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Summary

  • The death toll in Australia is now 74, after two more deaths in NSW were confirmed on Wednesday morning
  • Around the world, the number of cases has passed 2.5 million with more than 177,000 deaths
  • The senior doctor on board the Ruby Princess cruise ship has told an inquiry she was surprised 2700 passengers were allowed to disembark in Sydney last month.
  • US coronavirus deaths now exceed 45,000. President Donald Trump has announced a 60-day pause on immigrants applying for permanent residency
  • The ASX dropped 2 per cent before a late-morning recovery after Wall Street tumbled for a second straight day

Latest updates

10.00pm on Apr 22, 2020

We’re wrapping up the blog for the night

By Sarah Keoghan

Thanks for joining us. We’re wrapping up the blog for the night.

Here’s what you may have missed today:

  • The final health report lodged by the Ruby Princess before passengers were allowed to disembark was out-of-date and did not include all passengers who had symptoms consistent with COVID-19
  • A Hunter Valley private school expects 900 students back on campus from the first day of term two after more than 80 per cent of its parents voted to stop remote learning and send their children back to class instead

9.45pm on Apr 22, 2020

NRL planning to send spies to clubs as Bennett cancels sessions

By Michael Chammas

South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett has cancelled planned training sessions for next week as the NRL considers sending independent spies into clubs to ensure biosecurity protocols are being followed.

With speculation rife that several clubs were planning secret sessions next week, and that some teams may have already breached government rules, the NRL emphasised the severity of punishments that would be applied during a phone hook-up with clubs on Wednesday afternoon.

Wayne Bennett at South Sydney training before the season was suspended.

Wayne Bennett at South Sydney training before the season was suspended.Credit:Getty Images

The NRL threatened to dock competition points and hand down heavy fines for those clubs in breach of the rules.

It comes as ARLC chairman Peter V’landys met with Channel Nine chief executive Hugh Marks at the network’s Willoughby offices on Wednesday morning to continue discussions around a potential three-year broadcast rights extension with the current partners.

Read more here. 

9.31pm on Apr 22, 2020

Tigerair to remain an essential part of Virgin Australia’s future, staff told

By Bianca Hall and Benjamin Preiss

Virgin Australia has told staff its subsidiary Tigerair will remain an essential part of its low-fares offering after the troubled company emerges from voluntary administration.

Staff dialling into a briefing on Tuesday have also been told Virgin’s administrators are “not contemplating redundancies at this point”, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have confirmed.

Tigerair: prepare for not taking off.

Tigerair: prepare for not taking off.Credit:James Morgan

Tigerair staff had been facing a nervous wait for news after Virgin Australia called in administrators on Monday night.

In March, Virgin Australia announced it would make all pilots at its budget wing redundant after flights were grounded by the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, there have been questions about the future of Tigerair.

Despite the assurances, Flight Attendants’ Association of Australia industrial relations manager Stephen Reed said Tigerair staff remained nervous about the company’s future.

Read more here. 

9.15pm on Apr 22, 2020

Back in the game: Grassroots rugby league in NSW poised for July return

By Adam Pengilly

Each child will have just one parent or guardian at matches and recent overseas travellers will be banned from playing under a draft set of biosecurity measures that aim to get grassroots rugby league up and running in NSW by July.

NSW Rugby League wants its community competitions across the state to resume in winter, easing fears more than 100,000 players would be forced to miss an entire season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

NSWRL chief executive David Trodden announced on Wednesday plans for shortened junior and bush seasons to begin on July 18, the end of school holidays before term three.

A draft set of biosecurity protocols, set to be finalised in June, will limit the amount of people at matches with children and schedule further time between games.

Read more here. 

8.58pm on Apr 22, 2020

Elderly allowed out in Serbia after strict lockdown

Belgrade: Serbia’s elderly have ventured outside for the first time in more than a month as authorities eased some of the strict measures that have been in place against the new coronavirus.

The government now allows people over 65 years old to go out for a walk three times a week during a daily curfew when the rest of the population must stay indoors. Authorities say they want to keep the vulnerable elderly residents safe.

An elderly woman wearing a mask against the spread of the new coronavirus walks during a curfew in downtown Belgrade, Serbia.

An elderly woman wearing a mask against the spread of the new coronavirus walks during a curfew in downtown Belgrade, Serbia.Credit:AP

Serbia has introduced some of the toughest rules in Europe as part of efforts to curb the spread of the virus. People over 65 were only allowed to go shopping for groceries once a week and very early in the morning.

Most people who ventured out on Tuesday evening, local time, were wearing face masks and some couples were holding hands. One man said he was out for the first time in 35 days.

The country has reported 6890 cases of new coronavirus infection, while 130 people have died.

