“We need to recognise that there might be 20 to 25 per cent of individuals in that particular tower who end up developing coronavirus and potentially more,” he said. "But the risk in these settings is not insubstantial so these are proportionate measures," he said. “For all their close contacts, they need to remain quarantined.”, 'Not okay': Uproar over 'disgusting' find inside quarantine, Mum, 31, dies after cancer treatment is put on hold because of virus lockdown, 'Hot mess': Shocking revelation as US hits three million coronavirus cases. Donald Trump is being given a drug only reserved for use in severe coronavirus cases. Your web browser is no longer supported. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Residents of 33 Alfred St North Melbourne are in lockdown until Saturday night. Residents at eight of the nine towers locked down in Melbourne will be allowed out of isolation, while the quarantine period has been extended for one problem tower… For the eight other towers not under hard lockdown, Professor Sutton said new cases could emerge over the coming days. Professor Sutton said there would need to be "an intensive monitoring program" for the towers that were moving to stage three restrictions. 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You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and download the Yahoo News app from the App Store or Google Play. 'Tell us what's happening', housing residents demand answers. Catch up on the main COVID-19 news from October 8 with our coronavirus blog. Residents of the towers at 9 Pampas Street and 159 Melrose Street will move to the same stage 3 restrictions as Greater Melbourne, and can go out for the four reasons – shopping for essentials, exercise, medical care and school or work. “For some just a few cases, for others several, we really need to have an intensive monitoring program. She said she was concerned about the possibility of the virus spreading through plumbing and ventilation, but was trying not to focus on the possibility of getting sick. Professor Sutton also issued a chilling warning that up to a quarter of people in the North Melbourne tower could become infected with the virus. Hospital staff and aged care workers among 165 new Victorian coronavirus cases, The school that went from one to 113 coronavirus cases in 13 days, Victoria's top doctor expects state yet to reach peak number of cases, School kids in lockdown zone to get daily coronavirus temperature checks, Johnson used COVID-19 to his advantage. "The public health advice is that there are such numbers of positive cases, together with known close contacts, that the assumption has got to be that everybody in that tower is a close contact of someone who is positive," Mr Andrews said. Email: newsroomau@yahoonews.com. Those allowed to leave for essential reasons include residents at the Pampas Street and Melrose Street buildings, as well as people while live in the towers at Sutton Street, Canning Street and Holland Court. It is in the parish of Brewham in the English county of Somerset (however the tower itself is in Wiltshire), and was built as part of the Stourhead estate and landscape. Alfred St, North Melbourne, VIC 3051 Get Directions Print My Whereis Home Set home location Go Work Set work location Go Set your home and work address … To improve your experience. "We will support each and every one of those families. She said people who were required to quarantine because they had a diagnosis or were a close contact of a confirmed case would be encouraged to enter hotel quarantine. Queensland schools in demand as families flee lockdown states. Police Minister Lisa Neville said a police presence would remain at the towers to ensure public safety. He said he was looking forward to fresh air and exercise, but he was concerned for the Alfred St residents. The nine towers, home to about 3,000 residents in 1,345 units, were placed in sudden lockdown on Saturday afternoon after tenants contracted the virus. More than 10 per cent of those residents have tested positive to COVID-19. One man said it was "like being in jail" as he emerged this morning. He said, despite the extensive testing, he was expecting more cases to appear in the towers.
Social worker and community advocate Ahmed Dini, who will be able to leave his North Melbourne unit for the four reasons allowed under stage three restrictions, said he had mixed emotions after hearing the news. Six other towers recorded low levels of coronavirus cases, while there were zero cases detected in two other North Melbourne estates at 9 Pampas Street …
But the thousands of other residents in North Melbourne and Flemington will join the rest of Melbourne under the new stage three lockdown for six weeks. Trump may struggle to do the same, WHO warns '10 per cent' of world's population may be infected with COVID-19, The post-viral condition hitting some COVID-19 survivors. "That is an abundance of caution approach that not only protects the welfare and the wellbeing, the health, of all of those residents, but also protects public health as well. "We need to recognise there might be 20 to 25 per cent of individuals in that particular tower who end up developing coronavirus, and potentially more," Professor Sutton said. “If they require care outside of that tower, then obviously that will be facilitated,” he told reporters. While residents most of the towers will now be allowed to leave their homes for "essential" reasons, those who have tested positive or are considered a close contact are being moved to other accommodation.
Eight of the towers will move to the same stage three restrictions as the rest of Melbourne from midnight tonight. Source: AAP, Coronavirus Victoria: Daily cases back to double digits as zero deaths recorded, Harry Potter Girls All Grown Up Their Pics Show It, Coronavirus Victoria: Cases drop as Melbourne hits significant milestone, Lisa Curry opens up on daughter Jaimi Kenny's 'red flags', Trump-touted Covid-19 antibody treatments: what we know, Delta Burke Is So Thin Now And Looks Like A Barbie, 'You're wrong': Joe Rogan slams 'woke kids' amid transphobic uproar, How Can Pharma Companies Simplify the Five-Phase Drug Development Process? The health department has promised “daily exercise will be scheduled and supervised” for the hundreds of tenants. Ms Neville said there would be regular checks on infected people and their close contacts to make sure they were staying in isolation.
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