COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
 | This article documents a current pandemic. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses, and initial news reports may be unreliable. The latest updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (March 2020) |
| 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Australia | |
|---|---|
 Confirmed cases per million residents by state or territory | |
.svg) Confirmed cases of COVID-19 by state or territory
500+ confirmed cases
50–499 confirmed cases
5–49 confirmed cases
1–4 confirmed cases | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Australia |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
| Index case | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Arrival date | 25 January 2020 (4 years, 9 months, 1 week and 2 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 6,103[a] |
| Recovered | 2,987[1][b] |
Deaths | 51 |
| Government website | |
| Health.gov.au | |
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached Australia in January 2020. As of 6 April 2020, 5800 cases had been reported in Australia, with the highest number of cases being in New South Wales, with 2637.
The first case to be recorded in Australia was on 25 January 2020 in Victoria, when a man returning from Wuhan, China, was tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
The total number of new cases initially grew exponentially, levelled out at about 360 per day around 22 March, and started falling at the beginning of April.[2]
Background
On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, who had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019.[3][4]
Unlike SARS of 2003, the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 [5][6] has been much lower, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.[7][5]
Timeline
January 2020
On 23 January, biosecurity officials began screening arrivals on the three weekly flights to Sydney from Wuhan. Passengers were given an information sheet and asked to present themselves if they had a fever or suspect they might have the disease.[12]
On 25 January, the first case of a SARS-CoV-2 infection was reported, that of a Chinese citizen who arrived from Guangzhou on 19 January. The patient received treatment in Melbourne.[13][14] On the same day, three other patients tested positive in Sydney after returning from Wuhan.[15][16][17]
On 27 January, a fifth case in Australia (fourth in NSW) was reported. It was a 21-year-old patient who returned from Wuhan and underwent treatment at Westmead Hospital in Sydney.[18][19]
On 29 January, two more cases were reported: a 60-year-old resident being the second case in Victoria,[20] and Queensland had the first case with a 44-year-old Chinese national from Wuhan.[21]
On 30 January, two more Chinese nationals tested positive: one in Victoria[22] and one in Queensland.[23]
On 31 January, the government announced that foreign nationals returning from China were required to spend a fortnight in a third country before being allowed into Australia.[24]
February 2020
On 1 February, the 10th case in Australia was reported: a woman in her 20s in Victoria who returned from Wuhan.[25]
On 2 February, two cases were reported in South Australia: a 60-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman who had returned from Wuhan on 20 January.[26]
By 6 February, the number of cases had risen to 15 with three more cases in Queensland: comprising a group of three returning from a tour group in Wuhan.[27]
In the rest of February, there were eleven more cases. Of the 24 Australians infected on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, eight were sent to Darwin for two weeks of quarantine.[28] The number repatriated from the ship are included in the state totals as follows: Qld (3), SA (1), Vic (4), WA (2, one of whom died on 1 March).[29]
On 27 February, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that the country was activating the Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19),[30] stating that the rapid spread of the virus outside of China had prompted the government to elevate its response.[31]
On 28 February, Queensland reported a new case: a 63-year-old woman who had returned from Iran three days earlier.[32]
On 29 February, after the case in Queensland, the government extended the enforced quarantine to people returning from Iran, requiring them to spend a fortnight in a third country before being allowed into Australia.[33]
March 2020
Week 1
On 1 March, Australia reported the first death from COVID-19: a 78-year-old Perth man, who was one of the passengers from the Diamond Princess, and who had been evacuated and was being treated in Western Australia.[34]
On 2 March, four new cases were reported, two of which were the first cases of community transmission of the virus.[35] These two cases were acquired in Australia whereas all other previous cases were imported from another country. The two cases were in NSW: one was acquired from a close relative and the other was a health care worker in Western Sydney.[36] Another confirmed case on this day was a 40-year-old man from Launceston who came back on 29 February from a flight which left Melbourne and landed in Launceston on the same day. He was treated at the Launceston General Hospital as he became the first Coronavirus case in Tasmania.[37]
On 4 March, a second death was reported, a 95-year-old female dying at a Sydney aged-care facility.[38]
By 5 March, NSW Health announced three new cases, bringing the state total to 25 and the national total to 57.