AP

8.42pm on Apr 22, 2020

NSW schools secure a year’s supply of hand sanitiser and 10,000 thermometers

By Alexandra Smith and Jordan Baker

The state’s 2200 public schools will have access to enough soap and hand sanitiser to last 12 months when they start returning to classrooms next month.

The Herald also understands 10,000 thermometers will be available to allow teachers to do temperature checks.

Private school expects 900 students on Tuesday after parents rejected remote learning

Private school expects 900 students on Tuesday after parents rejected remote learning Credit:Michele Mossop

Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s push to have all students back at school full-time by term three includes a significant roll-out of key products to ensure schools can meet strict health requirements.

Forehead thermometers will be handed out to schools as part of the staggered return to classrooms as NSW continues to deal with the COVID-19 crisis and teachers will have priority for testing.

Read more here. 

8.25pm on Apr 22, 2020

‘Tough decisions’: Old and sick patients may be last in line for elective surgery

By Dana McCauley

Surgeons are preparing to make “tough decisions” about which patients will be able to have their elective surgery – including cataract removal, hip and knee replacements – when the ban on many non-essential procedures lifts next week.

Patients with multiple chronic health conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, including some elderly patients, may have to keep waiting for procedures that could put them at risk of complications, as doctors draw up guidelines to prioritise “low-risk, high value care”.

Not everyone waiting for elective surgery will be able to get it when the ban lifts next week.

Not everyone waiting for elective surgery will be able to get it when the ban lifts next week. Credit:iStock

Royal Australian College of Surgeons President Tony Sparnon said surgeons would have to weigh up multiple factors in deciding which patients to book in for surgery in the coming weeks, including how much pain they were in and the likelihood of requiring a stay in intensive care.

“This is where the surgeons and clinicians will have to make some tough decisions,” he said.

Read more here. 

8.05pm on Apr 22, 2020

Ruby Princess health log updated after passengers disembarked

By Lucy Cormack, Alexandra Smith and Carrie Fellner

The final health report lodged by the Ruby Princess before passengers were allowed to disembark was out-of-date and did not include all passengers who had symptoms consistent with COVID-19.

As a special commission of inquiry into the cruise ship began on Wednesday, the hearing was told the senior doctor on board did not finalise the illness log until the day after passengers disembarked.

The Ruby Princess and (inset) senior doctor Dr Ilse Von Watzdorf.

The Ruby Princess and (inset) senior doctor Dr Ilse Von Watzdorf.Credit:Kate Geraghty, supplied

Bret Walker SC, is the commissioner overseeing the inquiry into the Ruby Princess debacle, which has seen more than 650 cases of COVID-19 in passengers and 21 deaths. There have also been more than 150 coronavirus cases diagnosed in the ship’s crew.

The commission heard the last “human health report” provided to Australian authorities on March 18 was incomplete and did not include all passengers and crew who had acute respiratory or influenza-like symptoms.

Read more here. 

7.47pm on Apr 22, 2020

Hospital apologises over death of cancer patient in COVID-19 isolation

By Aisha Dow

The family of a Victorian cancer patient who died in an isolation ward while awaiting a coronavirus test say they feel “some measure of satisfaction” after receiving an apology from Frankston Hospital.

Mother-of-two Gill Rayson who had terminal lung cancer was refused a transfer to palliative care in her final hours in late March. Her children were allowed just five minutes to say their goodbyes and Mrs Rayson’s mother was banned from visiting her while she was in isolation.

Gill Rayson at Point Leo Estate in April last year, before she left for a round-the-world trip with her husband Mark.

Gill Rayson at Point Leo Estate in April last year, before she left for a round-the-world trip with her husband Mark.

Frankston Hospital told Mrs Rayson’s family that the case had since been reviewed by senior doctors and that the hospital would make changes to the way such patients were treated in future.

“Gill would like to know that someone benefited from our traumatic experience, because that’s the sort of person she was,” said her husband, Mark Rayson.

Read more here. 

7.29pm on Apr 22, 2020

Federal government will let states outbid each other to help Virgin

By David Crowe

The Morrison government will not intervene in state bidding wars to rescue Virgin Australia as the troubled airline fields bids from investors and governments to help it recover from a financial collapse.

The federal government has rejected the airline’s pleas for cash and will wait for bidders to emerge over the next three weeks before any decision on further support.

In a briefing with company chiefs, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg restated the government’s commitment to having two airlines but made it clear the government was not interested in “bailing out” Virgin shareholders with deep pockets.

The Morrison government is letting states outbid each other to help Virgin Australia.

The Morrison government is letting states outbid each other to help Virgin Australia.Credit:Wolter Peeters

Government MPs are being targeted in a union campaign to demand a federal investment in Virgin, with ACTU emails blaming the Liberals and Nationals for putting the airline’s 16,000 workers at risk.

The mass mail-out from ACTU president Michele O’Neil said the airline’s collapse is a “do or die” moment for the Morrison government, but MPs are backing the government’s response so far.

Read more here. 

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