Australia COVID LIVE updates Victoria Police brace for more anti-vaccine protests over the weekend as COVID-19 cases grow across the nation
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Get excited NSW, from Monday you will be spoilt for choice for activities. Between walking around the block and a fully-vaxxed picnic you can take a trip to the local pool, even in the local government areas of concern!
The move comes just in time to save the sanity of parents who are about to endure a second week of school holidays in lockdown.
Granville Swimming Centre will reopen on Monday. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
It’s worth checking with your local pool as to what rules apply before you arrive. For pools across the City of Sydney no bookings will be required initially, however, capacity limits will apply and a booking system may be introduced if necessary.
The City of Sydney council is also restricting groups of swimmers to five fully vaccinated people or two unvaccinated people.
Visits will be limited to a maximum of two hours and changerooms will remain closed (but outdoor showers are available).
A ‘swim n go’ policy will be in place, with sun lounging around the pool area not permitted.
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NSW Health has issued an alert for two new venues of concern associated with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Cowra in the state’s Central West.
Anyone who attended the following venues at the time listed is a close contact and must get tested and isolate for 14 days since they were there, regardless of the result. NSW Health sends a text message to people who have checked in at close-contact venues with further information.
In addition, NSW Health has been notified of new casual contact venues of concern across NSW that are associated with confirmed cases of COVID-19.
To view these new venues, please visit the NSW Government website.
Anyone who visited one of these venues at the times listed is a casual contact and must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.
Here’s some images from today’s protest in St Kilda.
Protesters march along Marine Parade in St Kilda.Credit:Justin McManus
Anti-lockdown protest in St Kilda.Credit:Justin McManus
Police arrest a protester in St Kilda on Saturday.Credit:Justin McManus
Victoria Police members arrest a protester along the St Kilda foreshore.Credit:Justin McManus
Police arrest a vocal protester on Saturday.Credit:Justin McManus
Police on the beach at St Kilda on Saturday. Credit:Justin McManus
Returning now to St Kilda in Victoria where an earlier protest has petered out. The Age journalist Rachael Dexter is there and says the action appears to be over.
Shortly before 1pm, protesters started chanting slogans like “together, united, we’ll never be dividedâ€.
At least a dozen arrests were made, includingan apparent protest leader, after police descended on the group. Protesters then scattered into smaller groups.
One feature of NSW’s Delta outbreak that has sparked public concern is the number of deaths at home, including three announced on Saturday that were all in people who were yet to be diagnosed with COVID-19.
A man in his 40s, a man in his 50s, and a woman in her 80s all died at home and were later diagnosed with COVID-19.
The deaths prompted Dr Jeremy McAnulty from NSW Health to urge people to get tested if they have even the mildest of symptoms.
“If your condition deteriorates, call the doctor sooner rather than later. Get medical help,†he said.
Looking overseas the UK has a detailed breakdown of the location of death for COVID-19 mortalities, showing most occur in hospitals while a small but significant number occur in the home.
Number of deaths involving COVID-19 by place of occurrence, England and Wales, registered between 28 December 2019 and 28 May 2021.
Private home: 7991 (5.7 per cent)
Hospital (not including psychiatric): 96,768 (69 per cent)
Hospice: 2085 (1.4 per cent)
Care home: 32,184 (22.9 per cent)
Other communal establishment: 500 (.3 per cent)
Elsewhere: 523 (.3 per cent)
Source: Office for National Statistics - Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales
Good afternoon and welcome to this afternoon’s live COVID-19 coverage, I’m Carrie Fellner and I’ve taken the reins from Georgina Mitchell. If the grand final or a fully-vaxxed picnic doesn’t take your fancy on this windy Saturday, strap in and I’ll take you through this afternoon’s developments.
To recap some of this morning’s news:
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Western Bulldogs’ home ground, Footscray’s Whitten Oval, may be much quieter than you would ever expect on Grand Final Day for premiership contenders, but that will change next weekend when it’s transformed into a huge vaccination clinic.
The Age first flagged the proposal in February this year. AFLW star Isabel Huntington confirmed in Victoria’s daily COVID update that a community push involving local GP Mukesh Haikerwal to set up a pop-up centre had been fruitful.
Whitten Oval will be transformed into a vaccine hub. Credit:Justin McManus
The pop up will run on Saturday October 2 and Sunday October 3.
Huntington said 2000 Pfizer vaccines will be available across the two days, and bookings could be made from Monday on the state government’s coronavirus vaccine booking website.
“I’d love to be playing in front of a full house … in January 2022,†she said.
Underlying the importance of vaccination, Health Minister Martin Foley said discussions were ongoing about what areas of the health system would have to pause to help accommodate the greater number of coronavirus patients.
“Elective surgery is clearly on the table to pause and delay,†he said.
They had been lagging behind state and national averages, but many of Victoria’s coronavirus hotspots have now caught up and overtaken others in the vaccine stakes.
The council area of Wyndham in Melbourne’s far west, which is reporting dozens of cases each day, now has a first dose rate of more than 80 per cent, well ahead of the state average.
There has been swift vaccine uptake in Victoria’s virus hotspots. Credit:AP
Also performing well are Hobson’s Bay and Casey, which are now around that state average of 76.3 per cent.
Victoria’s outbreak is continuing to spread fastest in the northern suburbs and in particular the council area of Hume where there were 339 new cases yesterday.
The key suburbs of concern are Roxburgh Park, Cragieburn and Broadmeadows.
The western suburbs saw 183 of yesterday’s 847 cases, with new infections reported in the suburbs of St Albans, Tarneit and Werribee. There were 89 cases in the south east of the city.
Hundreds of police have swarmed the St Kilda foreshore in a bid to contain a protest against COVID-19 lockdowns and mandatory vaccinations that has sprung up in the bayside suburb.
Up to 200 protesters gathered shortly before 1pm and started chanting slogans like “together, united, we’ll never be divided†while a police helicopter hovered overhead and a police boat sat offshore.
A man is arrested at St Kilda on Saturday.Credit:Bianca Hall
At least a dozen arrests have been made, including one of the apparent protest leaders.
Protesters have scattered into smaller groups and are outnumbered by police, who are moving in to make further arrests.
Public Order Response vehicles and marked and unmarked police cars descended on the area as police on foot moved in and began making arrests as the group moved into a nearby skate park, where children continued to skate as police began making arrests and protesters heckled the arresting officers.
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