On 7 March, Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos confirmed during a press conference that a doctor in Victoria had tested positive for COVID-19. The doctor in his 70s had returned to Australia from the United States on 29 February. From 2 to 6 March, the doctor had consulted approximately 70 patients at The Toorak Clinic in Melbourne and two patients at an aged-care facility. The clinic was closed over the weekend and patients were contacted to self-isolate. Health officials sought to notify passengers on the doctor's flights. The doctor believed he only had a mild cold and was fit to return to work,[39] hitting back at the minister for her comments.[40][41]
A male Hobart resident in his 20s returned from Nepal via Singapore on 26 February and experienced cold-like symptoms the following day. On 6 March he was asked to self-isolate by authorities whilst awaiting his test results. He ignored this advice and attended his casual work shift on 7 March at the Hotel Grand Chancellor. Shortly after, his results returned positive for the virus.[42]
Week 2
On 8 March, an 82-year-old man died becoming the second death at the Dorothy Henderson Lodge aged-care facility and the third death in the country.[43]
On 9 March, the principal of Carey Baptist Grammar confirmed that one of the teachers at their Kew campus was infected with the virus. This teacher, a woman in her 50s, was confirmed to be the partner of an individual who was on the same flight from the US that the GP of Toorak Clinic was on.[44][45]
On 11 March, the head of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), David Walsh, cancelled the Dark Mofo winter arts festival. In a statement, David Walsh stated "I know that [the cancellation] will murder an already massacred tourism environment, but I feel like I have no choice," he feels that "if we ran Dark and nobody came, I’d lose $5 million or more because I would have to cover the absent ticket revenue."[46] In a statement on the cancellation the chief executive of Tourism Industry Council Tasmania said that "Dark Mofo is our largest drawcard over the winter months and has a big positive impact on visitation across Tasmania in June. [The cancellation] is going to severely impact our visitor economy over the depth of winter." and that they "will work with MONA and our tourism and event stakeholders, as well as the Hobart City Council, to identify opportunities to attract local and domestic visitors during this upcoming winter season,".[47]
On 12 March, the ACT announced its first case, the 142nd case in Australia. A man in his 30s had not travelled overseas but did travel outside of the ACT.[48] Actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson advised that they had tested positive and were in isolation.[49][50]
Later that day, a $17.6 billion stimulus package was unveiled by the Prime Minister to "protect Australians' health, secure jobs and set the economy to bounce back"[51] from the crisis. West Australian health minister Roger Cook has informed the public that the Western Australian Department of health is postponing upgrades at Peel Health Campus to accommodate patients with the virus. There were concerns that the upgrade would temporarily halve the ED waiting room capacity, preventing isolation of ED patients from patients with the virus. The upgrade has been postponed to 1 October 2020.[52]
Victoria confirmed nine new cases, one of which was the first case of human-to-human transmission in the state. A McLaren Formula One team member tested positive for the virus.[53] This brought the Victorian total to 36 and the national total to 175. Peter Dutton the Home Affairs Minister for Australia was diagnosed in Queensland.[54] The Victorian government declared they are suspending all jury trials to limit the spread of the virus.[55]
Week 3
On 15 March, two deaths were reported in NSW.[56][57][58]
The University of Queensland stopped all teaching for the week after three students tested positive for the virus.[59] Western Australia introduced similar measures as New South Wales, preventing schools from organising gatherings of over 500.[60] Susan McDonald, a Queensland senator, confirmed being infected with the virus.[61] NSW Liberal senator, Andrew Bragg, was the third Australian politician to test positive.
On 18 March 2020,[62] a human biosecurity emergency was declared[63] by the Governor-General, David Hurley, under Section 475 of the Biosecurity Act 2015.[62] See Preventive measures (below) for more detail.
The cruise ship Ovation of the Seas docked in Sydney on 18 March and discharged about 3,500 passengers. 79 passengers had tested positively for the virus by 1 April.[64] Voyager of the Seas also docked on 18 March. On 2 April 34 passengers and 5 crew members had tested positively for the virus in New South Wales alone.[65] Celebrity Solstice docked on 19 March. On 2 April 11 cases had tested positively for the virus in New South Wales alone.[65]
The cruise ship Ruby Princess discharged 2,700 passengers in Sydney on 19 March 2020. It was announced on 20 March 2020 that three of 13 passengers tested positive for the coronavirus. New South Wales health authorities asked all passengers to go into self-isolation.[66]
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Also on 19 March 2020, Qantas confirmed it would suspend about 60% of domestic flights,[67] put two thirds of its employees on leave, suspend all international flights and ground more than 150 of its aircraft from the end of March until at least 31 May 2020 following expanded government travel restrictions in response to COVID-19.[68][69]
Week 4
On 24 March one passenger from Ruby Princess had died and 133 on the ship had tested positive.[70] On 28 March 284 passengers had tested positive.[71]
On 25 March the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) was established by the Prime Minister, as a strategic advisory body for the national response to the pandemic.[72][73] The NCCC's role includes providing advice on public-private partnerships and coordination to mitigate the social and economic impacts of the pandemic.[74][75]
Week 5
On 30 March Tasmania and the ACT each recorded their first deaths, both women in their 80s.[76]
There was a reduction of new infections in the end of March, from around 360 per day for the period of 23 March to 27 March, then down to 190 in 28 March and 100 on 29 March). However, there was a sudden increase in deaths near the end of March.[2]
The cruise ship Artania docked at Fremantle on 27 March. Most of the 850 passengers flew home from Perth to Germany on 28–29 March. 41 passengers and crew tested positive to COVID-19 and are being treated in Perth hospitals.[77][78] These are not being counted in the case statistics for Australia.
