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Australia is facing the possibility of a second wave of COVID-19, with fresh outbreaks of the virus occurring at multiple hotspots around the country’s second largest city, Melbourne. The state of Victoria recorded a total of 116 new cases over the past week, accounting for more than 83 percent of new cases in Australia. Nineteen of those were recorded overnight on Sunday.

Health authorities say most of the state’s new cases are linked to clusters—often within extended families, according to the ABC, with two family clusters accounting for 25 cases. Chief health officials also urged against travel to six local government areas in Melbourne where the hotspots have been identified: those being Hume, Casey, Brimbank, Moreland, Cardinia and Darebin.

Almost one in five Victorians—or 18 percent—live in these suburbs.

Victoria Police will reportedly ramp up patrols in these areas and impose tougher enforcement of restrictions, including issuing more fines and conducting more spot checks on people who had been told to self-isolate. The Victorian government also tightened restrictions statewide overnight, limiting the number of visitors in homes to five and outdoor gatherings to 10.

“We still have, obviously, a public health emergency in Victoria,” said Health Minister Jenny Mikakos. “It is still a very serious situation.”

In addition to the two families that account for 25 cases, the other main sources of recent outbreaks include two large clusters among workers at a pair of hotels in Melbourne: the Stamford Plaza Hotel in the CBD, and the Rydges on Swanston hotel in Carlton. Both hotels were being used to quarantine international travellers who had recently returned to Australia. Detectives believe a contractor may have picked up the virus from a traveler before spreading it among colleagues.

Workers at these two hotels now account for at least 30 cases.

The escalating situation in Victoria comes just as public policy think tank the Grattan Institute cautions against the lifting of restrictions and reopening of non-essential services in Australia. In a report published over the weekend, health economist Dr Stephen Duckett stressed that reopening schools, workplaces and shops increases the risk of new infections, especially if people flout social distancing rules.

“It’s dangerous for people to think this fight is over,” Dr Duckett said in a statement. “The nature of the virus hasn’t changed—our behaviour has. If Australians go back to a pre-COVID normal, the virus could spread quickly and wildly, like it has elsewhere.”

The World Health Organisation this morning reported more than 183,000 new global coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours: the largest single-day increase by its count. Most of those came from Brazil, according to the UN health agency, with 54,771 cases tallied. The US accounted for the next highest number of cases, with 36,617, while a further 15,400 came from India. Experts noted that this uptick in recorded cases can reflect multiple factors, including broader testing as well as a spread of infections.

At the time of writing, at least 8.9 million people have been confirmed to have the coronavirus worldwide; more than 4.3 million have recovered; and more than 467,000 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

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Fifty-nine baby crocodiles were recently reported stolen from a reptile park in Australia’s Northern Territory.

The hatchlings went missing last month from the Crocodylus Park in Darwin’s CBD, where they were being held as part of a research project aimed at exploring the impacts of habitat on crocodile growth. According to park owner Professor Grahame Webb, the animals are worth several hundred dollars each—and he’s “100 percent sure they were stolen.”

“It’s happened to us before,” he told VICE over the phone, noting that hundreds of baby crocodiles have been taken from the park in the past. “At one stage we know that it was young kids that were putting them in their backpack and obviously selling them to somebody—I don’t know who—and one time we saw a vehicle with five guys parked outside.”

Professor Webb said he isn’t sure exactly why people keep stealing the park’s reptiles, but noted that “crocs have become a commercial commodity: you can buy crocodile products, you can buy stuffed crocodiles, you can buy things that are made from crocodiles.

“So I’m not sure if there’s some bandit out there, but my guess is that somebody—probably interstate—has decided they’re gonna do something with them,” he said. “What I’d like to know is who’s doing it, and what is happening to [these animals] … What are you going to do with 59 crocs?”

Police have investigated the incident, and confirmed to VICE that at the time of writing no arrests or charges had been made. They further stated that they “do not have information to suggest the alleged theft was part of an operation.”

For Professor Webb, the whole thing remains a mystery—although he’s convinced that someone’s profiting from the thefts.

“Someone’s buying them, someone’s either shipping them out or using them here or converting them into something here,” he told the ABC. “The scientist in me would like to know, who is doing what? You just feel sick.”

