, West Australians have come through time and time again when asked by authorities to do the unprecedented. Promise lies in ruins Premier Mark McGowan has repeatedly said that the key to WA's success in avoiding COVID-19 getting out of control was ordinary West Australians "doing the right thing". West Australians were promised that once the state reached …

What we know so far about Perth's emerging COVID-19 outbreak
3 years ago

What we know so far about Perth's emerging COVID-19 outbreak

ABC  

WA has avoided a lockdown and instead brought in public health controls after the emergence of six COVID-19 cases in the past two days. Yesterday Premier Mark McGowan announced masks would be mandatory in all public indoor settings including workplaces, shopping centres, hospitality venues and public transport. "But if we do have an outbreak before February 5, obviously we put …

Coronavirus Australia: WA premier Mark McGowan says border could stay closed until April 2022
3 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: WA premier Mark McGowan says border could stay closed until April 2022

Daily Mail  

Hardline premier Mark McGowan has confirmed Western Australia will likely remain closed off from the rest of the country for up to another seven months. WA Premier Mark McGowan said his state won't open the border until likely April next year - and only if 80-90 per cent of the state are fully-vaccinated Western Australia faces being cut off from …

Canberra's lockdown extended for two weeks as ACT records 13 new cases of COVID-19
3 years, 3 months ago

Canberra's lockdown extended for two weeks as ACT records 13 new cases of COVID-19

ABC  

Canberra's lockdown has been extended for two weeks after the territory recorded 13 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19. Key points: The ACT's lockdown has been extended for two weeks until September 17 The ACT's lockdown has been extended for two weeks until September 17 At least eight of the newly announced cases were infectious while in the community At …

COVID: Sydney lockdown extended, masks required outside
3 years, 4 months ago

COVID: Sydney lockdown extended, masks required outside

India TV News  

A lockdown in Australia’s largest city was extended throughout September and tougher measures to curb the coronavirus’s delta variant were imposed Friday, including a curfew and a mask mandate outdoors. New South Wales state, which includes Sydney, reported 642 locally acquired infections in the latest 24-hour period, the fourth consecutive day of tallies exceeding 600. Elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region: …

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 …

ACT enters lockdown for seven days as four cases of COVID-19 recorded
3 years, 4 months ago

ACT enters lockdown for seven days as four cases of COVID-19 recorded

ABC  

The ACT has gone into lockdown for seven days, after the territory recorded four positive cases of COVID-19. Key points: The initial case — man in his 20s — had been infectious in the community since Sunday Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the new cases posed a "serious health risk" The snap shutdown, which began at 5:00pm, is the first …

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 …

No end in sight for COVID 'Phase A' on Australia's path out of lockdowns
3 years, 4 months ago

No end in sight for COVID 'Phase A' on Australia's path out of lockdowns

ABC  

The week began with a warning and then a tragedy, and ended with a reality check. An ADF soldier on patrol with police in Sydney during a previous lockdown in April 2020.. "It's no different to what we saw in Melbourne last year where the police worked hand in glove with the military to ensure they could have that intelligence-based …

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 …

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 …

Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown likely to be extended — but no-one knows when it will need to end
3 years, 5 months ago

Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown likely to be extended — but no-one knows when it will need to end

ABC  

The Premier Gladys Berejiklian is expected to officially announce today that the lockdown in Greater Sydney will be extended. The lockdown affecting Greater Sydney and its surrounds was tightened last week, and Dr Stanaway said she expected to see whether the tougher restrictions had slowed transmission over the next few days. Yesterday, after Ms Berejiklian and Prime Minister Scott Morrison …

NSW records 18 new COVID-19 cases, lockdown decision likely on Wednesday
3 years, 5 months ago

NSW records 18 new COVID-19 cases, lockdown decision likely on Wednesday

ABC  

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she hopes to announce on Wednesday whether lockdown will be extended or not. Key points: NSW recorded 18 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases overnight There were 32,136 tests conducted, down from 52,000 tests on Monday Greater Sydney's lockdown is scheduled to end on Friday, July 9 Ms Berejiklian said decisions would be made "as late …

WA COVID post-lockdown restrictions to be eased at midnight after WA records no new cases
3 years, 5 months ago

WA COVID post-lockdown restrictions to be eased at midnight after WA records no new cases

ABC  

Restrictions will be eased further in the Perth and Peel regions at midnight after Western Australia recorded no new COVID-19 cases on the third day following the end of a snap lockdown. WA Premier Mark McGowan said Perth and Peel would transition to relaxed restrictions ahead of schedule from midnight following three days of mandatory masks and limits on venue …