As of 30 March, at least 440 passengers (211 in New South Wales, 71 in South Australia, 70 in Queensland, 43 in Western Australia, 22 in the Australian Capital Territory, 18 in Victoria, three in Tasmania and two in the Northern Territory) from Ruby Princess had tested positive for the virus.[79] As of 31 March 2020, five of them had died, one in the Australian Capital Territory, two in Tasmania, one in New South Wales and one in Queenland.[80]
On the evening of 31 March, six baggage handlers from Adelaide Airport tested positive. As a result, up to 100 other staff from the airport were required to self-isolate, causing cancellations of flights to and from Adelaide.[81]
April 2020
Week 1
On 2 April the number of cases in Victoria exceeded 1,000, including over 100 healthcare workers.[82]
On Sunday 5 April 2020, New South Wales Police launched a criminal investigation into whether the operator of Ruby Princess, Carnival Australia, broke the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Cwth) and NSW state laws, by deliberately concealing COVID-19 cases.[83]
On 6 April 2020, the Department of Health revealed that 2,432 people recovered from the infection. This is more than a third from the official number reported so far, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly stating, "I think it is important. Firstly it really reinforces that message, which is a true one, that most people who get this disease do recover”. At 3pm on Sunday the 5 April 2020, 2,315 of 5,687 confirmed coronavirus cases had recovered.[84]
Week 2
Preventive measures
Federal Government
On 1 February 2020, Australia banned the entry of foreign nationals from mainland China, and ordered its own returning citizens from China to self-quarantine for 14 days.[85] Australia subsequently imposed travel bans on Iran (March 1),[86] South Korea (5 March),[87] and Italy (11 March).[88]
National Cabinet
On 13 March, the National Cabinet, a form of national crisis cabinet akin to a war cabinet, was created following a meeting of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). This is the first time such a cabinet has been proclaimed since World War II,[89] and the only time in Australian history that a crisis cabinet has included state and territory leaders.[90] The Cabinet consists of the Premiers and chief ministers of the Australian states and territories and meets weekly during the crisis.[91] At its first meeting on 13 March, the National Cabinet announced that gatherings of more than 500 people should be cancelled from 15 March. Schools, universities, workplaces, public transport and airports were not included in this recommendation.[90] Prime Minister Morrison also announced he intended to attend a Rugby League match on Saturday the 14th of March; "I do still plan to go to the football on Saturday."[92][93]
On 15 March, Morrison announced that from midnight, all travellers arriving in or returning to Australia must self-isolate for 14 days,[94] mirroring a similar requirement imposed by New Zealand. Failure to comply would result in a fine of $11,000 to $50,000 and jail time depending on the state.[95] Cruise ships were also be barred from docking in the country for 30 days.[96][97]
Human biosecurity emergency
On 18 March 2020,[62] a human biosecurity emergency was declared in Australia owing to the risks to human health posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, after a National Security Committee meeting the previous day. The Biosecurity Act 2015 specifies that the Governor-General may declare such an emergency exists if the Health Minister (currently Greg Hunt) is satisfied that "a listed human disease is posing a severe and immediate threat, or is causing harm, to human health on a nationally significant scale". This gives the Minister sweeping powers, including imposing restrictions or preventing the movement of people and goods between specified places, and evacuations.[63] The Biosecurity (Human Biosecurity Emergency) (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) Declaration 2020 was declared by the Governor-General, David Hurley, under Section 475 of the Act.[62]
On 19 March, Morrison announced that Australia would be closing its borders to all non-residents and non-Australian citizens from 9pm on 20 March. The Australian Government had imposed the ban in coordination with New Zealand, which imposed a ban on most non-residents and non-citizens from midnight on 19 March.[98][99]
A social distancing rule of 4 square metres (43 sq ft) per person in any enclosed space was imposed by the Australian Government on 21 March.[100] On 22 March 2020, the State governments of New South Wales and Victoria imposed a mandatory closure of non-essential services,[101] while the Governments of Western Australia and South Australia imposed border closures.[102]
On 22 March, Morrison announced a closure of places of social gathering, including registered and licensed clubs, licensed premises in hotels and bars, entertainment venues, including but not restricted to cinemas, casinos and nightclubs and places of worship. Cafes and restaurants are to remain open, but limited to takeaway only. Similarly, enclosed spaces for funerals and things of that nature will have to follow the strict four square metre rule. These measures are effective immediately at midday, 23 March.[103][104] He stated that he would like the schools to remain open but parents could keep children at home if they wished to.[105]
National COVID-19 Coordination Commission
On 25 March, the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) was established by the Prime Minister, as a strategic advisory body for the national response to the pandemic.[72][73] The NCCC's role includes providing advice on public-private partnerships and coordination to mitigate the social and economic impacts of the pandemic.[74][75]
On 29 March, Morrison addressed in a press conference following a National Cabinet meeting that public gatherings will be limited to two people, while also urging Australians over the age of 70, Australians with chronic illness over the age of 60 and Indigenous Australians over the age of 50 to stay home and self-isolate.[106] Morrison also cleared the only four acceptable reasons for Australians to leave their houses: shopping for essentials; for medical or compassionate needs; exercise in compliance with the public gathering restriction of two people; and for work or education purposes.[107]
