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Australia Covid news live update: national cabinet to consider rapid test subsidies; fury over Novak Djokovic exemption

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21:28

Everyone is talking about Djokovic this morning, and the mood is well …

Matt Walsh
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Whoever knocks Djokovic out of the #AusOpen may never need to buy a beer In Australia ever again.


January 4, 2022

Saffron Howden
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The whole of Australia spent the day standing in queues in the summer heat, scouring the shops for rapid antigen tests that got more expensive as the day progressed, with no political leadership in sight.

The collective anger of a nation is now directed at Novak Djokovic.


January 4, 2022

Chaser Interns
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Novak Djokovic awarded medical exemption to come to Australia unvaccinated after he contracted a serious case of being rich


January 4, 2022








21:19

‘I can almost guarantee it will be a super-spreading event’, expert says of fourth Ashes Test

As the fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England in Sydney gets under way today, some are concerned about the risk of Covid spread.

It has the potential to become a super-spreader Covid event without stricter public health measures in place, a leading epidemiologist has warned.

Adrian Esterman, a professor at the University of South Australia and a former principal epidemiologist for that state, says the match could become a super-spreader Covid event without stricter public health measures in place:

It’s a recipe for disaster unless they have really good public health measures in place. I can almost guarantee it will be a super-spreading event.

The Sydney Cricket Ground Trust on its website “strongly recommended” spectators wear a face mask when entering, navigating and exiting the ground.

With seating for 48,000 fans, the Test was likely to draw 30,000 to 35,000 spectators on day one, “a tick under 30,000” on the second day, and more than 30,000 for Jane McGrath Day on Friday, the spokesperson said.

But Esterman said few spectators at the MCG Test match were wearing face masks. Along with New Year’s Eve gatherings, the Test – which drew 140,671 fans over three days – would have fuelled some of the surge in Victorian cases, he said:

If you were in charge of public health for a state and you knew that you’re getting massive number of cases, the hospital systems creaking round its ears, would you actually have a mass sporting event without strict crowd numbers and face masks mandates and and things like that?

No, you wouldn’t – it’s crazy.

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21:15

From AAP:

Extreme demand for ambulances in Melbourne has prompted a “code red” from the service.

For three hours between midnight and 3am on Wednesday the service advised there would likely be a delay in ambulances arriving because of an extremely high demand in the metropolitan region. Ambulance Victoria said:

Our priority is to provide care to Victorians who require life-saving assistance.

It reminded people to call NURSE ON CALL on 1300 60 60 24 or visit their local GP if their case was not an emergency.

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21:11

There has been a lot of reaction to the news Novak Djokovic has received a medical exemption to enter Australia for the Australian Open.

Freelancer Ben Rothenberg asks a good question (and one I am sure will be repeated) here:

Ben Rothenberg
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Though we now know that Djokovic plans to play the #AusOpen, there will still be considerable speculation about the legitimacy of his exemption.

What “acute major medical condition,” as listed here by Australian authorities, could a healthy #1-ranked athlete have? pic.twitter.com/Qe12SWTMJo


January 4, 2022

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21:08

Yesterday nearly 300 childcare centres around NSW were closed because staff are unwell with Covid, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Elizabeth Death, the chief executive of the Early Learning and Care Council of Australia, said:

Early Learning and Care was experiencing a workforce shortage before the COVID-19 pandemic. We are now in a workforce shortage crisis.

Currently, there are 303 services closed in NSW, 30 in Victoria, 29 in South Australia, 22 in Queensland, three in the ACT and one in NT. Of these closures, 298 are due to health emergency.

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21:04

Good morning

Good morning from Guardian Australia. This Cait Kelly – I’ll be taking you through the day’s news.

A few other big things around this morning:

The queues for Covid tests are getting long again and the search for rapid antigen tests continues.

National cabinet is meeting today and Scott Morrison reportedly has a proposal to provide cash payments for low-income earners, welfare recipients and pensioners to buy some RATs – assuming you can get your hands on one.

Supply and distribution of that hot commodity is top of the meeting agenda, but state and territory leaders will also discuss a definition of a Covid hospital admission.

There are plenty of questions this morning too about how Novak Djokovic managed to get an exemption to play in the Australian Open.

The World No 1, who won’t reveal his vaccination status, posted last night that he was on his way to Melbourne for the grand slam after getting an exemption. We will have all the reaction to that announcement this morning.

And with that – let’s get into it!

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