What we learned today, Saturday 4 June
With that we’ll wrap up our live coverage of the day’s news. Here’s a summary of the main developments:
- The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has presided over the renaming of Canberra’s Aspen Island to Queen Elizabeth II Island, in honour of her platinum jubilee.
- More than 28,000 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Australia on Saturday, along with a further 59 deaths to take the weekly toll to 292.
- There has been a fourth, and probably fifth, case of monkeypox detected in two New South Wales residents who recently returned from Europe.
- Australians planning an overseas trip are facing the possibility of cancelled or delayed travel plans as the Australian passport office buckles under post-Covid-restrictions demand.
- A Lismore family has been reunited with their lost cat 13 weeks after their house flooded.
- Biloela is preparing to party as the Murugappan family returns home, with a thousand extra people expected to attend the Queensland festival that will serve as their unofficial homecoming.
Have a great evening and pleasant weekend.
Updated
New monkeypox case in NSW
There has been a fourth, and probably fifth, case of monkeypox detected in two New South Wales residents who recently returned from Europe.
According to NSW Health, the two men in their 30s, who were travelling companions, developed mild illnesses several days after arriving back in Sydney.
Both men presented to a doctor with symptoms clinically compatible with monkeypox.
Urgent testing results for one of the men is consistent with monkeypox, making it the fourth case in NSW. His companion is likely to be confirmed as the fifth case.
Both men are isolating at home.
Updated