Queensland
Queensland was the first to declare a public health emergency on 29 January 2020.[108] The legislation was strengthened when parliament passed the Public Health (Declared Public Health Emergencies) Amendment Bill 2020 on 6 February.[109] To slow the spread of COVID-19, the Queensland Government introduced restricted entry into Queensland. Only Queensland residents and those considered an ‘exempt person’ will be allowed to enter Queensland via air, sea, rail or road from another State or Territory. [110]. This has been introduced stages. Stage 1 started 12.01 Am 26 March 2020, with stages 2 and 3 involving tightening the restrictions. Stage 4, introduced on 12.01 AM on 11 April is currently the most restrictive, every person crossing the border including Queensland residents will require a permit. In addition, a person who has been in a declared COVID-19 hotspot (includes Sydney as at 11 April 2020) in the previous 14 days must self-quarantine for 14 days.[111]
New South Wales
Premier Gladys Berejiklian formed a war cabinet to make decisions in relation to the pandemic.[112] Members include herself, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet, Minister for Health and Medical Research Brad Hazzard and Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott.[112]
On 15 March, Secretary of the NSW Department of Education, Mark Scott ordered that, effective immediately, NSW schools introduce social distancing measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus.[113] The order requires schools to cancel all assemblies, excursions, travel, concerts, large inter-school sporting and arts events, and other events that would require students and staff to congregate in large numbers.[114] Schools will continue to stay open. Four schools in the state have been shut for periods during the crisis due to confirmed cases within their school communities.[115]
On 16 March, NSW Minister for Health and Medical Research Brad Hazzard announced that he was using his powers under Section 7 of the Public Health Act 2010 to immediately and indefinitely cancel all public events with more than 500 attendees.[116] The order is enforceable by NSW Police and violations of the order carry a prison term of six months and/or an $11,000 fine.[116]
Chief Justice Bathurst, Chief Justice of New South Wales, and Chief Judge Price of the District Court of New South Wales ordered that effective 16 March 2020, new jury trials would be suspended to limit the spread of coronavirus.[117] The order does not apply to already empanelled jury trials.[118] Corrective Services New South Wales implemented screening mechanisms, early flu vaccination programs and stricter hygiene requirements for staff, visitors and inmates to slow the spread of the virus.[115]
The University of Sydney has cancelled all graduations, conferences, academic events and student organised events.[119] The University of New South Wales announced that it was cancelling all student and academic events until Easter, encourage staff to work from home and, where possible, shift all lectures, tutorials, demonstrations and labs to online learning.[120]
NSW schools have been told by the NSW Department of Education Secretary Mark Scott, to cancel all assemblies, excursions, travel and some events and conferences including arts and initiative events, as well as whole school sporting events and inter-school sporting events with three or more involved schools.[121]
Even though there was a ban on gatherings of more than 500 people, huge crowds flocked to the popular Bondi Beach and other beaches across Sydney on Friday 20 March. Health Minister Greg Hunt said that such behaviour was "unacceptable" while the NSW Labor's Shadow Treasurer, Walt Secord urged the government to completely close off the beach. NSW Police Minister David Elliott later stated in a televised interview that lifeguards were instructed to keep a head count of the people at the beach and if the number exceeded 500, the beach will be closed. On 21 March, crowds built up yet again which led Waverley Council to temporarily close Bondi and the other beaches of Bronte and Tamarama.[121]
Victoria
On 10 March, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews warned Victorians to expect "extreme measures" in the wake of the federal government updating the travel advice for Italy.[122] These could include cancelling major sporting events, requiring entire economic sectors to work from home, and calling recently retired health professionals to return to work.[123]
On 16 March, Andrews and Minister for Health Jenny Mikakos declared a state of emergency for Victoria for at least four weeks.[124]
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced on 22 March that the state will bring the school holiday forwards to 24 March from 27 March.[125]
Tasmania
Scotch Oakburn College in Tasmania closed as a preemptive decision in fear of rising SARS-CoV-2 cases. It will be closed from 16 March until at least 30 March.[126] On 17 March, Tasmania declared a public health emergency.[127] On 19 March, Premier Peter Gutwein announced that all "non-essential" travellers to the state, including returning residents, would be subject to a mandatory 14-day quarantine.[128]
Western Australia
On 15 March, Premier Mark McGowan declared a state of emergency in Western Australia, along with a formal public health emergency. Schools were prevented from organising gatherings of over 500, including "...swimming and sports carnivals, interschool carnivals, performances, concerts, exhibitions, fetes and fairs."[60] On 22 March, the WA government announced that the state's borders would be closed from Tuesday 24 March in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus and all interstate arrivals will be required to self-isolate for 14 days.[129]
On 2 April, the WA Government announced a temporary closure of all of its borders from midnight Sunday 5 April. This represented a strengthening of the existing border rules effective Tuesday 24 March[130]
South Australia