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When professional rugby player Grayson Hart, 32, was struck with a degenerative knee injury, he explored natural treatment options to prevent dependence on opioids and pain relievers. Having seen his father’s struggles with addiction while he was growing up, the New Zealand local did not wish to fall under that exact same trap. Conducting his research study, Hart, who has actually played for groups that consist of Glasgow Warriors and most recently, Bedford Blues, discovered NFL players taking CBD. Influenced, he followed their lead and quit painkillers. Nevertheless, as a drug-tested professional athlete, he soon ended up being interested in companies making false claims that their products were free of THC (a psychedelic substance in marijuana that gets users high and is prohibited in sports). This galvanized him in late 2018 to co-found Pure Sport CBD, a brand that targets other expert athletes as well as older grownups with active way of lives and has the certification and laboratory reports to prove reliability.

It’s been an interesting trajectory for the ambitious and amiable Hart.

This interview has been edited for conciseness and clarity.

Iris Dorbian: What are a few of the challenges you have faced introducing this brand-new CBD line?

Grayson Hart: There are a great deal of constraints with marketing in the U.K. You can’t do paid ads; you can’t go the traditional marketing route. We had to be truly creative and build a community around individuals who love the item. Because we accomplished certification through BSCG, one of the world’s most recognized testing certification for professional athletes, we now have a lot of athletes reaching out. We utilized that network to naturally promote CBD.

[There were] other challenges: We didn’t necessarily go out with the concept to develop a CBD brand or business. We were athletes who truly gained from the item. We were able to stop taking pain relievers however we were rather ignorant about what it truly took to take and grow a company. It’s actually been a crash course finding out how to run a service and what it entails. For us, one of our strengths is linking with people who have abilities and understanding we don’t have as athletes. Among the guys we’ve been fortunate to get in touch with is Alex Stewart He becomes part of a Scottish [private equity firm] Clyde Blowers Capital When our organisation started to grow a lot quicker than we anticipated and we began to deal with challenges like business strategies, forecasts, comprehending the ins and outs of accounts and how to scale up the business, we went to Alex as a good friend. He’s resembled a genuine true blessing to us.

Dorbian: What’s your personnel size?

Hart: We have a group of 7 staffers: 2 in Scotland and the rest in London and one stranded in Australia because of the lockdown.

Dorbian: How do you ensure that THC will not remain in any of your CBD products? What does your company do to guarantee quality assurance?

Hart: That’s something that sets our company apart. We’re supplying even more clarity than what’s in the items than 99 percent of brand names out there. With our accreditation, it reveals laboratory reports, every single aspect of the final product, tests for 260 banned substances in sports, every impurity and pesticide, a test of CBD levels, a test of THC levels. With a few of these third-party tested companies that CBD companies are sending these business to, they’re not using market accepted testing approaches. They’re using in-house laboratory testing. No one knows what it’s tested versus. We utilize an industry worldwide recognized laboratory testing to measure all cannabinoids, banned compounds and CBD content. When we developed the concept of introducing Pure Sport CBD, we wanted to work with a producer that might guarantee to a tee what they were extracting.

Dorbian: Do you mostly sell online or do you have a presence in shops?

Hart: We’ve been quite protective of our brand.

We are currently being sold in fitness centers, yoga studios, pilates studios and physiotherapy clinics in the UK. We have actually got a distribution contract in South Africa. That’s hit up a few retail sales points. We’re currently settling contracts with New Zealand, Australia and Japan. We’ve found with our official rugby network the word has spread quickly.

Dorbian: Did you utilize your own capital to introduce business or raise outdoors financing? If the latter, can you go over how that went?

Hart: The company was created from our own capital– myself and our co-founders. We had to persuade our wives that utilizing our cost savings was a fantastic concept. It took a fair quantity of convincing. However to date, that’s shown to be a good investment for us. We’ve had an angel financier (Alex Stewart) on board who has actually contributed. We have actually had quite a few deals of financial investment proposals. We’ve truly thought about these offers but we felt they were quite crazy about taking a fair piece of business. We’ve been picky on how we navigate today we’re seeking to scale up.

Dorbian: What’s your estimated profits for this year?

Hart: With our projections, we’re looking at in between five to seven times of last year. Each month our sales are increasing by 15 to 20 percent throughout2020 We’ve seen a substantial uptake in sales even with COVID.

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