Covid 19 -

[BLU-220]

Can any you COVID-19 experts tell me am I allowed to take my best mate
down to mornington peninsula to pick up his car as the tuner said it would be ready this Friday ?? finally after having it for 4 mths

why I'm asking as it's definitely more then the 25km raduis but can't he say it's essential [car repairs, at the mechanic's shop]
or do we need to wait until after November the 8th ?? to go and pick it up his car

even though the guy will txt him to tell my mate that the car is ready to be pick up or do we need more proof as in a letter from the shop ??



Cheers Dean

[T3rminator]

Originally Posted by BLU-220

Can any you COVID-19 experts tell me am I allowed to take my best mate
down to mornington peninsula to pick up his car as the tuner said it would be ready this Friday ?? finally after having it for 4 mths

why I'm asking as it's definitely more then the 25km raduis but can't he say it's essential [car repairs, at the mechanic's shop]
or do we need to wait until after November the 8th ?? to go and pick it up his car

even though the guy will txt him to tell my mate that the car is ready to be pick up or do we need more proof as in a letter from the shop ??

Cheers Dean

I recently spoke to my tuner about this, who is also situated outside the 25km zone. They said I can travel over 25km if they give me a letter. The justification is that the car can only be tuned / retuned by them, so it is an "essential" service to get the car operating properly and safely. So your mate will need a letter from the tuning shop.

[BLU-220]

Thanks T3rminator

[russellw]

Data valid as at 23:59 GMT November 3rd, 2020.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting except for the Victorian 14 day moving averages.

10 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR drops to 3.284% while active cases remain at 1,319. NSW recorded 9, Queensland 2 cases and SA / WA, 1 each. Victoria reported no new cases for the last 24 hours for the 5th consecutive day.

3 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.268% and active cases fall to 73.

The UK had a higher 25,177 new cases yesterday - the 2nd highest recorded. We know they are now not counting their mortalities by the WHO guidelines so we are going to ignore the CMR but even using their method they recorded 492 deaths.

Just under 96k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,188 deaths sees CMR drop to 2.462% and active cases rise to 33.2% with the raw numbers rising and now over 3.1M. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global cases pass 48M with the last 1M in 2 days;
Global deaths set a new record high of 9,054, the previous on April 4th;
North America sets a new daily high with 118,248 cases;
The USA completes 151M, India 112M, Russia 62M and Italy 16M tests.

Latvia (313);
Albania (396);
Montenegro (874) - 22% above the previous high;
North Macedonia (1,189);
Kenya 1,494;
Serbia (2,412) - 28% above the high yesterday;
Georgia (2,295);
Greece (2,646) - 22% above the high yesterday;
Hungary (4,219);
Bulgaria (4,054);
Morocco (5,745) - 28% above the high yesterday;
Austria (6,901) - 23% above the previous high;
Portugal (7,464) - 61% above the previous high;
Romania (8,651) - 12% above the high yesterday;
Ukraine (9,524);
Switzerland (10,073);
Czechia (15,731)
Russia 19,768;
Germany (20,228); and
Poland (24,692)

... all recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive days.

[Tickford.]

Well done Victoria, that's 6 days in a row of 0 cases as of today (05/11/2020). 13,479 tests conducted since yesterday.

NSW is to open the border to VIC at 12:01am on Monday 23 November. I think Daniel Andrews should maybe shut the border to NSW at 11:59 on Sunday 22 November. A couple of minutes before Berejiklian opens the border.

Last thing VIC needs is people from the COVID state of NSW coming to VIC and undoing all our hard work!

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by Tickford.

Well done Victoria, that's 6 days in a row of 0 cases as of today (05/11/2020). 13,479 tests conducted since yesterday.

NSW is to open the border to VIC at 12:01am on Monday 23 November. I think Daniel Andrews should maybe shut the border to NSW at 11:59 on Sunday 22 November. A couple of minutes before Berejiklian opens the border.

Last thing VIC needs is people from the COVID state of NSW coming to VIC and undoing all our hard work!

Don't worry about NSW as I think QLD is the one to watch with their active case numbers.
Annastacia Palaszczuk is actually doing us big favour by keeping the border closed to stop us getting infected from Queenslanders.
The shoe is on the other foot!

[Citroënbender]

I’m feeling a bit challenged by the Danish initiative to cull their entire mink population per an initiative to stop reinfection of humans with a mutated coronavirus from the mink. 17 million mammals to be destroyed in short order, apparently the army is part of their methodology.

[T3rminator]

Ummm what's with the "massage" parlours with neon open signs flashing around Melbourne?

I've missed the last few days briefing. Have we fully opened?

[Citroënbender]

They’re just preparing for the happy ending of restrictions.

[russellw]

Data valid as at 23:59 GMT November 5th, 2020.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting except for the Victorian 14 day moving averages.

14 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR drops to 3.282% while active cases drop to 1,307. NSW recorded 5, WA 4 and SA 5 cases. Victoria reported no new cases for the last 24 hours for the 6th consecutive day.