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On 15 March, a public health emergency was declared in South Australia.[131] On 22 March, a "major emergency" was declared, giving the police power to enforce self-isolation rules.[132] Premier Steven Marshall also announced that the state's borders would be closed from 16:00 Tuesday 24 March in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus. People arriving into the state will be required to sign a declaration that they will self-isolate for 14 days and provide an address to the police, with penalties for failure to comply.[132][133] On 27 March 2020, using the Emergency Management Act 2004,[134] the State Coordinator, Commissioner of South Australia Police Grant Stevens, made a direction to prohibit gatherings of more than 10 people, and with a limit one person per 4 square metres.[135]
Australian Capital Territory
On 16 March, the ACT government declared a public health emergency.[136] It has also planned to cancel all visits to the Alexander Maconochie prison from 23 March. ACT Corrective Services Commissioner Jon Peach stated that as a result there would be "increased access to telephones" for prisoners to keep in touch with their families.[137]
Northern Territory
The NT government is set to introduce strict border control on 24 March. Chief Minister Michael Gunner announced on 21 March that anyone arriving from abroad or interstate will be required to self-isolate for a period of 14 days. The only exemption to this requirement would be due to health and emergency services, defence and policing, flight crews and freight, and based on "compassionate grounds". NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker said that the local police and government are likely to impose these measures until September. Anyone now arriving in NT will have to declare that they would isolate for 14 days and let the authorities know of their location during this period at the point of entry. Failure to comply with the new regulations could result in denying entry or a fine of AU$62,800. Furthermore, all non-essential travel to the NT's 76 remote communities is currently banned.[138]
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island has not had any cases. As a precautionary measure the government imposed a 32-day travel ban and declared a state of emergency.[139] Administrator Eric Hutchinson stated that the measures were necessary due to the remote island's extremely limited health capacity.[139]
Impacts
National
- The World Surf League cancelled all events in March 2020.[140]
- All Anzac Day marches were cancelled.[141]
- The 15 May school strike for climate rally and march was cancelled.[142]
- The Australian Border Force suspends all deportations to New Zealand between 16 and 30 March 2020.[143]
- NAPLAN exams for 2020 were cancelled on 20 March.[144]
- The national regional touring music festival Groovin' The Moo announced on 17 March that the 2020 festival was cancelled whilst confirming dates for 2021.[145]
New South Wales
- The Sydney Royal Easter Show, the largest ticketed event in Australia, was cancelled only for the third time in its 197-year history.[146]
- Vivid Sydney was cancelled for the first time in its history.[147]
- The Sydney Writers' Festival suspended ticket sales and are expected to cancel their seasons.[148]
- The Festival of Dangerous Ideas was cancelled on 16 March.[149]
- The Byron Bay Bluesfest announced that it would be cancelled due to the introduction of 14-day self-isolation for anyone entering Australia.[150]
- The Hunter Valley Steamfest was cancelled.[151][152]
- Splendour in the Grass was postponed from July 2020 until 23–25 October 2020.[153]
- The Sydney Film Festival was cancelled on 18 March.[154]
Tasmania
- On 11 March, the head of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), David Walsh, cancelled the Dark Mofo winter arts festival.[47] He announced on 16 March that the museum itself would be closed indefinitely.[155]
South Australia
- South Australian National Football League men's and women's games will not be held in front of a crowd from 14 March.[156]
- Basketball South Australia decided jointly with the National Basketball league to postpone NBL1 Central games till at least 18 April 2020.[157][158]
- Rowing South Australia has cancelled the South Australian portion of Head of the River.[159]
Victoria
- The 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival (scheduled for 25 March – 19 April 2020) will not go ahead.[160]
- The 2020 Stawell Gift has been postponed until later in the year.[161]
- Orientation week in Monash University was pushed back from the last week of February along with the other Victorian universities to the 17-19 March. Then cancelled due to new government regulations.
Economic
On 3 March, the Reserve Bank of Australia became the first central bank to cut interest rates in response to the outbreak. Official interest rates were cut by 0.25% (25 base points) to a record low of 0.5%.[162]
On 12 March, the Government announced a A$17.6 billion stimulus package, the first since the 2008 GFC.[163][164] The package consists of multiple parts, a one-off A$750 payment to around 6.5 million welfare recipients as early as 31 March 2020, small business assistance with 700,000 grants up to $25,000 and a 50% wage subsidy for 120,000 apprenticies or trainees for up to 9 months, 1 billion to support economically impacted sectors, regions and communities, and $700 million to increase tax write off and $3.2 billion to support short-term small and medium-sized business investment.[163][165]
On 19 March, the Reserve Bank again cut interest rates by a further 0.25% to 0.25%, the lowest in Australian history.[166]
In March 2020, the Australian Bureau of Statistics began releasing a number of additional statistical products to assess the economic impacts on the outbreak on the Australian economy. Data on retail trade turnover indicated a 0.4% rise in turnover in February 2020. Negative effects on some areas of the retail sector (particularly tourism-dependent businesses) were offset by a rise in food retail turnover, with supermarkets showing a large rise in sales,[167] mainly arising from panic buying.
On 22 March, the government announced a second stimulus package of A$66bn, increasing the amount of total financial package offered to A$89bn. This included several new measures like doubling income support for individuals on Jobseeker's allowance, granting A$100,000 to small and medium-sized businesses and A$715 million to Australian airports and airlines. It also allowed individuals affected by the outbreak to access up to A$10,000 of their superannuation during 2019–2020 and also being able to take an additional same amount for the next year.[168]
