30th March, 2020, Melbourne

In Victoria 821 people have the virus and 4 people have died.

Jupiter is conjunct Pluto in Capricorn heightening the impact and magnifying the consequences. 

Uranus in Taurus is conjunct the Midheaven with many examples of creative innovative ways to use technology to cope with impact of the virus.  

Neptune is conjunct Mercury and in aspect with the Moon and the arts community has a strong presence online with the emergence of creative arts videos designed to heal and provide some context to our situation.

Stage 3 is implemented with public gatherings limited to 2 people and there will be a six-month moratorium on evictions for commercial and residential tenants in financial distress because of the economic shock associated with the coronavirus outbreak.  

People aged 70 and over  are advised to stay home and self-isolate as well as people over 60 with a chronic illness, and Indigenous people over the age of 50.  Currently it is believed that the death rate is 1.38% but for people over 80 it rises to 7.8%.

There is a limit of 10 people permitted to attend funerals and 5 people at weddings.

The number of cases is difficult to ascertain because of the lack of testing kits available.  In Australia, only people returning from overseas or people who have been with a known contact are tested.   There is a lot of debate as to the actual numbers of people in the community who might test positive if kits were available. 

Global cases are at 750,000 with US deaths are at 3,000.

Moscow locks down 12 million people