Victoria's coronavirus reproduction number climbs to 2.5 as state records 20 new cases

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Another 20 cases of coronavirus are recorded overnight in Victoria as the state's Health Minister says a measure of the rate of the virus's spread has doubled in the past week.

Victoria has recorded another 20 cases of coronavirus overnight, taking the state's total to 1,884.

Health Minister Jenny Mikakos told ABC Radio Melbourne the reproduction number, or R0 number, in Victoria had risen from below one to 2.5 in the past week.Ms Mikakos said 2.5 was "unacceptably high" and the R0 figure needed to stay below one.

 

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A couple things: how the f**k can they model/project the entire State’s viral Reproduction Rate from a sample of 20 infections?; and when did 2 reported infections become a “cluster”? FFS, I’m sick of this shit.

Not a mention how much to BLM protests contributed to the spike. ABC is biased and not fair, nor balanced.

Two weeks after the BLM protests. Fucks those green and red fucks

Close vic borders. No one in, no one out

Any reference to huge numbers of BLM protesters in close proximity for hours? Nah, thought not...

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Selfish protesters caused this!

2 weeks after the BLM protests.... Dont mention the protests!!

Entirely on Daniel Andrews.. I’m wondering when the media and the ABC will start challenging Daniel Andrews on; his Covid19 management, his China state based foreign policy, his government debt, his parties corruption and his underperformance in general..?

Outbreaks always expected, let’s stop being pathetic and open up.

Moral of the story.....strict draconian rules exacerbate cv19 cases!😁😁😁😁😁😁

We’re going to continue seeing an increase in numbers over the next week given the virus infectivity period. The numbers weren’t going to suddenly change overnight. Plus testing has increased so there’s going to be more cases detected

Lockdown Melbourne. COVID19Vic

Dopey DanielAndrewsMP has a lot to answer for ... he allowed left wing extremist protesters (his voter base) to flood the streets. This sent a clear signal to the rest of the community that restrictions could be safely ignored (which it appears they have). Poor leadership Dan!!!

The virus can live much longer in cold and wet environment. This is how VIC is now, similar to Jan of Wuhan. Hence VIC need to be more strict of lockdown for hotspot areas. Also for international travellers, should redirect to hotels in warm states, to ease VIC pressure.

Can anybody explain why the CMOs 'are not' talking about the effectiveness of the CovidSafeApp with the Melbourne infection spikes? GregHuntMP normanswan. Wasn't this App meant to help track and prevent community spikes?

Victoria has been in strict lockdown for months, yet planes from India and china arrive 24/7 then they add it to Victorias toll of virus numbers. The fact is Victoria is doing wonderfully well. Shopping centres have been packed for weeks and people are getting on with living

After following the rules for months the Victorian public watched the govt & authorities stand back & let 30,000 protest in close contact without restrictions or fines. It’s on the Andrew’s govt.

I know that your ABC News will want to report this ASAP!

Dan's very lucky that Annastacia Palaszczuk is premier of qld otherwise he'd be the dumbest premier in Australia.

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