this is in relation to an article in the SMH where PM Scott Morrison is asking all state and territories to accept a new outlook that puts a priority on the economic recovery, Mr Merlino said the Victorian government wanted to take the state to a âCOVID-normalâ condition but emphasised the task for the Commonwealth in getting millions of people vaccinated.
âHow quickly we get to that point will be based in large part on how quickly the Commonwealthâs vaccine program is rolled out, building that important line of defence across frontline workers and vulnerable people in the community,â he said.
After the 15th WA will be open to all states.
As for the bickering, all McGowan is doing is not committing to anything too early. His wording probably isnât the best but you can tell from the complete statement that itâs a case of not committing to something too early (e.g. promising that COVID related border policy will cease from X date) and then getting criticism for backflipping if things donât work out later on).
Will be very interesting to see where this goes if we make it to 28 days at large as a country. The way both federal governments here and in NZ have reacted to potentially opening up so far fills me with pessimism, Iâm sure some excuse will exist on either side.
I thought Melbourne was out of lockdown ? Iâm sure it has been said here. So whatâs the point of protesting anti lockdown when you arenât in lock down .
There are three active cases in Victoria, made up of one locally acquired case, a decrease of three since yesterday, and two overseas acquired cases, unchanged since yesterday. seems like the Hotel Holiday inn Melbourne airport cluster is just down to person now
âŚconcession the October target was out of reach due to delays in the rollout, Health secretary Brendan Murphy played down the significance of the October target, which government ministers had still been touting as the end of the rollout as recently as Wednesday.
The government had originally said 4 million doses of the vaccine would be administered by the end of MarchâŚ
Prof Murphy said it was âimpossible to predictâ when the 4 million figure would be reachedâŚ
When the government has (gutlessly sent a public servant to put out the bad news) basically admitted they wonât get it done, even they (finally) realise thereâs no chance.
It was a very optimistic timeframe from the start; there was always going to be a ramp-up, I just hope the ramp up goes well.
