News Coronavirus Thread

[Snake_Baker]

This could be a lot higher as people are being turned away if they don't meet the criteria.

Indeed, in fact it would be higher without any doubt.

There's also the folks that have had it, did not report with significant symptoms and are now immune.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

475 dead in Italy overnight.

More than 99% of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[Tas]

Warney's company doing its bit:

Oh. I thought they always made hand sanitizer. :stern look

 

[Groin guru]

 

[Snake_Baker]

More than 99% of Italy’s coronavirus fatalities were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, according to a study by the country’s national health authority.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

As has been reported elsewhere. The comparisons with Italy and Australia are ridiculous. No virologist/immunologist would take that alone in to consideration.

It's like the bloke in the SRP thread who presented a paper on a random group of military folks who were vaccinated for influenza within a recent time span and correlated the members of this group with Covid 19, identified that the inoculated group had achieved a greater infection rate, and then produced a paper concluding that Covid19 infection was related to influenza injections from a year ago!!!.

As a science paper goes, that is a completely ridiculous exercise, and you are seeing the same thing played out here with these Italy-Australian correlation exercises. They are complete garbage from a biotechnology perspective, because they leave out so much in the way of significant characteristics, and they have completely bugger all in the way of actual bio-science. If people like to fill their time doing this, then good for them, but they aren't worth a pinch of shit in the real world of virology.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Reserve Bank Makes Emergency Rate Cut In Coronavirus Rescue Plan


10 daily Senior News Reporter


Thu Mar 19, 2020 14:30 pm


The official cash rate has been slashed to just 0.25 percent, as the Reserve Bank stages a bid to stimulate the economy amidst coronavirus recession fears.


The RBA cut the official cash rate in half on Thursday at an extraordinary meeting outside its usual decision on the first Tuesday of each month -- citing a need 'to support jobs, incomes and businesses.'


As financial markets worldwide are pummelled by the impact of the global coronavirus outbreak, the RBA slashed interest rates to just 0.25 percent -- another historic low, from the previously unprecedented 0.5.

Australia’s economy would be in serious trouble during a global recession, economists fear, but one says the focus should be on public health, not money.


The Reserve Bank's decision was made in hopes of stimulating the local economy, in a bid to stave off a possible recession. RBA governor Philip Lowe said the virus was having 'a very major impact on the economy and the financial system', causing 'major disruptions to economic activity across the world.'


'The primary response to the virus is to manage the health of the population, but other arms of policy, including monetary and fiscal policy, play an important role in reducing the economic and financial disruption resulting from the virus,' Lowe said in a statement.


'At some point, the virus will be contained and the Australian economy will recover. In the interim, a priority for the Reserve Bank is to support jobs, incomes and businesses, so that when the health crisis recedes, the country is well placed to recover strongly.'


Further details of the RBA's unprecedented measures will be revealed at a press conference at 4pm (eastern time).


Lowe also announced the RBA would set a new target for the yield on three-year government bonds 'of around 0.25 per cent', which would include the buyback of bonds currently in the market, starting Friday.


The RBA will ' provide a three-year funding facility' to banks and financial institutions, 'at a fixed rate of 0.25 per cent', of at least $90 billion. Extra funding will be available if banks increase borrowing to small and medium businesses.


Lowe said Australia's financial system was 'resilient and well placed to deal with the effects of the coronavirus', and said further measures could be 'drawn down' if needed.


'The Reserve Bank is working closely with the other financial regulators and the Australian Government to help ensure that Australia's financial markets continue to operate effectively and that credit is available to households and businesses,' he said.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Australia Closed To Tourists As PM Announces Travel Ban For Non-Residents


10 daily Senior News Reporter


Thu Mar 19, 2020 16:02 pm


All non-residents will be denied entry to Australia from Friday night, in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.


Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Thursday that the travel ban would come into place from 9pm Friday.


It will mean that only citizens, residents or a direct family member will be allowed to enter Australia.


'Take A Cold Shower': Minister Slams Coronavirus Panic Shoppers


Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud has told those panic-shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic to "take a deep breath and a cold shower", before assuring Australians the country has food security.


'After further consultation with the national security committee this afternoon, tonight, we will be resolving to move to a position where a travel ban will be placed on all non-residents, non-Australian citizens coming to Australia, and that will be in place from pm tomorrow evening,' he said.


