PROFESSOR PAUL KELLY:I think everyone is aware now that it’s mostly the situation in Melbourne is occupying our mind at the moment in relation to the response to the pandemic here in Australia.So firstly just to update the total cases and other numbers for Australia.
In the– we now have 8,362 cases, that represents 113 new cases in the last 24 hours confirmed, but it also includes 189 historic cases.
So these are not current cases but are cases that have previously not been counted in the total.Most of those are related to the Ruby Princess crew members who were diagnosed and isolated, firstly on the boat and then proved no problem to the wider community in Australia.