On 30 March, the Australian Government announced a $130 billion "JobKeeper" wage subsidy program. The JobKeeper program would pay employers up to $1500 a fortnight per full-time, part-time or casual employee that has worked for that business for over a year. For a business to be eligible, they must have lost 30% of turnover after 1 March of annual revenue up to and including $1 billion. For businesses with a revenue of over $1 billion, turnover must have decreased by 50%. Businesses are then required by law to pay the subsidy to their staff, in lieu of their usual wages.[169] This response came after the enormous job losses seen just a week prior when an estimated 1 million Australians lost their jobs. This massive loss in jobs caused the myGov website to crash and lines out of Centrelink offices to run hundreds of metres long.[170] The program was backdated to 1 March, to aim at reemploying the many people who had just lost their jobs in the weeks before. Businesses would receive the JobKeeper subsidy for 6 months.[169]
The announcement of the JobKeeper wage subsidy program is the largest measure announced by the Australian Government in response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak. In the first hour of the scheme, over 8,000 businesses registered to receive the payments. The JobKeeper wage subsidy program is one of the largest economic packages ever implemented in the history of Australia.[169]
Sport
The major sporting leagues (A-League, AFL, AFL Women's, and the National Rugby League) initially stated that their seasons would not be suspended but would continue behind closed doors. The leagues would all later be suspended.[citation needed]
Australian rules football
The AFL season was initially curtailed to a maximum of 17 games,[171] with clubs expected to take at least a 10% revenue hit from coronavirus related issues.[172] However, on 22 March, just before the end of round 1 of the 2020 season, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan announced that the AFL season would be suspended until at least 31 May, citing the shutting of state borders as the primary cause for this decision.[173] The 2020 AFL Women's season was cancelled entirely, midway through the finals series.[173]
Basketball
The 2020 NBL Finals followed suit beginning with game two, although it was stated that they would be immediately suspended if any participants were to be diagnosed.[174] The best of five series was subsequently cancelled after the third game was played with the title awarded to Perth Wildcats.[175]
Cricket
The remaining two One Day Internationals between Australia and New Zealand were cancelled after the first match was played behind closed doors.[176] Cricket Australia also cancelled the Australian women's cricket team's tour of South Africa due to the virus.[140]
Motorsports
The first sporting event in Australia to be affected was the 2020 Australian Grand Prix, which was cancelled on 13 March after McLaren withdrew when a team member tested positive for COVID-19.[177] This was also enforced on the support races which included the 2020 Melbourne 400, which was the second round of the 2020 Supercars Championship to be cancelled.[citation needed]
Rugby league
Following the implementation of travel restrictions by New Zealand,[178] the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) announced that the New Zealand Warriors would be based in Australia for the foreseeable future.[179] The 2020 season was suspended indefinitely on 23 March.[180] Chairman of the ARLC Peter V'landys requested a government bailout for the National Rugby League, a request that was struck down,[181] and caused a considerable negative reaction.[182][183]
Rugby union
The 2020 Super Rugby season was suspended following the conclusion of play on 15 March, due to the outbreak and the imposition of mandatory quarantine for international travellers to New Zealand.[184]
Soccer
The A-League initially announced a continuation of the league with the Wellington Phoenix being based in Australia;[185] however, on 24 March, suspended the remaining matches.[186]
Statistics
As of 6 April 2020[update] 11:59 p.m. AEDT, there were 5800 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Australia:
- 2637 in New South Wales[187] (including 337 passengers and 3 crew infected on the Ruby Princess, 74 infected on the Ovation of the Seas, 34 infected on the Voyager of the Seas, 11 infected on the Celebrity Solstice and a NSW resident who was diagnosed in Darwin[188] but excluding a Victorian resident who was diagnosed in NSW[189])
- 1158 in Victoria[190] (including 18 infected on the Ruby Princess,[79] 3 people infected on the Diamond Princess and a Victorian resident who was diagnosed in NSW.[191])
- 921 in Queensland[192] (including 70 infected on the Ruby Princess[79] and 3 from the Diamond Princess)
- 460 in Western Australia[193] (including 43 infected on the Ruby Princess[79] and 2 from the Diamond Princess)
- 411 in South Australia[194] (including 71 infected on the Ruby Princess[79] and 1 from the Diamond Princess)
- 86 in Tasmania[195] (including 4 from the Ruby Princess cruise ship and 1 from the Celebrity Solstice cruise ship docked in Sydney[196])
- 96 in the Australian Capital Territory[197] (including 22 from the Ruby Princess[79])
- 27 in the Northern Territory[198][a] (including 2 from the Ruby Princess[199] and a Territorian treated by NSW Health[200] but not a Queenslander diagnosed in Darwin.[200][201])
Deaths
As of 10 April 2020, 54 people linked to COVID-19 have died in Australia. As at 9 April, at least 17 deaths across the country were of cruise ships passengers.[202]
- 1 March: the first death from COVID-19 was a 78-year-old Perth man, one of the passengers from Diamond Princess who was being treated in Western Australia.[34]
- 4 March: the second death was a 95-year-old woman who died at the Dorothy Henderson Lodge aged-care facility in Sydney.[38]
- 8 March: the third death was an 82-year-old man, the second death at Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Sydney.[43]
- 13 March: the fourth death was a 77-year-old Brisbane woman who developed symptoms on a flight to Sydney and died the same day.[57]
- 15 March: the fifth death was a 90-year-old woman, the third death at Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Sydney.[58]
- 18 March: the sixth death was an 86-year-old man being treated in a Sydney hospital.[203]
