Australia news LIVE Victoria records 1488 new coronavirus cases protesters march in CBD NSWs new cases fall to 813 the day after Premiers resignation Queensland records two cases easing grand final concerns
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Police and the mounted branch moved in on the protesters making a series of arrests and taking down on protester on a bike.
The main protest group has scattered into smaller groups.
Hundreds of officers on foot and horseback charged the crowd from behind.
Police have arrested at least a dozen protesters.
Police have started to move into the crowd now and have made a number of arrests.
The move came just after the most vocal of the protesters had urged the group to stay together, despite the increasing police presence as they again return to The Tan track.
“Nobody scatter, nobody separate,†he said. “United we stand, divided we fall.â€
Police are now starting to move in close to the group in larger numbers.
A large line of police is following the crowd which has grown to about 250 people.
Our reporters on the ground have some more colour from the protest making its way through the gardens.
The atmosphere seems much more relaxed than some of the larger and angrier recent protests.
The crowd is chanting “sack Dan Andrewsâ€, “f--- the jab†and “my body, my choice†among other things.
‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ by Twisted Sister was played at one point as a few protesters sang along, others called out to people picnicking at the gardens to join in.
The protest has now returned to The Tan, with some drivers honking in support of the group as they crossed a road.
The crowd chants, “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie†but one member with a megaphone tells them to stop.
“We don’t want to be painted as far-right, we are not far-right we are peacefully protesting,†she shouts.
A Victoria Police Highway Patrol vehicle is following the group as they march along the Tan.
Runners were completely stopped in their stride and cars have been unable to get around the gardens due to the rally.
After an hour of walking around the Royal Botanic Gardens with at least four different starting locations flagged on social media a group of about 150 protesters have gathered near Stapley Pavilion in the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Protesters were heard yelling “stick together†and “they can’t stop us today†as they began marching.
Few protesters were spotted wearing masks. A dozen police officers were seen tailing the group as a Victoria Police helicopter hovered overhead.
Victoria’s newest coronavirus cases are primarily coming from three major sources; among them, the illegal gatherings of the AFL Grand Final weekend, authorities say.
The state’s COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said “around a third of what we’re seeing†was being driven by a “significant upswing†in social gatherings, including those “mini super-spreader events†of last weekend.
“We really need people to recognise that this is a very perilous path that we’re on, and that we all need to resolve together to hold it down for that much longer,†Mr Weimar said.
But it wasn’t just the grand final gatherings that were causing cases - it was also other household gatherings like people visiting one another to catch up for a coffee.
Mr Weimar said one of the other sources of recent cases was “well-intentioned but unhelpful†household to household communication.
“I’ve been helping my mom with her shopping … I went off to see my cousin, all that is still a very strong feature of this outbreak,†he said.
The third primary source was primary close contacts within single households.
New Zealand officials announced 27 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. There have now been a total of 1295 cases in the current Delta outbreak.
Of the 27 cases, 14 are household contacts, eight are known contacts and five are yet to be epidemiologically linked.
A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said fluctuations in the numbers announced each day were expected due to the highly infectious nature of the Delta variant within households.
On Friday officials reported 19 cases, down from 45 on Wednesday - the highest number of the current wave of infections which started with a case that was linked to a returned traveller from NSW on August 17.
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Victoria’s COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said a new more targeted, risk-based approach is now being tested to handle furlough for the state’s supermarket staff.
Supermarket heads and department of health officials met on Friday morning to discuss the new protocols following urgent calls for change from the industry on Thursday.
Jeroen Wiemar speaks at the COVID 19 daily media conference.Credit:Eddie Jim
Mr Weimar said the new approach would be piloted in the state’s supermarkets over the coming days. Some workers might be furloughed for up to five days, and if they tested negative on the fifth day, they could get back to work.
There would be other workers that would still need to quarantine for 14 days if they had been directly exposed to a positive case.
So, it’s a more targeted, nuanced approach with a different grading depending on the type of exposure.
We are now piloting revised protocols with regard to the furloughing of their staff based on the level of risk, the level of vaccination and the type of exposure that those staff have had.
What that will mean … in practical terms [is] that for those staff that have had very limited exposure, and where all those COVID safe protocols [are in place in] supermarkets … they’ll be able to get through a reduced following [quarantine] period, and an additional testing regime.
It’s all around effective use of masks, effective use of ventilation, and effective use of workforce bubbles, but it will allow a more targeted a risk-based approach.
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