The Cosmetic Physicians College of Australasia has directed its members to stop administering all anti-wrinkle injections from midnight tonight to reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus.
The college warned that some members of the public might seek out botox injections or dermal fillers from "back yarders" - non-medical practitioners - in unsafe circumstances.
No more botox from midnight tonight.Credit:Kitty Hill
"Such conduct represents a significant health hazard in any circumstance," the college said.
"This is now particularly accentuated during the course of this highly contagious pandemic."
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg are expected to reveal the wage subsidy package at a news conference mid-afternoon.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
A man who recently returned to Australia from overseas is behind bars after NSW police stopped him from going outside for a third time in two days.
The 30-year-old man, who landed at Sydney International Airport after flying home from Jordan on March 18, was ordered to self-quarantine at his Edensor Park home for 14 days in case he had the coronavirus.
NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller is cracking down on those who won't follow the rules.Credit:Nick Moir
But he allegedly went out to Pagewood about 1.20am on Saturday, March 28, was given a $1000 on-the-spot fine and ordered to return home.
Then at 10pm on Saturday night he was arrested on Pitt Street in Sydney's CBD, charged with disobeying a ministerial direction under the Public Health Act. He has been granted bail to appear in court in May.
He is not the first person to be fined in NSW.
A 22-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman who arrived at Sydney International Airport on a flight from Thailand have been fined $1000 for breaching self-isolation orders.
Fines have been issued to a diplomat and a woman in Lake Macquarie, both of whom returned overseas.
No one has been fined in Victoria for breaching self-isolation orders.
More companies will be able to make hand sanitiser to meet soaring demand for the products, under new rules made by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Health Minister Greg Hunt said the move to "cut red tape" would maintain safety requirements but boost supply when there is high demand.
Carlton North pharmacy tells people they are out of hand sanitiser.Credit:Patrick Durkin
"The TGA has introduced an urgent legislative instrument and guidance to make it easier for local businesses to manufacture hand sanitiser," Mr Hunt said in a statement.
"This includes sanitisers for use in health care facilities – such as hospitals, aged care and other residential facilities – as well as for general consumer use."
Young Henrys co-founder and director Oscar McMahon is responding to the growing need for hand sanitiser.Credit:Wolter Peeters
The government says food grade alcohol is cheaper and available in larger qualities than medical grade alcohol and can be used to make hand sanitisers. Manufacturers will have to test the alcohol concentrations of each batch, manufacture under sanitary conditions, and maintain records of production to maintain consumer safety.
The Victorian health department has cut back red tape for pharmacists and doctors allowing them to prescribe and dispense medication faster, under public health emergency orders.
Pharmacists have been given approval to supply medications (except for 'schedule 8' drugs like morphine and methadone) without a prescription.
A customer wearing a protective face mask leaving a pharmacy.Credit:AAP
Doctors are allowed to prescribe 'schedule 8' medicines for non-drug dependent people without the need for a treatment permit for the next six months.
Schedule 8 medicines - known as 'controlled drugs' - are those with strict legislative controls, including opioid-based medicines such as morphine and methadone.
You can find the full orders here.
Banks will allow commercial landlords with loans of up to $10 million to delay their loan repayments by up to six months, on the condition tenants are not evicted due to the coronavirus crisis.
Today, the banking industry expanded its support package for business customers.
Under the latest changes, businesses with loans of up to $10 million will be able to defer their repayments, up from a previous limit of $3 million.
Australian Banking Association chief executive Anna Bligh.Credit:AAP
Australian Banking Association chief executive Anna Bligh said increasing the threshold to $10 million would mean an extra 30,000 businesses could access the repayment deferrals.
"The type of businesses this applies to includes commercial landlords of properties such as local shopping centres, pubs, clubs and restaurants, who must agree not to terminate leases or evict current tenants for rent arrears due to COVID19 in order to access support," Ms Bligh, a former premier of Queensland, said.
"This will help protect many more thousands of small businesses from being evicted if they are struggling to pay the rent as it covers approximately 90 per cent of commercial property owners who have loans with an Australian bank."
Unpaid interest during this time would be added onto the customer's loan balance.
To get the relief, commercial property borrowers must promise not to evict tenants or terminate leases for rent arrears during the period of the six month loan deferral.
Let's take a minute to look back at the developments so far this morning:
Andrea Napoli doesn't fit the usual profile of a coronavirus patient.
At 33, he is in perfect health, with no history of respiratory disease. And he is in top physical shape, thanks to regular workouts, including water polo training.
From fit to intensive care: Rome lawyer Andrea Napoli.Credit:AP
Still, Napoli, a lawyer in Rome, developed a cough and fever less than a week after Italy's premier locked down the entire nation.
He received a positive diagnosis for COVID-19 three days later.
Initially, Napoli was told to quarantine at home with the warning that his condition could deteriorate suddenly, and it did. By the next day, he was hospitalised in intensive care, with X-rays confirming he had developed pneumonia.
"I am 33-years-old, in great health, and I found myself suddenly in less than a day and a half in intensive care."
He spent the next nine days breathing with an oxygen mask.
After another week on a COVID-19 ward, he was moved Friday to a hotel being used for patients recovering from the virus, where he is checked twice a day by a doctor. He still can't breathe properly and oxygen levels in his blood haven't yet returned to normal.
Read his story here.
A private hospital in Western Australia has agreed to take in the 29 passengers on the Artania cruise ship who have tested positive to COVID-19.
The federal government has reached an agreement with Joondalup Health Campus, in Joondalup in Perth's northern suburbs, to care for the passengers, Health Minister Greg Hunt said in a statement this morning.
Cruise ship MS Artania which docked in Fremantle on Friday after news came to light that passengers and crew had contracted COVID-19.Credit:Fran Rimrod
"Our 145-bed private hospital facility co-located on Joondalup Health campus is well prepared and standing ready for these patients," Joondalup Health Campus chief executive Kempton Cowan said.
"Our teams are ready with the appropriate training and strict infection controls and safety protocols in place."
Thirty-nine passengers aboard the Artania were tested for COVID-19 last week by WA Health authorities, with 29 testing positive.
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan said in a statement last night that the federal government had agreed to take control of the treatment of the passengers, none of whom are Australian.
The retail industry is bracing for another brutal week, our reporter Charlotte Grieve writes.
Over the weekend, Country Road, Mimco, Politix, Trenery and Witchery also closed their doors "until further notice".
The three-pronged burden facing retailers – keeping staff safe, plummeting sales and brand damage for those stores that do remain open – means it is becoming increasingly untenable to keep bricks-and-mortar stores operating, says Russell Zimmerman, executive director of the Australian Retailers Association.
Country Road closed its doors on Sunday.Credit:Glenn Hunt
Department store David Jones will continue to operate its larger stores.
Cotton On Group also shut all its Australian stores yesterday. The Geelong-based company owns brands including Cotton On, Cotton on Body, Factorie, Rubie Shoes and Supre and operates more than 650 stores across the country.
It is understood the company will redeploy some staff to work at Aldi and Woolworths supermarkets during the indefinite closure.
Specsavers also stood down all of its retail workers from midnight last night until at least April 30 and will remain open only for urgent optical and audiology services.
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