1. Peter Dutton confirmed coronavirus diagnosis, Sydney Royal Easter Show, Australian Grand Prix, Coachella, and more cancelled due to coronavirus.
The Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton has been diagnosed with coronavirus.
The Liberal party member and QLD resident confirmed the news in an official statement shared on his Twitter account.
“This morning I woke up with a temperature and sore throat,” it read.
“I immediately contacted the QLD Department of Health and was subsequently tested for COVID-19. I was advised by Queensland Health this afternoon that the test had returned positive.
“I feel fine and will provide an update in due course.”
"After more than three long months in hospital things are finally starting to look up as my medical team have cleared me for day leave," he wrote.
"The first thing on my list was to go and see this little cutie who hasn’t seen me in a whopping 1.8 dog years. Such an awesome feeling to be back out in the real world breathing in some fresh air.
"I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has helped me get to this point, I couldn’t have done it without you all," he concluded.
Jake has undergone 23 surgeries, and only recently has been able to have his dressings changed in his own room in the burns unit of Middlemore Hospital.
In a message on his Givealittle page which has raised more than $147,000, Jake wrote: "The last 94 days have been the most challenging days of my life but each and every one of them I have been getting stronger and stronger."
"I am now fully grafted which means my physio regime has been getting more and more intense as my skin grafts heal," he explained.
"From walking on the treadmill to pumping iron (a 1kg weight in each hand) we are seeing improvements every day. I am finally beginning to gain weight and have put on three kgs in the last three weeks."
3. Harvey Weinstein has been taken to hospital for chest pains.
Harvey Weinstein, who was yesterday sentenced to 23 years behind bars, has been being taken to hospital with chest pains, one of his spokespeople says.
Weinstein is at Bellevue Hospital in New York City after suffering a "mild heart attack" after his sentencing.
"He was having chest pains so the staff at Rikers Island jail decided for safety to send him back to Bellevue [hospital]," his spokesperson explained.
"We appreciate the care and concern of the Department of Corrections officers and staff," they added.
Earlier the same day as his hospitalisation, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and raping former aspiring actress Jessica Mann.
After his guilty verdict in late February the former movie producer was also rushed to hospital.
Doctors performed a heart procedure, inserting a stent to alleviate a blockage before sending him back to prison.
-With AAP
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Top Comments
If our PM has been in contact with Peter Dutton this week shouldn't he self isolate for 14 days and not be going to his footy match tomorrow?
Are regular people getting their results the same day? I thought it was a few days of backlog at the moment?