![]() “While we welcome construction opening back up to 25% today, these members won’t be going back to work and along with their families will be in quarantine for 2 weeks with the added stress of so many family members being very sick and some hospitalised. The (sic) have caused enormous stress and heartache for members families’ who were just doing their job on the day of the protest. “These protesters are just selfish idiots with absolutely no care for anyone other than themselves. The union said the virus has spread to "family members including, elderly parents, wives, brothers, and sisters as well as dozens of young children including two babies."- Eden Gillespie October 5, 2021 #BREAKING: The CFMEU says confirmed COVID-19 cases from the protest at its head office have grown to seven. “The tragedy is that due to the actions of these reckless and selfish protesters, many of these members families who have been infected are very sick with the delta virus,” the statement reads. The virus has spread to “family members including, elderly parents, wives, brothers, and sisters as well as dozens of young children including two babies”, union boss John Setka said in a statement. The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases linked to the violent protest at Melbourne’s Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) headquarters last month has now grown to seven, the union has confirmed. Seven cases linked to violent CFMEU protests Of the 36 infected prisoners, 16 are at the Melbourne Assessment Prison, 11 are at the Metropolitan Remand Centre, five are at the Ravenhall Correctional Centre, three are at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre and one is at Port Phillip Prison.Īs for the infected staff, five are at the Metropolitan Remand Centre, five at Ravenhall Correctional Centre, two at Port Phillip Prison, and one each at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Maribyrnong Community Residential Facility and Barwon Prison. “These workers will need to be fully vaccinated by January 1 next year.”ĥ1 active cases in Victorian prison systemĬovid-19 has made its way into six prisons across the Victorian network, with at least 51 active cases among both inmates and staff.Īs of Monday, 36 prisoners and 15 staff members have tested positive to the virus, according to Corrections Victoria.Īll in-person personal visits to prisons across the state have been suspended, and prisoner movement at the Ravenhall Correctional Centre, Port Phillip Prison and Dame Phyllis Frost Centre has been restricted while contact tracing is underway.Īs of today, this is the Covid-19 situation in Victoria's prison system. “That means to work, they will be required to have received their first Covid-19 vaccine by December 1,” he said. He said the rule extended to any visitors to mines or oil and petroleum operations. Mr McGowan said this also applied to anyone working in “remote operations” or running critical infrastructure including remote train and port control. WA Premier Mark McGowan on Tuesday announced the sweeping mandate for the industry, which applies to fly-in fly-out workers and other staff in mining, exploration, oil and gas and resources sites. ![]() Tens of thousands of workers in Western Australia’s resources sector will need to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the start of next year. And we can now protect ourselves and those we love - we can get vaccinated.” ![]() “You don’t have to be on a ventilator to have your life turned upside down for months, or maybe even years,” he said. ![]() ![]() He called on Victorians to keep coming forward and getting the jab. I had such debilitating fatigue that I sometimes couldn’t even get out of bed.” “Months after my diagnosis I still couldn’t walk around the block without getting light-headed, needing to lie down, struggling to breathe. “Long-Covid is ’s not a place you want to be,” he said, describing his own health as “still nowhere near normal”. While Mr Smith’s symptoms were mild enough that he avoided hospital - able to quarantine at his family home instead - the former Caulfield Grammar student is grappling with the long-term effects more than 18 months on. Covid victim Will Smith speaks during a Covid press conference in Melbourne. ![]()
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