Face of Nation International : Police Minister Lisa Neville this morning announced a decision of National Cabinet to put a temporary ban on additional access to firearms and ammunition for recreation and sporting shooters.
Ms Neville said the number of attempts to access certain categories of firearms and ammunition had doubled in the past week from about 1,000 to 2,200. She added that in the past 24 hours health authorities had confirmed another 96 coronavirus cases in the state, taking its total to 917.
At a press conference this afternoon, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said four of the new cases were pre-school aged children — three cases in children aged under one year and a one-year-old — bring the total number of preschooler cases in Victoria to five. Professor Sutton said it did not appear to be a cluster of cases.
“There’s no apparent linkage between them but that is being looked at at the moment,” he said. The number of suspected community transmissions has increased by six to 32. “The community transmission will be significant in a few days if we don’t get on top of it,” he said.
“We’ve seen a 25 per cent increase in a day. This is significant. We wouldn’t want to see that continuing.” Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said six healthcare workers at Eastern Health had tested positive for COVID-19 but could not say if they were doctors, nurses or other staff. (Source: ABC News – Australia)