Morrison noted that a large number of coronavirus cases in Australia had come from overseas, and that there had been a 'significant' drop in international visitors since the previously-announced 14-day isolation period for people returning from overseas.


'It is about one-third of what it would normally be at this time of the year and we have seen reductions, even in the last few days, when we put in place the bans,' he said.


'We believe it is essential to take a further step.'


The federal government will also pour billions into Australian small business, in a desperate effort to stave off recession and spiking unemployment during the coronavirus crisis.


Morrison announced the huge rescue package on Thursday, just an hour after the Reserve Bank announced a slashing of interest rates to an unprecedented low of 0.25 percent.


Reserve Bank Makes Emergency Rate Cut In Coronavirus Rescue Plan


The official cash rate has been slashed to just 0.25 percent, as the Reserve Bank stages a bid to stimulate the economy amidst coronavirus recession fears.


'There will be impacts and we will be seeking also to cushion the impact along the journey,' Morrison said of the government's measures.


Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said 'extraordinary times require extraordinary measures' before announcing a financial assistance package of $15 billion 'to invest in residential mortgage-backed securities as together with other asset-backed securities'.


When asked about whether the government was talking to banks about not foreclosing on mortgages as homeowners battle economic downturn, Morrison replied 'that's exactly what we're working on'.


Frydenberg called on banks to 'be very generous towards their customers at this difficult time, because it is in the banks' interests, it is in the economy's interests, it's in Australia interests that the banks stand by their small business customers.'


'The Australian financial system remains strong but the measures announced by the Morrison Government today and the Reserve Bank, and the prudential regulator, will even enhance this strength further,' Frydenberg said.


More to come.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Good and Good.

 

[Hojuman]

Victoria;
150 + tests
7 in hosp. None in i.c.u.
28 recovered and gone home

We have one of the world's great public health systems guys. Not without it's faults but doing extremely well

 

[krakouers]

Stuff

www.newshub.co.nz

 

[Snake_Baker]

Stuff

www.newshub.co.nz

"non-residents".

Now there's a loaded term if I ever saw one.

 

[DesertRoo]

..............and a negative is a negative.

It IS a valuable statistic.

Negative tests means it’s not wide spread in the community..

If we were testing like the yanks, about 50% coming back as positive, I’d be freaking..

what are we coming back as .6% of tests?

 

[krakouers]

Probably should be in the Non-North Thread:

Brave new world: Masked Freo stars fly out

Fremantle’s players and coaching staff made it swiftly through the Virgin domestic terminal ahead of their 2pm charter flight to Melbourne to face Essendon at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.

thewest.com.au

Face masks, security prominent as Fremantle Dockers become first travelling team of coronavirus-affected 2020 season

Jordan McArdleThe West Australian
Thursday, 19 March 2020 1:25PM
Jordan McArdle

Fremantle confident ahead of round one
2:05 | 7NEWS


Face masks and security were prominent among the AFL’s first travelling team of the coronavirus-affected 2020 season arrived at Perth Airport this afternoon.
Fremantle’s players and coaching staff swiftly through the Virgin domestic terminal ahead of their 2pm charter flight to Melbourne to face Essendon at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.

Captain Nat Fyfe rocked the mask and sunnies combo as he arrived behind a few teammates.

Sean Darcy and Cam McCarthy combined their masks with pulled over hoodies to hide their faces completely.
Virgin staff made sure nobody got too close to the players and coaching staff, cordoning off their pathway.
A Dockers staffer was in lengthy discussions with a couple of plain-clothed security guards ahead of the players’ arrivals.

Pictures of Fremantle Dockers players arriving at Virgin departures at T1 in Perth. Photo Ross Swanborough. Credit: Ross Swanborough/The West Australian

Assistant coaches David Hale and Michael Prior were among the first to arrive in the car park meeting spot just after 1pm, with Brennan Cox and Luke Ryan the first players to come through.
The terminal was like a ghost town before the haze of purple, with the majority of self check-in counters empty, no lines to be seen and the usual airport buzz non-existent.
Virgin staff were constantly sanitising desks and computers in a bid to prevent any further spread of the virus.

Fremantle have taken every precaution possible in their lead up to their season opener.
Training has been happening behind closed doors at Optus Stadium, rather than their usual Cockburn headquarters which is open to the public, press conferences are being done via a video link and interviews over the phone rather than face-to-face.
Self-isolating measures have been that strict, even some players’ partners have been forced to stay away for the forseeable future.