- 20 March: the seventh death was an 81-year-old woman who had close contact with another confirmed case of COVID-19 at Ryde Hospital, Sydney.[204]
- 24 March: the eighth death was a 77-year-old woman from the cruise ship Ruby Princess, which had docked in Sydney on 19 March.[205]
- 25 March: the ninth death was a 68-year-old man from Toowoomba, Queensland, with a serious underlying medical condition, who had been infected on the cruise ship Voyager of the Seas.[206]
- 26 March: four deaths were reported: three men in their 70s with pre-existing medical conditions died in Victoria.[207] A Perth man in his 70s who was a passenger on the cruise ship Celebrity Solstice died in Western Australia.[208]
- 28 March: a 91-year-old NSW woman became the fourteenth death, and the fourth from the Dorothy Henderson Lodge aged-care facility.[209]
- 29 March: two deaths were reported, one a 75-year-old woman from Queensland who travelled on Ruby Princess,[210] and the other a man in his 80s from Victoria.[211]
- 30 March: two deaths were reported, both women in their 80s linked to Ruby Princess, one from Tasmania and one in the ACT, bringing the national total to 18.[212]
- 31 March: the 19th death was a man in his 80s also linked to Ruby Princess who died in Tasmania.[213]
- 1 April: the 20th death was a 95-year-old woman who died at the Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Sydney,[214] and the 21st was a 67-year-old woman in Orange, in the central west of NSW. This was the first NSW death outside of metropolitan Sydney and another that had been a passenger on the cruise ship Ruby Princess.[215][216]
- 2 April: two people died in Victoria, one was a woman in her 70s[217] and another was a woman in her 60s.[218] A third death was a 85-year-old man in Queensland who had been a passenger on the Ruby Princess.[219]
- 3 April: four people died: one was a man in his 80s in Victoria,[220] the second was a person in Albury, New South Wales,[221] the third was a 75-year-old man in Wollongong who had been a passenger on Ovation of the Seas[222] and the fourth was a man aged in his 60s in Western Australia, a European passenger from the cruise ship Artania.[223]
- 4 April: two people died, a woman in her 70s in Victoria[224] and a man in his 80s in the ACT.[225]
- 5 April: six men died in NSW (aged 91, 86, 85, 80, 76, and 61), three of whom had been passengers on the Ruby Princess,[226][227]and one man in Queensland (aged 78) who had also been a passenger on the Ruby Princess.[228]
- 6 April: There were two deaths in Victoria, a man in his 50s and a woman in her 80s,[229] a man in his 80s died in WA who was a passenger on the Ruby Princess[230] and a 90-year-old man died at the Dorothy Henderson Lodge in Sydney, the sixth resident of the facility to die.[227]
- 7 April: There were seven deaths, including the first to occur in South Australia,[231] two in WA,[232]a Tasmanian man who was a passenger on the Ruby Princess,[233] two men in NSW[234] and a woman in her 80s died in Victoria.[235]
- 8 April: There were two deaths, one in Victoria, a woman in her 80s,[236] and 62-year-old SA woman who was a passenger on the Ruby Princess.[237]
- 9 April: There was one death in SA.
- 10 April: There were three deaths, one in Victoria, one in NSW, a 69-year-old man, and one in Tasmania.
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Number of cases
The numbers of cases in the tables below referred to the number of cases at the end of each day (23:59 AEDT) until April 4 2020. Since April 5 2020, the federal government standardised the daily case number release time to 15:00 AEST which is reflected in the data.
This data has been compiled by recording the daily values from the infographic available under "Current Status" on the Australian Government's Department of Health website which can be found here [1]. The data is similar to that reported on other websites such as Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Australia
| NSW[240][c] | QLD[241] | VIC[242] | SA[243] | WA[244] | TAS[245] | ACT[246] | NT[247][d] | Total[a] | New cases |
% growth |
Deaths Nationally[248] | |
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| 25 January | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 27 January | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 29 January | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30 January | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 February | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 February | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 February | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 February | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22 February | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | |
| 25 February | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| 29 February | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1 March | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 26.1% | 1[34] |
| 2 March | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 13.8% | 1 |
| 3 March | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 24.2% | 1 |
| 4 March | 22 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 11 | 26.8% | 2[38] |
| 5 March | 25 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 8 | 15.4% | 2 |
| 6 March | 28 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 5.0% | 2 |
| 7 March | 36 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 10 | 15.9% | 2 |
| 8 March | 40 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 7 | 9.6% | 3 |
| 9 March | 47 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 12 | 15.0% | 3 |
| 10 March | 60 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 20 | 21.7% | 3 |
| 11 March | 64 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 15 | 13.4% | 3 |
| 12 March | 77 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 29 | 22.8% | 3 |
| 13 March | 91 | 35 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 42 | 26.9% | 3 |
| 14 March | 111 | 46 | 49 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 248 | 50 | 25.3% | 3 |
| 15 March | 133 | 62 | 57 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 298 | 50 | 20.2% | 5[249] |
| 16 March | 170 | 68 | 71 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 376 | 78 | 26.2% | 5 |
| 17 March | 209 | 78 | 94 | 32 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 453 | 77 | 20.5% | 5 |