2 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.267% and active cases fall to 68.

The UK had a lower 24,138 new cases yesterday. We know they are now not counting their mortalities by the WHO guidelines so we are going to ignore the CMR but even using their method they recorded 378 deaths.

Just over 108k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,201 deaths sees CMR drop to 2.462% and active cases rise to 33.2% with the raw numbers rising and now over 3.2M. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global cases pass 49M with the last 1M only taking a single day;
Global cases set a new record high of 599,416;
Europe passes 11M cases;
South America passes 300k deaths;
North America sets a new daily high with 126,139 cases;
Europe sets a new daily high with 310,717 cases - the first day over 300k;
The USA completes 153M, India 114M, Russia 63M, the UK 35M and Germany 23M tests.

Latvia (367);
Albania (421);
North Macedonia (1,275);
Azerbaijan (1,364);
Lebanon (2,089);
Georgia (2,401);
Greece (2,915);
Croatia (2,848);
Austria (7,416);
Romania (9,714) - 12% above the high yesterday;
Ukraine (9,850);
Switzerland (10,128);
Germany (21,257);
Poland (27,413);
Italy (34,505); and
France (58,046)

... all recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive days.

[tweeked]

Originally Posted by russellw

Data valid as at 23:59 GMT November 5th, 2020.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting except for the Victorian 14 day moving averages.

14 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR drops to 3.282% while active cases drop to 1,307. NSW recorded 5, WA 4 and SA 5 cases. Victoria reported no new cases for the last 24 hours for the 6th consecutive day.

2 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.267% and active cases fall to 68.

The UK had a lower 24,138 new cases yesterday. We know they are now not counting their mortalities by the WHO guidelines so we are going to ignore the CMR but even using their method they recorded 378 deaths.

Just over 108k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,201 deaths sees CMR drop to 2.462% and active cases rise to 33.2% with the raw numbers rising and now over 3.2M. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global cases pass 49M with the last 1M only taking a single day;
Global cases set a new record high of 599,416;
Europe passes 11M cases;
South America passes 300k deaths;
North America sets a new daily high with 126,139 cases;
Europe sets a new daily high with 310,717 cases - the first day over 300k;
The USA completes 153M, India 114M, Russia 63M, the UK 35M and Germany 23M tests.

Latvia (367);
Albania (421);
North Macedonia (1,275);
Azerbaijan (1,364);
Lebanon (2,089);
Georgia (2,401);
Greece (2,915);
Croatia (2,848);
Austria (7,416);
Romania (9,714) - 12% above the high yesterday;
Ukraine (9,850);
Switzerland (10,128);
Germany (21,257);
Poland (27,413);
Italy (34,505); and
France (58,046)

... all recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive days.

John Hopkins uni reporting that France records 129,761 cases on the 5th of November.......Europe is making the US look like a picnic. Italy 30k, Spain 25k, UK 25k, Poland 24k, Germany 31k, and plenty of other countries still to come.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/cumulative-cases

[roddy1960]

On our local Channel 7 Tasmania News tonight it was quite amazing to see them covering flights of NSW people able to arrive and re unite with family and friends for the first time since March here in Tassie ...Showed some meeting grandkids for the first time .. That's the real human side of what this rotten virus has done to so many of us .

Awesome to those in Victoria despite some regrettable mistakes made from the second outbreak and hardships endured to see it under real control again .Hardship and mistakes or not they have done a great job getting zero cases in almost a week ..Impressive...

When you see the massive threats facing Europe , the USA and other places as we speak , lets learn a lot of lessons from that and not see us as a nation go through the same nightmare in later months..

[PhilT2]

Clive Palmer has lost his case against the WA govt in the high court.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/vi.../2020/180.html
Mr Palmer has been ordered to pay costs.

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by PhilT2

Clive Palmer has lost his case against the WA govt in the high court.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/vi.../2020/180.html
Mr Palmer has been ordered to pay costs.

VIC high court case dismissed too.

It would have been more useful for these to be brought up weeks or months ago.

You would think even a half competent government would have an AG that knows they were on pretty firm if not solid ground.

[russellw]

Data valid as at 23:59 GMT November 6th, 2020.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting except for the Victorian 14 day moving averages.

11 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR drops to 3.281% while active cases rise to 1,310. NSW recorded 9, WA, SA & NT 1 case each. Victoria reported no new cases for the last 24 hours for the 7th consecutive day.

1 new case and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.266% and active cases fall to 44.

The UK had a lower 23,287 new cases yesterday. We know they are now not counting their mortalities by the WHO guidelines so we are going to ignore the CMR but even using their method they recorded 355 deaths.

