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Post by SharksFan99 on Aug 2, 2020 21:00:00 GMT 10
2nd August 2020:
* Victoria has recorded a further 671 new cases of COVID-19 within the past 24 hours and 7 additional deaths, bringing the state total to 123.
* Metropolitan Melbourne has now entered Stage 4 restrictions. They will be in place until September 13.
* A "state of disaster" was declared at 6pm tonight and will be in effect until September 2.
* People within Metropolitan Melbourne can only travel to shop and exercise within a 5km radius, and they are only allowed up to an hour of exercise.
* Only one person can leave a household to do the grocery shopping.
* A curfew is now in affect for Metropolitan Melbourne between 8pm - 5am.
* All school students across the state will return to remote learning from this Wednesday, including those who are in Year 11 and Year 12.
* Regional Victoria has now entered Stage 3 restrictions.
Elsewhere around the world:
* There are now 17.9 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide. 685,000 people have lost their lives to the disease.
* Mexico now has the third-highest death count in the world, with the country now having reported 46,688 deaths.
* The United States has now reported up to 4.71 million confirmed cases of the disease over the duration of the pandemic. 157,000 Americans have died.
* New cases of COVID-19 have doubled in Belgium.
* The WHO has warned that the duration of the coronavirus pandemic is likely to be "lengthy".
* Brazil has recorded an additional 45,392 cases over the past 24 hours alone. The South American country now has more than 2.7 million confirmed cases.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 3, 2020 18:44:32 GMT 10
Victoria has recorded 429 new cases and another thirteen deaths. Our national death toll has now reached 221. Now that Melbourne's gone into 'Stage 4' lockdown, most non-essential businesses will have to close for at least the next six weeks. In retail, the only places that will be allowed to stay open are news agencies, post offices, chemists, banks, petrol stations, bottle shops and supermarkets/grocery stores. The places that will have to close include hairdressers, car sales, footwear/clothing stores, food courts, department stores and electrical retailers.
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Post by EyewitnessTV on Aug 4, 2020 15:49:31 GMT 10
Victoria has recorded 429 new cases and another thirteen deaths. Our national death toll has now reached 221. Now that Melbourne's gone into 'Stage 4' lockdown, most non-essential businesses will have to close for at least the next six weeks. In retail, the only places that will be allowed to stay open are news agencies, post offices, chemists, banks, petrol stations, bottle shops and supermarkets/grocery stores. The places that will have to close include hairdressers, car sales, footwear/clothing stores, food courts, department stores and electrical retailers. Now, it will be interesting to see if the lockdown has any major effect or whether it’s too little too late. Could be heading for a ‘stage 5’ otherwise. NSW should be thinking about similar. Also, extremely happy that our Premier has decided to keep our borders firmly shut until at least August 31st. Hopefully WA are able to keep theirs shut also.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 4, 2020 22:02:11 GMT 10
The panic-buying has started again! I really wish people would have some common sense. The supermarkets aren't closing so there's no need to be stockpiling. Personally, I think all non-essential businesses should have been shut down months ago, because keeping them open is giving people an excuse to leave the house when they should be staying at home. We've had another 439 new cases today and 11 deaths. A Melbourne police officer is in hospital after being attacked by a woman refusing to wear a face mask. Another thing I've heard is that our Defense Force have conducted more than 3000 doorknocks of people who should be isolating at home and, in more than 800 of those homes, the person who should have been isolating wasn't there. Why can't people just do as they've been asked and stay at home?!
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Post by John Titor on Aug 5, 2020 8:05:36 GMT 10
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Post by karlpalaka on Aug 5, 2020 10:31:59 GMT 10
 Please tell me this image was taken before the pandemic.
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Post by John Titor on Aug 5, 2020 10:37:34 GMT 10
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Post by karlpalaka on Aug 5, 2020 12:02:36 GMT 10
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Post by rainbow on Aug 5, 2020 12:23:08 GMT 10
It was literally taken in August 2020 lol
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 5, 2020 14:16:50 GMT 10
Our national death toll's gone up to 247.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 5, 2020 16:36:57 GMT 10
725 new cases!
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Post by EyewitnessTV on Aug 5, 2020 17:10:02 GMT 10
God help Victoria (and the country as a whole I guess) if this lockdown doesn’t work. The panic-buying has started again! I really wish people would have some common sense. The supermarkets aren't closing so there's no need to be stockpiling. Personally, I think all non-essential businesses should have been shut down months ago, because keeping them open is giving people an excuse to leave the house when they should be staying at home. We've had another 439 new cases today and 11 deaths. A Melbourne police officer is in hospital after being attacked by a woman refusing to wear a face mask. Another thing I've heard is that our Defense Force have conducted more than 3000 doorknocks of people who should be isolating at home and, in more than 800 of those homes, the person who should have been isolating wasn't there. Why can't people just do as they've been asked and stay at home?! Sections of the media don’t help matters in regards to the panic-buying though. Some are basically encouraging people to stockpile and have been doing so since the pandemic began. It’s unbelievable to hear there’s still so many Victorians not adhering to these restrictions. I’m not sure what it will take to get the message through to these selfish dickheads. Just think, if they did as they were told to begin you guys might not be in this position you find yourselves in. This is so fricking frustrating to say the least.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 5, 2020 22:18:45 GMT 10
Exactly! If we all just do as we've been told, things might start looking a bit better. Put a mask on when you're outdoors! It's not too much to ask! From tomorrow night, all non-essential businesses will have to close for at least the next six weeks. That includes hairdressers, food courts, department stores, car sales, electrical retailers and footwear/clothing stores. Personally, I think these businesses should have closed down earlier. Keeping them open just encourages people to go out when they should be staying at home. The only businesses that can stay open are supermarkets/butchers/grocery stores, banks, chemists, petrol stations, news agencies, bottle shops and post offices. Over the past 24 hours, Victoria recorded another 15 deaths (10 of which are linked to aged care facilities) and 725 new cases.
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Post by sman12 on Aug 5, 2020 23:18:57 GMT 10
Holy shit, what school is this?! This is disastrous. 
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Post by karlpalaka on Aug 6, 2020 10:09:40 GMT 10
Holy shit, what school is this?! This is disastrous. I think it must be some high school in Georgia.
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