July 31, 2020
100 days and counting
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Geelong East Primary School preps celebrate their irst 100 days at school today, amid a year like no other. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the milestone for 2020 was just as big for the pupils as any year, prep teacher Erin Sheils said. “They’re very excited about tomorrow, they’re counting down the hours,” she said yesterday. “Even when they were doing remote learning, they were counting down the days. “We look at things we couldn’t do on the irst day of prep and all these fun things they can do now, like reading and writing.” The preps, their parents and teachers had shown enormous resilience during a tough 2020, Erin said. “It’s exciting to see how much the kids have achieved during remote learning and after returning to school. “They’ve made us really proud. “Although our workload has been more dificult this year with remote learning, seeing how far they have come makes it all worth it.” Luke Voogt
Restrictions extended By Luke Voogt Residents in Geelong and surrounding areas can no longer visit family and friends or have visitors over under new COVID-19 restrictions that came into efect last night. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced the changes yesterday, which afect greater Geelong, the Surf Coast, Colac Otway, Moorabool and Golden Plains shires, and Queensclif. “Today is not a good day,” Mr Andrews said, ater a record 723 new cases in Victoria as of
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communities. It’s vital we stop this virus further seeping into regional Victoria.” Mr Andrews also announced that face coverings, previously only mandatory in - Daniel Andrews Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, would become compulsorily statewide, from 11.59pm on Sunday. “I understand this will a big step for some,” midnight on Wednesday. “And as the numbers show, this virus does he said. “But by covering your face, you’re not discriminate. It rips through workplaces, protecting your community, and protecting sweeps through aged care settings, cuts those extra freedoms your community enjoys.” Residents in Geelong and surrounding through communities – and tragically, takes regions will still be able to dine at restaurants lives with it as it goes. “We have seen a signiicant jump in regional under the new restrictions.
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“Understandably, there’ll be plenty of questions about why this and not that. Why you can have dinner together at a restaurant – but not at a mate’s place,” Mr Andrews said. “And the simple truth is, the data. he data is telling us that outside work, this is the single greatest cause of transmission in these communities. “People are visiting friends and family – and taking the virus home with them. hese are the kind of places we let our guard down. “We relax, we get comfortable and we forget all the rules about keeping safe.”
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