Just under 125k new cases in the USA yesterday (a new record) and 1,153 deaths sees CMR drop to 2.428% and active cases rise to 33.7% with the raw numbers rising and now over 3.3M. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global cases set a new record high of 617,383 (5/11);
The USA passes 10M cases;
North America sets a new daily high with 139,776 cases;
Europe sets a new daily high with 317,895 cases (5/11);
The USA completes 154M, India 115M, France 17M, Australia 9M, Jordan 2M and Qatar 1M tests.

Albania (489);
Belarus (991);
Denmark (1,427);
Azerbaijan (1,465);
Lithuania (1,656) - 65% above the previous high;
Malaysia (1,755) - 42% above the previous high;
Lebanon (2,142);
Georgia (2,775);
Croatia (2,890);
Canada (4,471);
Sweden (4,497) on 5/11;
Hungary (4,709);
Romania (10,260)
Russia (20,582);
Germany (22,246);
Italy (37,809);
France (60,486); and
USA (124,728)

... all recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive days.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Gee I love doughnuts

[Tickford.]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

Gee I love doughnuts

new cases and deaths. Eighth consecutive day.

That's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 days in a row with no cases, or deaths.


Well done VIC.

[Tickford.]

Any news on when VIC will accept returning travellers from hot zones, to go into hotel quarantine? When that happens, I'd expect the numbers to rise.

I think VIC has now joined the NZ travel bubble, where incoming NZ's don't have to quarantine for 14 days when entering VIC(??)

[Trevor 57]

Originally Posted by Tickford.

Any news on when VIC will accept returning travellers from hot zones, to go into hotel quarantine? When that happens, I'd expect the numbers to rise.

I think VIC has now joined the NZ travel bubble, where incoming NZ's don't have to quarantine for 14 days when entering VIC(??)

I think if they are going to start accepting overseas travelers, instead of putting them in hotels in the centre of Australia's 2nd largest capital city they need to send them to Puckapunyal or Bandiana - just a thought

[hayseed]

Originally Posted by Trevor 57

I think if they are going to start accepting overseas travelers, instead of putting them in hotels in the centre of Australia's 2nd largest capital city they need to send them to Puckapunyal or Bandiana - just a thought

What's wrong with Nauru?
SCoMo is spending Millions keeping It open for 1 Tamil Family!!! that(In MY opinion) shouldn't be there..

[tweeked]

Originally Posted by hayseed

What's wrong with Nauru?
SCoMo is spending Millions keeping It open for 1 Tamil Family!!! that(In MY opinion) shouldn't be there..

Main problem is Nauru is not Australian soil. It is too far and too small to handle and support thousands of people a week coming back, with turnover every 2 weeks. Basically a bad idea on all fronts.

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by tweeked

Main problem is Nauru is not Australian soil. It is too far and too small to handle and support thousands of people a week coming back, with turnover every 2 weeks. Basically a bad idea on all fronts.

Got to be better than landing them here spreading the virus.
Isn't that what these places are supposed to be for, quarantine.

[hayseed]

Originally Posted by tweeked

Main problem is Nauru is not Australian soil. It is too far and too small to handle and support thousands of people a week coming back, with turnover every 2 weeks. Basically a bad idea on all fronts.

I was being facetious....

Sorry. It's actually Christmas Island where the Tamil Family is being Held at a cost $27 Million...


https://www.sbs.com.au/news/christma...in-four-people

It's a pity they aren't so Committed about COVID in Aged care facilities..

[russellw]

Some random data:

Only 1 European country hasn't reached a new case high in the last 30 days and that is Ireland which recorded it's high 210 days ago.

Asia has several with more than 100 days since the highest daily total but Singapore (200) and Turkey (209) have had the longest gap.

Africa has none over 200 days with Egypt and the Ivory Coast (both 140 days) the longest.

Neither North or South America have any over 200 either although Ecuador (196) is close and Chile (145) is the next best.

By comparison, Australia is 115 days since the daily peak of 723 in July.

[T3rminator]

The US election has taken all the attention away from this thread

Has anyone read the interim Coate report? Anything interesting? Was it all Dan's fault?

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by T3rminator

The US election has taken all the attention away from this thread

With Victoria coming out of lockdown and sleepy Joe at the wheel of the US.
SBS won't have anything to report on or complaint about next month.

[wodahs]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

With Victoria coming out of lockdown and sleepy Joe at the wheel of the US.
SBS won't have anything to report on or complaint about next month.

they will be back to read a indie movie marathons

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by wodahs

they will be back to read a indie movie marathons

Little Ms Thurberg will go back to the top of the news this summer no doubt or ask the serious question of why men can not fall pregnant.

[wodahs]

Originally Posted by T3rminator

The US election has taken all the attention away from this thread

Has anyone read the interim Coate report? Anything interesting? Was it all Dan's fault?

just wait for the
is Dan is good adds

https://youtu.be/lbHFOyZpGjs
oops

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by T3rminator

The US election has taken all the attention away from this thread

Has anyone read the interim Coate report? Anything interesting? Was it all Dan's fault?

Nothing much to discuss as the experts here have it all covered.
Cheers.