A man who tested positive to coronavirus after attending a Black Lives Matter protest in Melbourne last weekend had not download the COVIDSafe app, Victorian health authorities say.
One case was detected through routine testing, two were found in returned travellers in hotel quarantine, and one case was under investigation. Yesterday, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the man, who is in his 30s, was "very unlikely" to have acquired the virus at the protest and was not showing symptoms on the day, but may have been infectious at the demonstration.
"The CovidSafe app is one of our tools that we use to assist us to find additional contacts. It would have been useful, certainly, and we remain encouraging of people to download the app," she said.
I haven’t downloaded it either - I don’t trust the ScumBuckets
It should be mandatory for everyone attending the footy in a few weeks to download the COVIDSafe app!
A little over six million have. More than six million haven't. Has this been pointed out by anybody in the media or politician.
What a bloody shame.
and?
Yet while we are bitching about this LNP is protesting to get 60-100k people packed in to sports stadiums this weekends? No by all means DO NOT risk lives over actual public issues that have been festering for centuries. BUT if a cheap sports events is losing funds? Then Hi-ho!
When I was in the march last week, i can tell you, even if I had the app I was not close enough to anyone for more than say 5 minutes, so the app wouldn't have worked.
omg who cares it's hoax I'm waiting 4 round 2. gord.
An app which doesn’t actually work
Really ABC What good cab the app do? It's useless whether we download it or not.
Out of curiosity, how many police downloaded the app?
What - like a few million of us? Not news.
Neither have I? So what? Is it actually working? How many times has it been used successfully?
Nor has the majority of Australians.
And..........?
So? Not everybody has. I daresay there are antivaxxers and 5G protesters who haven’t.
Kudos to them for protesting racism. Something to be proud of. Plus they went to get tested to protect our community. How many of you have done the same?
If you are going to mention the app in the headline you should really also point out that it doesn't work. You know, like journalism.
Total cunt
Facts have come out to shown that information has come out to prove what black v white protest about prison deaths is incorrect Aren’t we ALL Australians first and foremost.
There is a small amount of Australians that don’t care. Some of these I believe are the same paid protesters at our last election. Disgusting behaviour. Think about your families or your friends families
White woman black woman german woman Chinese woman Japanese woman Italian woman aboriginal woman Sudanese woman I think I am about to have an opinion These last few days upset me Our country has worked so hard and what a great result so far fightighting this invisible virus
Neither have I, is that newsworthy? I go out in the community, you know, shopping centers, just walking about, other areas with lots of people, none of whom seem to care about social distancing. Why is this App so important, it hasn't delivered one positive thing.
Why would you ? It's just a marketing gimmick.
How do you know? There are organizers who are strictly advocating that protesters protect themselves and others. Where are you getting this 'FAKE NEWS' from? Get your head out of your dark place!
Dont think so 🤔😑
Wow you mean a first nations or FN supporter doesn't trust the government. Unheard of!
Ohhhhh F O
What’s the point, none of the others did anyway. I see policy makers trying to spread guilt using a very poor piece of tech instead of doing the right work of contact tracing. You don’t need an app for that.
Darwinism at work 👍🏼 I say leave them to it !
So........ many folk haven’t. Just stop.
Oh dear. Not good.
Aaaaaand?
It only works if you're on holidays in Hawaii from any state but NSW. Or, didn't you understand that. auspol
What a flog
Colour me shocked!
I just closed mine. After several months of having it on, it started to complain about not being on, and it was clearly on, so it got the boot.
What about the other 7 identified/diagnosed same day? I’m curious.
Unfracking Believable! It is obvious NoLivesMatter but their own!
You mean that dog of an app that doesn't work, that the authorities aren't actually using, that nobody understands or wants, & that isn't compulsory? This is what we're meant to find newsworthy here? What's newsworthy is the notable growth of government bullying & manipulation.
Hey, it's not compulsory to download!! That is what was said at the very beginning!
That’s disappointing and irresponsible! Maybe lives don’t matter to this protester 🙄
Stop pretending that would make a difference to anything - it doesn’t work
It's almost like they didn't want to be tracked by a government that has threatened to arrest them for exercising their right to protest...
Let’s all just stockpile the toilet paper again because all that work we did to flatten the curve has possibly been pissed away. You can still be passionate about BLM and responsible. Activate the app. Have it on in the background. You can save lives.
Can please update us on the efficacy of the COVIDSafe app. And do a similar story for the return to the footy or any packed tourist destination over the ling weekend.
they really have burned out your ability to feel any shame, haven't they?
