There are 47 cases at Bertocchi Smallgoods in Thomastown, eight infections at Diamond Valley Pork in Laverton and six cases at Don KR Castlemaine. The school also advised the contacts would await further details from the Department of Health and Human Services. There is another major outbreak at an abattoir in Victoria’s southwest where 47 cases have been recorded at Colac’s Australian Lamb Company. The anxiety level is extreme.”, JBS Australia’s facility in Brooklyn has recorded 71 virus cases. “They should stay 1.5 metres apart from all individuals at all times, and now masks are mandatory, so they should be wearing masks.”, Melburnians don face masks as the virus spread intensifies. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Picture: Ian Currie/NCA NewsWireSource:News Corp Australia. The Block 2020 recap: Upstairs bedroom and bathroom reveals. There were 260 Victorians in hospital and 45 in intensive care, Premier Daniel Andrews said on Tuesday morning. “Over 50 secondary schools closed, one school has even shut three times and another was told to reopen today but overnight told contact tracing hasn‘t yet happened. The Victorian Government is working to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem under the state’s bold new cancer plan. Join the conversation, you are commenting as, news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site, How woman discovered her husband was a secret paedophile, Man reveals his shame over 41-year-long sex secret. Victoria’s chief health officer Professor Brett Sutton said the outbreak numbers in Melbourne aged-care facilities were “volatile” as three of the outbreaks near 100 cases. Basil's Homes for the Aged in Victoria, Premier Daniel Andrews is pleading with Victorians to get tested and remain at home in a bid to flatten the curve. “This is a new level of anxiety that had not been anticipated,” she told 3AW. Four of the six deaths were connected to private sector aged care. Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos quits, lashing out at Daniel Andrews September 26, 2020 12.28am EDT • Updated September 26, 2020 2.14am EDT Michelle Grattan , University of Canberra “We are aware of links and its because some of them are family members who work in both of those settings and so that’s the linkage,” he said. Minister for the Coordination of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Jenny Mikakos MP was elected to the Legislative Council in 1999. Prof Sutton has confirmed links between infections at abattoirs and small goods factories as coronavirus spreads across the state’s meat industry. In his long-awaited appearance at the hotel quarantine inquiry, Victorian premier Daniel Andrews said he regarded his health minister, Jenny Mikakos, as “accountable for the program”. Victoria’s Health Minister Jenny Mikakos choked up during today’s live coronavirus press conference while discussing more virus deaths. A NOTE ABOUT RELEVANT ADVERTISING: We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. “(St Basil’s) is close to many members of the Greek community and I know they have been distressed to see the rising toll of deaths at that facility. Jenny Mikakos (born 25 January 1969) is an Australian politician for the Labor Party. It is very important given the fragility and underlying health issues of those vulnerable residents.”. Don't have an account? Picture: Ian Currie/NCA NewsWireSource:News Corp Australia. Nationwide News Pty Limited Copyright © 2020. “It would otherwise be detention,” he said. In a desperate bid to manage volatile outbreaks in aged-care facilities, elective surgery will be stopped, except for category one and urgent category two. Improving Cancer Outcomes For All Victorians. Visibly upset, Ms Mikakos took a long pause while expressing her condolences to family members whose loved ones had died at St Basil’s home in Fawkner. Victoria Jenny Mikakos has resigned effective immediately as Victoria's health minister and from the state government after Premier Daniel Andrews gave statements to … Six more people died overnight – two in their 90s, three in their 80s and one in their 70s. Victoria's Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton described cases in aged-care facilities as “volatile”. Epping Secondary College notified staff and families on Monday night that three students had tested positive for coronavirus since the start of term three and “all relevant” students and parents had been contacted. When questioned by reporters, Prof Sutton said individuals in quarantine and with a garden should be using the yard for exercise, but if they did not have a yard, it was “their right” to go out. Two more students have become infected with coronavirus at a secondary school in Melbourne’s north.