An Australian child below the age of 10 years old from Victoria has been declared Australia’s youngest victim of Covid-19. This was after a huge anti-vaccination protest in Melbourne.
On Saturday, the state recorded 1166 new infections. Active cases fell to 9581 on Saturday. This is down about 30% from Friday.
Victoria’s health service later revealed that the child with HIV was one of five more deaths.
Osama Suduh, a 15-year old from Sydney’s southwest was previously the first person to have died of the virus.
In August, a teenager in southwest Sydney succumbed to pneumococcal medinitis. He was also Covid-positive but that was not what caused his death.
Five Covid-related deaths in Victoria were announced on Saturday. (Photo: Residents of Melbourne’s Hardware Lane).
Although the department could not confirm the age, they said that the child was under ten years old.
The death is the first of its kind since the start of the pandemic in Australia. Only one Covid-related death has occurred under 19.
On Saturday, there were two other fatalities in Victoria: those in their 90s or 80s.
On Saturday, thousands of people gathered in Melbourne’s CBD to protest Victoria’s pandemic bill.
Groups that oppose vaccinations, mandates or the state’s pandemic legislation, are the demonstrators.
They were observed by police at parliament house and chanted “kill the bill” while holding placards with anti-government slogans.
Melbourne witnessed protests against the imposition of vaccination mandates.
Many thousands rallied in Melbourne’s CBD Saturday against Victoria’s controversial Pandemic Bill and Covid-19 mandates
Catherine Cumming (an independent MP) said that she would support the bill to end the pandemic if it was scrapped the vaccine mandates. She led a chant of ‘no more mandates and sack (Premier), Dan Andrews.
“We are adult. Our children make their own decisions. She said, “Get out of your lives Daniel,” during a speech.
Since then, the crowd has grown. They marched to Flagstaff Gardens and a band performed John Farnham’s You’re the Voice in a fun party atmosphere.
The nearby Eight Hour Day Monument was the site of a counter protest that attracted hundreds but did not clash avec other demonstrators.
They marched along Lygon St, and then heard speeches. The group dispersed after 2pm.
One man was seen holding a sign made of cardboard depicting a needle and the words “this is war” across it
At the Melbourne protest rally on Saturday, one man was taken into custody. Victoria recorded 1166 new Covid-19 cases
Nahui Jimenez the Organiser stated that the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism rally in Melbourne and Sydney and Brisbane and Perth were meant to raise public awareness about the ‘growth anti-human and conspiratorial politics.
She stated that “hostility towards vaccines has been a gateway for the far right worldwide.”
Reports indicate that figures connected to the neo Nazi party have joined the recurring demonstrations, which staged a mock execution by wooden gallows of the premier on Monday evening.
Andy Meddick was also the key Victorian crossbench MP. His daughter Kielan sustained a head injury when he confronted him for spraying an anti-vax banner.
On Saturday, protests took place in thirteen Australian cities (shown is rally in Melbourne).