The LNP aren't going to restore your budget to what it was if you just do enough of this sort of treacherous, slimy reporting. 😔
And the RW loonies the week before? FFS get a goddamn grip...
And what difference would it make?
Has the app led to the recognition of only one person? That was the figure about a week ago...
Did they go through his phone?
And? So what?
Um.. does the app even work?
This just gets better!
wow, going in hard on the BLM aren't we?
Incredibly disappointed to see running with LNP spin.
It doesn’t work. It’s voluntary. And what about the other seven.
Smart why would you want to be tracked
FFS!
Should be fined
I thought you didn't have to if you didn't want to.
So what commie
Haha this is such a crock of shit. It doesn't work anyway!!
Imagine my surprise...
Had the other 7 people infected downloaded the app? Why focus on the 1?
I didn't download it either, it's a waste of time, it's too slow to capture the true figures of who is where and who is safe or not.
appallingJournalism buttrosed racistOz
But it doesn’t work so why bother.
mpsmithnews Since the people of BLM are muslim who have easily persuaded the people with 2 digit IQ's to follow what they do, and we have seen reports that muslim leaders are telling their followers it's a curse on people who are not muslim, to even act surprised they did not is surprising.
He may not have been tested if he didn't go to the rally and could be still infecting people.
Just test all of them! If they go to a protest they should be willin to under go covid tests
I haven't either. And I won't. What's your point other than enforcing conformity? FuckYouIWontDoWotchaTellMe
Just like the majority of the population. Go figure.
But does it work?
8 new cases that day, this was only 1.. Why is the spotlight on it ABC?.. Marching against historical wrongs not something you approve of?
And?🤨
FFS - stop whining about the 7 and look it up dumfux: 'Eight new cases have been reported. One is linked to a known outbreak, three were detected from routine testing '(incl the BLM case)', two were from hotel quarantine, and two are under investigation.'
The message here is: All of the protestors should assume they were exposed to covid.
Did all of the other 7 cases have the app downloaded ?
Hitting all time highs on the amount of rubbish ABC can spew in this last few months
Lefty hypocrites all using phones made by black child labour
and neither have I nor will I
Neither have I.
Lol yet sports crowds of up to 10,000 is now allowed according to ScottMorrisonMP
Cute blame game begins...
You guys are the worst, I’d like to hear more about the child who contracted it at daycare which is odd as the government told us kids were exempt from COVID ?!
Reminder COVIDSafe is optional, not mandatory.
No surprise there
What about the other 6 people that tested positive in Victoria yesterday? Can you please let us know if they had downloaded the app? Surely just as newsworthy and would avoid the impression that you coverage is vilifying one individual due to their behavior choices.
Who would have thought that the government would weaponize the covid app..
So what?
Why would you the App doesn’t work. Only one instance in 6.3 million downloads. BS article.
What if he didn’t have a smart phone?
The gift that keeps on giving.
Oh did you seriously expect him to be a community minded individual? Ha Ha
Lol of course not. Shouldn’t have let it go ahead in the first place you spastics.
Of course not. No consideration for anyone but themselves
And? I haven't either. What's your point? It's not mandatory.
This is nonsense.
Maybe she does not trust our govt
What's the deal The App is not functioning correctly as expected tho.
You are no good to this BLMAustralia movement if you are sick with ccpvirus
Typical Victorian feral, no comon sense, no respect..
This is not the story....
Yeah, no shit. Would you have taken that app with you, really? We've already got Herr Dutton threatening climate strikers, and one of the states in the US used their app to track protesters down and do god-knows-what to them.
So what...?
RIPabc
Who cares anymore?
So? Neither have I & not going to
So is it our ABC or government’s ABC? Successfully closing the gap with crap commercial media.
Sounds like a Dog to me.
LNP frame ✅ Not really news ✅ Unhelpful generally ✅
What a shock. How many of the 5 mill + covidsafe users HAVE “downloaded it properly”? I’m leaning towards it being more about the app being crap than the user being at fault.
Why would you bother?
Still shilling for the LNP are ya ABC? Wild how I've not seen one article discussing community transmission because of the economy opening up, but I've seen at least 3 from you so far about this. Almost like ya got a bias or something.
What good does the app, dikhead? 5g protesters are cuckholds.
It’s really difficult to not see this as deliberately trying to manufacture outrage towards BlackLivesMatter and spread the LNP’s toxic propaganda. It is absolutely pathetic, and about as subtle as a brick through a window 🤬 ABCmediawatch ThisIsNotJournalism auspol
tell his boss...if he works....
