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Good morning, it is Martin Belam here in London taking over from Helen Sullivan for the next few hours. There has been a coronavirus outbreak in the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) which includes the Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth, it has been confirmed.
The aircraft carrier is about a quarter of the way through a 28-week deployment leading the CSG, which includes a US destroyer and 10 Marine Corps F35-B fighters, and is currently in the Indo-Pacific.
One in five Australians are reporting high or very high levels of psychological distress linked to the Covid 19 pandemic, with young people, women and those living with a disability the most affected by poor mental health.
A survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics into the household impact of Covid-19 also reveals that the recent Victorian outbreak led to a surge in psychological distress with almost a third of people in the state reporting feelings associated with depression and anxiety compared with 18% in the rest of Australia:
Related: Covid’s mental health toll: one in five Australians report high levels of psychological distress
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