WA Premier Mark McGowan seeks to clarify rules as Perth and Peel emerge from lockdown
3 years, 5 months ago

WA Premier Mark McGowan seeks to clarify rules as Perth and Peel emerge from lockdown

ABC  

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has sought to clarify messages from the state government on post-lockdown rules for indoor fitness classes and restrictions for people leaving the Perth and Peel regions. Key points: The WA Premier says fitness class rules changed with health advice The WA Premier says fitness class rules changed with health advice Visitors from Perth in regional …

Perth COVID lockdown decision due today as WA Premier Mark McGowan raises support 'problem'
3 years, 5 months ago

Perth COVID lockdown decision due today as WA Premier Mark McGowan raises support 'problem'

ABC  

Perth residents are nervously awaiting news on when the COVID-19 lockdown will end, as questions remain around compensation for business owners and workers. Key points: Perth and the Peel region have woken to the fourth day of lockdown Perth and the Peel region have woken to the fourth day of lockdown There's still uncertainty for business owners who have taken …

Perth's post-COVID lockdown rules explained, from masks to travel during the WA school holidays
3 years, 5 months ago

Perth's post-COVID lockdown rules explained, from masks to travel during the WA school holidays

ABC  

After four days cooped up inside, Perth and the Peel residents have been set free from lockdown, but there will be two phases of post-lockdown restrictions in place for the next nine days. If all goes well over the next nine days, Mr McGowan said people in the Perth and Peel region can take the third and final step to …

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, …

What needs to happen to end Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown
3 years, 5 months ago

What needs to happen to end Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown

ABC  

As the number of COVID-19 infections in New South Wales continues to rise, the state's chief health officer has revealed what will help "turn around" Sydney's outbreak — and it's not just about falling case numbers. Key points: Chief health officer Kerry Chant wants to see all new cases already in isolation High testing numbers, particularly among those who visited …

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 …

Will Victoria’s COVID-19 lockdown be extended? Here's what authorities had to say
3 years, 6 months ago

Will Victoria’s COVID-19 lockdown be extended? Here's what authorities had to say

ABC  

As we hit day four of lockdown and cases continue to grow, Victorians are starting to wonder if the current restrictions will indeed end at 11:59pm on Thursday. Here's what Acting Premier James Merlino and Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton had to say at the press conference on Monday. When asked if the lockdown could be extended, Acting Premier James …

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, …

Perth and Peel COVID-19 lockdown reaches third day as WA awaits case numbers
3 years, 7 months ago

Perth and Peel COVID-19 lockdown reaches third day as WA awaits case numbers

ABC  

As Perth and the Peel region enter a third day of lockdown, residents and businesses are anxiously waiting to find out whether the snap shutdown will end tomorrow as scheduled. Key points: The Perth and Peel lockdown is due to end at 12:01am on Tuesday However, the WA Premier says some measures will remain More potential exposure sites are likely …

Perth lockdown ends as no new COVID community cases recorded
3 years, 7 months ago

Perth lockdown ends as no new COVID community cases recorded

ABC  

The lockdown of the Perth and Peel region has ended after Western Australia recorded no new community spread of coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours. Key points: The interim restrictions include the mandatory wearing of face masks The Premier says the lockdown was the "circuit-breaker" WA needed Two people caught COVID-19 off a man infected in hotel quarantine But …

Perth COVID lockdown update: No new cases of community spread
3 years, 8 months ago

Perth COVID lockdown update: No new cases of community spread

ABC  

Western Australia has recorded no new community cases of COVID-19 amid a growing outbreak of the virus in Perth. WA Premier Mark McGowan said he wanted to see more testing completed, and that it was "too early to predict what will happen on Tuesday", when the lockdown is due to end. "If you've been to an exposure location that the …

Perth lockdown begins as COVID cases force city and Peel region into three days of hibernation
3 years, 8 months ago

Perth lockdown begins as COVID cases force city and Peel region into three days of hibernation

ABC  

People in Perth and the outer-metropolitan area of Peel have woken up to the first morning of a three-day COVID lockdown. Key points: The Perth and Peel lockdown will cover the Anzac Day long weekend It was sparked by COVID transmission at a quarantine hotel If no further cases emerge, it is set to end at midnight on Monday The …

Perth lockdown: COVID-19 cases force other states and territories to impose border and travel restrictions
3 years, 8 months ago

