It has been confirmed by Paul Kelly (Deputy Chief Medical Officer) that the COVIDSafe tracing app is now “fully functional” after all the Australian states and territories signed up to use it, and have been trained in its use.
There was a delay between the first release of the app … Read the rest
The Diamond Princess was quarantined in the Port of Yokohama on 4th February 2020 after 10 people on board were diagnosed with COVD-19.
About 4,000 of those onboard the Diamond Princess were tested, with over 700 showing positive for COVID-19, and 12 having died.
SBS Punjabi have reported that Indian students are stuck in India and are seeking exemption from Australia’s travel ban.
About 115,000 international students are estimated to be stranded in their home countries due to the covid-19 travel ban.
The issue relates to the students ability to resume their University study, … Read the rest
This was an Australian news headline today, where the Headline on a story about Restaurants, read:
But reading the story fully, the restaurateurs words used in the headline were adapted from the original: “Financially, it’s just not worth opening with 10 or 20 people”.
They … Read the rest
That is the rule, stay at least 1.5 metres away from others, but many people are ignoring it.
In Queensland yesterday, Saturday 2nd May 2020, the travel rules were relaxed and many people went shopping.
I went … Read the rest
In 2017/18 China was Australia’s number one export market. It was also the largest source of international students, the most valuable tourism market, a major source of foreign direct investment and the largest agricultural goods market.
In 2017/18 Australian exports to China were $123.3b, whilst the imports from China were … Read the rest
At the 30th April 2020 there had been 6,754 reported cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Australia.
At the 31st March 2020 there had been 4,763 reported cases.
That shows there were 1,991 new cases reported in April 2020, an average of 66 … Read the rest
The first COVID-19 related death at an Aged Care Facility in Australia was reported on the 4th March 2020. Since then, more cases have been reported at these Aged Care homes:
A news headline today shows: “Coalition MPs ask for permanent jobseeker increase“, with the words used in the story being: “MPs from within the government are asking the prime minister, Scott Morrison, to make the higher jobseeker rate permanent when … Read the rest
When you order food from a restaurant, for home delivery, the restaurant might have to pay around 35% to Uber, for providing the service. That is on top of any delivery charge you pay.
Order direct if you can, and help to keep these restaurants in business. They are having … Read the rest