| 18 March | 266 | 94 | 121 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 566 | 113 | 24.9% | 6[250] |
| 19 March | 306 | 144 | 150 | 42 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 708 | 142 | 25.1% | 6 |
| 20 March | 381 | 184 | 178 | 50 | 64 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 875 | 167 | 23.6% | 7 |
| 21 March | 435 | 221 | 229 | 67 | 90 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1,071 | 196 | 22.4% | 7 |
| 22 March | 532 | 259 | 296 | 100 | 120 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 1,354 | 283 | 26.4% | 7 |
| 23 March | 704 | 319 | 355 | 134 | 140 | 28 | 32 | 6 | 1,718 | 364 | 26.9% | 7 |
| 24 March | 913 | 397 | 411 | 170 | 175 | 36 | 39 | 6 | 2,147 | 430 | 25.0% | 8[251] |
| 25 March | 1,029 | 443 | 466 | 197 | 205 | 42 | 44 | 6 | 2,432 | 285 | 13.3% | 9[252] |
| 26 March | 1,219 | 493 | 520 | 235 | 231 | 47 | 53 | 12 | 2,810 | 378 | 15.5% | 13[253][254][255] |
| 27 March | 1,405 | 555 | 574 | 257 | 255 | 58 | 62 | 14 | 3,180 | 370 | 13.2% | 13 |
| 28 March | 1,617 | 625 | 685 | 287 | 278 | 62 | 71 | 15 | 3,640 | 460 | 14.5% | 14[209] |
| 29 March | 1,791 | 656 | 769 | 299 | 312 | 66 | 77 | 15 | 3,985 | 345 | 9.5% | 16[256][210] |
| 30 March | 1,918 | 689 | 821 | 305 | 355 | 69 | 78 | 15 | 4,250 | 265 | 6.6% | 18[257][258] |
| 31 March | 2,032 | 743 | 917 | 337 | 364 | 69 | 80 | 19 | 4,561 | 311 | 7.3% | 19[259] |
| 1 April | 2,182 | 781 | 968 | 367 | 392 | 71 | 84 | 19 | 4,864 | 303 | 6.6% | 21[260] |
| 2 April | 2,298 | 835 | 1,036 | 385 | 400 | 74 | 87 | 21 | 5,136 | 272 | 5.6% | 24[261][262] |
| 3 April | 2,389 | 873 | 1,085 | 396 | 422 | 80 | 91 | 22 | 5,358 | 222 | 4.4% | 28[220][221][222][223] |
| 4 April | 2,493 | 900 | 1,115 | 407 | 436 | 82 | 93 | 26 | 5,552 | 194 | 3.6% | 30[224][225] |
| 5 April | 2,580 | 907 | 1,135 | 409 | 453 | 86 | 96 | 27 | 5,693 | 141 | 2.5% | 37[263] |
| 6 April | 2,637 | 921 | 1,158 | 411 | 460 | 85 | 96 | 27 | 5,795 | 102 | 1.8% | 39[264] |
| 7 April | 2,686 | 934 | 1,191 | 415 | 470 | 98 | 97 | 27 | 5,918 | 123 | 2.1% | 45 |
| 8 April | 2,734 | 943 | 1,212 | 420 | 481 | 107 | 99 | 27 | 6,023 | 105 | 1.8% | 50 |
| 9 April | 2,773 | 953 | 1,228 | 421 | 495 | 111 | 100 | 28 | 6,109 | 86 | 1.4% | 51 |
| 10 April | 2,822 | 965 | 1,241 | 428 | 506 | 103 | 6,204 | 95 | 1.5% | 54 | ||
| NSW | QLD | VIC | SA | WA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total | New cases |
% growth |
Deaths Nationally | |
| Deaths by State/Territory |
22 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 54 |
Notes:
- The figures for 4 March include 10 cases from Diamond Princess. The number repatriated from the ship are included in the state totals as follows: Qld (3), Vic (4), SA (1), WA (2, one of whom died on 1 March).[29][238]
- The figures for 22 March include 26 from the cruise ship Ruby Princess:[265] NSW 18, WA 6, other 2. The number climbed to 133 on 24 March: 107 in NSW, 26 interstate.[205] A passenger from the ship died on 24 March in Sydney. Since then, more than 440 cases have been traced to the ship, including more than a dozen deaths.[79][80]
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See also
- Biosecurity in Australia
- National Cabinet of Australia
- National COVID-19 Coordination Commission
- National Security Committee (Australia)
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Notes
- ^ a b c Since 6 March, multiple media outlets have continued incorrectly reporting figures higher than actual confirmed cases because they have been double counting the same case in both NT and NSW, despite the fact that the Department of Health has removed the case from the NT tally and included it in the NSW tally, along with a case residing in Victoria that was diagnosed in NSW, which seems to also be double counted.
- ^ This figure underestimates the true number of recoveries as only four jurisdictions — Victoria, WA, the ACT and Tasmania — report recoveries.
- ^ Since 5 March, the figures in this column also include a Northern Territory case diagnosed on 4 March, which has been counted as a NSW case by NSW Health from 5 March after the case returned to his home state.[188]
- ^ On 27 March, NT Health added a case of a Queenslander diagnosed in Darwin yesterday to its tally, adjusting the total number of cases in the NT from 12 on 26 March to 13.[201][200] On 27 March, NT Health reported a Territorian being treated by NSW Health, but it did not count the case in its tally.[200] From 27 March onwards, the NT tally in this column includes the Territorian treated by NSW Health but not the Queenslander diagnosed in Darwin, so the total number of cases in the NT recorded in this column will be the same as that reported by NT Health.
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Further reading
- Press Conference by the Prime Minister of Australia on 27 February 2020 Transcript of the Press Conference held on 27 February 2020 by The Hon Scott Morrison MP, the Prime Minister of Australia, from Australian Parliament House alongside Dr Paul Kelly, Deputy Chief Medical Officer and The Hon. Greg Hunt MP, Minister For Health, announcing the activation of the Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
- Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) The Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (the COVID-19 Plan) guides the Australian health sector response.
External links
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) health alert by the Australian Government Department of Health
- Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation reports by the World Health Organization (official numbers of confirmed cases by country)
- Map of global confirmed coronavirus COVID-19 cases and historical data in near real-time by the Johns Hopkins University
- COVID-19 Epidemiologic and genetic data from the Wolfram data repository.
- 2019-nCoV Data Portal by Virus Pathogen Resource
- Coronavirus Australia updates and news. Australia at the Coronavirus Global international portal. Available in 11 languages.
- Coronatracker – Coronavirus news aggregator and tracking portal
- CoVid-19 Updates – AUS – Near real time coronavirus tracker for different states and territories in Australia
- COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic – Near real time coronavirus statistics for the world and Australia
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