Barnaby Joyce has been a bit quiet of late. Today he decided to step back into the limelight once again.
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He announced he wouldn't download the government's new COVID- 19 tracker app due to privacy concerns. Government Services Minister Stuart Robert hit back saying no one cares where Mr Joyce has been. Mr Robert said people need to understand what the app actually does (hint: it doesn't track your location).
The government plans to use an app from Singapore but an Australian solution already exists. United Network's tech has been used to alert Australians about danger when they are overseas for eight years. Also you don't need to download an app and it meets Australian privacy standards.
Tracking COVID-19 will be vital to opening the country back up after lockdown. But the pressing issue are the outbreaks that are happening right now, particularly in care homes.
Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein today spoke of the bittersweet moment when only one positive case was confirmed from more than 500 people tested from care homes. There were fears a previously confirmed case had spread the virus to the three care homes.
In a Sydney care home another death and nine more positive cases were announced today. A quarter of residents have now been infected at Newmarch House in Kingswood.
Chief Nursing Officer Alison McMillan has reminded all health workers to stay home if they are sick to avoid any more outbreaks at hospitals or care homes.
Our friends at AAP have created this snapshot of the coronavirus impact.
Across the seas, two presidents never far from the limelight are Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro. President Trump started the weekend calling for the liberation of certain US states from a lockdown he authorised before turning his sights back to China. He has warned the Chinese will face consequences if he can prove that coronavirus came from a Chinese lab. It isn't Sunday in the US yet so who knows what comes next.
In Brazil, President Bolsonaro has faced backlash from most quarters as he thinks everyone is overreacting to the crisis. The rest of the country meanwhile continues to do its best as the situation continues to worsen. In Sao Paolo they have begun to dig large scale graves in preparation for the peak next month.
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