Australia news live updates: Bushmaster combat vehicles to be sent to Ukraine; ‘Deltacron’ detected in NSW | Australia news
Good morning all, and happy Friday! It’s Matilda here with you today and let’s start with the unfolding flood situation in areas of NSW.
Early this morning, evacuation orders were issued for people living in Cornwallis and the eastern part of Richmond lowlands.
Residents in parts of Cattai, Pitt Town and Agnes Banks were also told to get out for fear of being trapped without power and water.
Major flood warnings are in place for rivers in the the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley and the NSW Central and South Coast after torrential rain drenched the Sydney, Shoalhaven and Wollongong regions on Thursday.
The downpour and threat of flooding also forced 24 schools to close today, with another 13 schools teaching classes at different sites.
Now, sticking with NSW for a moment, where the first cases of “Deltacron” and another Omicron strain of Covid-19 have been detected.
Essentially this is something called a “recombinant” infection, where two separate strains of the virus combine to create a new strain.
The state’s weekly Covid-19 report showed the state has recorded two of these recombinant cases: one mix of the Delta and Omicron variants, or “Deltacron”, and one combination of Omicron’s two subvariants … so that’s not great.
But it’s worth noting that there isn’t any evidence so far that these new strains would be more resistant to vaccines or cause more severe illness.
Twenty Australia Bushmaster combat vehicles are leaving in a convoy today destined for Ukraine, to help the country in its counteroffensive against Russia.
Defence minister Peter Dutton, said supplying the equipment was an honour.
We’re going to gift 20 Bushmasters to the Ukraine and the idea will be to provide the support to keep people safe and to repel the Russians as quickly as possible from the Ukrainian territory.
Okay, with all that in mind, why don’t we jump right into the day.
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