Perth lockdown: COVID-19 cases force other states and territories to impose border and travel restrictions

ABC  

News of Perth and Peel's snap three-day lockdown has forced the other states and territories into action. They also urged "all travellers who have arrived from the Perth and Peel regions since 17 April to check the WA website and immediately follow the actions outlined", and called on anyone who had attended any of the identified venues to contact NSW …

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 …

Perth, Peel and South West emerge from COVID lockdown as restrictions lift across the state
3 years, 10 months ago

Perth, Peel and South West emerge from COVID lockdown as restrictions lift across the state

ABC  

Western Australians are returning to life as normal as residents re-emerge this morning after a five-day snap lockdown. Key points: The five-day lockdown ended at 6:00pm last night The five-day lockdown ended at 6:00pm last night Some restrictions, including mask use and person limits at indoor and outdoor gatherings, remain for the Perth and Peel regions Some restrictions, including mask …

Perth's post-COVID lockdown rules explained, from mask-wearing to nightclubbing
3 years, 10 months ago

Perth's post-COVID lockdown rules explained, from mask-wearing to nightclubbing

ABC  

After a week unlike any other in Western Australia's recent memory, the end is now in sight for a lockdown that has kept 2 million people inside for five days. If you are in the South West, life will return to as it was before the lockdown — there will be no lingering restrictions, except for limits on non-essential travel …

WA coronavirus lockdown ends, Premier Mark McGowan unveils $43m package to help small businesses
3 years, 10 months ago

WA coronavirus lockdown ends, Premier Mark McGowan unveils $43m package to help small businesses

ABC  

The coronavirus lockdown affecting Perth, Peel and the South West has ended. Key points: Post-lockdown restrictions will continue in Perth and Peel until February 14 Post-lockdown restrictions will continue in Perth and Peel until February 14 A $43m package will help businesses and charities affected by the lockdown A $43m package will help businesses and charities affected by the lockdown …

Coronavirus lockdown for Perth and South West leaves WA facing a week like no other
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown for Perth and South West leaves WA facing a week like no other

ABC  

The pack of masks made it clear what was about to come. About five minutes before the Premier and Health Minister walked in on Sunday for a media conference that would bring life as we know it to a temporary halt in most of WA, government staffers asked all the journalists, photographers and camera operators present to don face masks …

Here are the coronavirus lockdown rules in place for the next five days in Perth, Peel and South West
3 years, 10 months ago

Here are the coronavirus lockdown rules in place for the next five days in Perth, Peel and South West

ABC  

Western Australia's Perth, Peel and South West regions have entered a five-day lockdown. "You can walk, you can run, but in our rules, and I've checked this personally with our Chief Health Officer, you must wear a mask at all times," Mr Dawson said. The government says people can only enter the lockdown areas, or travel between them, "to access …

Coronavirus lockdown announced for Perth and South West after quarantine hotel worker tests positive
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown announced for Perth and South West after quarantine hotel worker tests positive

ABC  

Western Australia's 10-month coronavirus-free streak has ended with a hotel quarantine security guard in Perth testing positive to COVID-19, sending much of the state into a five-day lockdown. Key points: The lockdown for Perth, Peel and the South West started at 6pm on Sunday The lockdown for Perth, Peel and the South West started at 6pm on Sunday People must …

Panic buying in Perth as lockdown begins despite Premier Mark McGowan's plea for calm
3 years, 10 months ago

Panic buying in Perth as lockdown begins despite Premier Mark McGowan's plea for calm

ABC  

Long queues have been forming outside supermarkets across the Perth metropolitan area despite the WA Premier urging people not to panic-buy as the state heads into its first coronavirus lockdown in nine months. Key points: Shelves across Perth were stripped bare after the lockdown announcment Shelves across Perth were stripped bare after the lockdown announcment The WA Premier urged people …

WA coronavirus cases will likely end in snap lockdown, Chief Health Officer warns
3 years, 11 months ago

WA coronavirus cases will likely end in snap lockdown, Chief Health Officer warns

ABC  

The "hard and fast" snap lockdown used to manage COVID-19 outbreaks in other states is the "likely outcome" if WA were to also experience an outbreak, the state's Chief Health Officer Andrew Robertson says. Key points: Greater Brisbane has just emerged from a three-day lockdown Greater Brisbane has just emerged from a three-day lockdown WA's Chief Health Officer says it …

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 …

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 …

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