 

[shintemaster]

Negative tests means it’s not wide spread in the community..

If we were testing like the yanks, about 50% coming back as positive, I’d be freaking..

what are we coming back as .6% of tests?

That seems a big assumption - we're not testing anyone with symptoms unless they came from overseas or are linked to a direct confirmed case. It is very reliant on the assumption that we know the confirmed cases.

 

[Supreme_Chancellor]

Hopefully the footy gates will be open, come finals time.

 

[shintemaster]

Hopefully the footy gates will be open by round 2

I'd love to be able to go but I can't see that happening. We don't appear to have gone hard enough early enough on this virus. Even if we can get our cases to flatline we still need it to go down before even thinking about changing current policies... otherwise we'll end up back where we started.

 

[Gasometer]

Reserve Bank Makes Emergency Rate Cut In Coronavirus Rescue Plan


10 daily Senior News Reporter


Thu Mar 19, 2020 14:30 pm


The official cash rate has been slashed to just 0.25 percent, as the Reserve Bank stages a bid to stimulate the economy amidst coronavirus recession fears.


The RBA cut the official cash rate in half on Thursday at an extraordinary meeting outside its usual decision on the first Tuesday of each month -- citing a need 'to support jobs, incomes and businesses.'


As financial markets worldwide are pummelled by the impact of the global coronavirus outbreak, the RBA slashed interest rates to just 0.25 percent -- another historic low, from the previously unprecedented 0.5.

Australia’s economy would be in serious trouble during a global recession, economists fear, but one says the focus should be on public health, not money.


The Reserve Bank's decision was made in hopes of stimulating the local economy, in a bid to stave off a possible recession. RBA governor Philip Lowe said the virus was having 'a very major impact on the economy and the financial system', causing 'major disruptions to economic activity across the world.'


'The primary response to the virus is to manage the health of the population, but other arms of policy, including monetary and fiscal policy, play an important role in reducing the economic and financial disruption resulting from the virus,' Lowe said in a statement.


'At some point, the virus will be contained and the Australian economy will recover. In the interim, a priority for the Reserve Bank is to support jobs, incomes and businesses, so that when the health crisis recedes, the country is well placed to recover strongly.'


Further details of the RBA's unprecedented measures will be revealed at a press conference at 4pm (eastern time).


Lowe also announced the RBA would set a new target for the yield on three-year government bonds 'of around 0.25 per cent', which would include the buyback of bonds currently in the market, starting Friday.


The RBA will ' provide a three-year funding facility' to banks and financial institutions, 'at a fixed rate of 0.25 per cent', of at least $90 billion. Extra funding will be available if banks increase borrowing to small and medium businesses.


Lowe said Australia's financial system was 'resilient and well placed to deal with the effects of the coronavirus', and said further measures could be 'drawn down' if needed.


'The Reserve Bank is working closely with the other financial regulators and the Australian Government to help ensure that Australia's financial markets continue to operate effectively and that credit is available to households and businesses,' he said.

Is it time to lock on a Fixed Rate?

 

[Gasometer]

Negative tests means it’s not wide spread in the community..

If we were testing like the yanks, about 50% coming back as positive, I’d be freaking..

what are we coming back as .6% of tests?

Should we be testing more?

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Should we be testing more?

We have to import the tests, so testing is being done on a rationalised basis. Not the most ideal situation, but we are largely self-sufficient outside the test production, which is done by Roche. Every country is after Roche test kits and production takes a little while.

Happy to be proven wrong if we started production of the test kits.

 

[outwecome2play]

There is talk of Tasmania not letting people from mainland to visit. Could make it interesting for our Tassie games.

 

[Pykie]

Interesting that no increase in cases in QLD today, possibly not reported yet.

 

[giantroo]

There is talk of Tasmania not letting people from mainland to visit. Could make it interesting for our Tassie games.

We aren't playing in Tassie according to Rhyce.

 

[SMaturin]

We ain’t playing in Tassie.

Take it to the bank.

 

[Heaps of fun]

We aren't playing in Tassie according to Rhyce.

Finally, some good news.

 

[tazaa]

When was it booked for taz?

Easter Saturday

A month too late
Of all the things to happen we cop a bloody pandemic