So what
Must have thought it was racist on some level because they are all such caring community orientated people
Isn’t this a breach of privacy?
What about the other 7 had they downloaded it?
The app provides no benefit, is useless in every sense and has been a complete failure. It was intended as a marketing exercise, and now it's a weapon against democratic free speech.
Very few people in the country are actually using this app. Even those who've downloaded it don't use it as the required permissions drains your battery super fast..!
Nobody’s downloaded the covidsafe app. It is useless
Meanwhile at a school in Rose Bay.....
So stil tut tutting about the BLM protests & a “voluntary” app. No mention of the hordes who went away last weekend jammed into shopping centres & local IGA.
The app doesn't work. I have my phone on all the time. Silly app switches itself off whenever the phone goes into 'sleep' mode. It's useless. Google is far more efficient in working out where you've been than the Covid-19 app.
Maybe, like me, they have a phone which won’t accept the app.
It doesn't matter because the programme still doesn't work. Give us an example of a trace made by the programme?
Political mileage?
You might find there are a lot of activists who don’t feel comfortable with an app that tracks who you meet.
BLM is a political scam. There is clear global agenda behind to destroy democracies at any cost.
Neither has a huge portion of the population.
I guess this shows the govt are not trusted with data.... past history would give a good indication why. But I wonder what about the other seven people who were diagnosed with carina yesterday? Did they all have the app? Why is the abc focusing on one case?
So?
Most Australians haven't. So what?
Bunch of degenerates.
Typical.
Of cause the wankers didn't defundtheirabc BLM auspol... MAGA WINNER
Bloody hell!!
What about the other 7 people in Victoria who were found to of contracted coronavirus that day?
OMG what a rebel, she'll obviously be the death of us all
And so? This bullshit shame game has to stop. People have the right to choose. coronascam coronacon
Make it illegal to attend mass gatherings without the app.
This article says nothing about whether any of the other 7 people who tested positive on the same day, had downloaded the app. Why are you focusing exclusively on the ‘Black Lives Matter protester’ ?
Why would anyone download the COVIDSafe app? It's a technology dud. Time to fix it or flick it..
So What
LeGrandeWee I'm betting it's someone prominent and Neil Mitchell knows exactly who it is
It’s the times like this when the abc starts pushing the government agenda that I care less about their funding cuts.
How is that news? The majority of Australians haven’t downloaded it.
Wait... the app works now?
If the ruling elite defrauds its electorate, it doesn't gain their loyalty or trust. That makes it difficult to govern, unless the 'government' is dictatorial, in which case 'government' will be by force. Have I got that right, Sooty?
What’s the odds that shoppers, workers, school workers and people who travel on public transport haven’t either. Stop this spin. blacklivesmatter democracy factsmatter.
Has to be downloaded so Dutton and his spooks can trace the protesters details ?
App whose data that nobody has been able to use so far.
Big friggin deal. Stop the presses
Either that or they had an iphone.
Why is ABC only reporting on 1/8 new cases? 'Black Lives Matter protester among eight new coronavirus infections in Victoria'
How many more angles are you going to pursue on this story, to keep it in the public domain? We are losing faith in you, , and it’s very sad.
Why should we download an app that doesn't work and who needs any more surveillance from this fascist government than we already have?
Typical from the radical woke deadshits...
Fine them. Simple.
I say put a microchip in him for further tracing.
OMG BlackLivesMatter protesters are ignorant and treat other Australians with nothing but contempt - who would have thought.
the COVID safe app that doesn't actually work?
But downloading the app is voluntary. So this individual opted not to download the app. BLMAustralia
Oh, is the app still a thing? Have they resolved the iPhone bugs? What's the uptake? And how many actually turn it on?
Yeah, let's see how many of these community rebels would be respectable enough to have downloaded the app for the sake of tracing hey? Anyone?
Dude was among tens of thousands of people at the rally. Were they going to trace them all? Does the app even work?
What a load of 💩..... fakenews The virus narrative is over. Stop 🛑 trying to push it.
Black Lives Matter protester with COVID-19 has the potential to kill other protesters.
Further proof that only some lives matter to ANTIFA/BLM.
Probably thought the 'tracking system' was outperforming their tin foil lid.
Capital crime . She looks so serious .
So? Its on the news. Those at the event know now.
Happily collecting welfare though, I'm sure
So, (s)he was one of millions of other Australians then.
Why would anybody?
Not surprised.
FakeNews
Of course he didn’t
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