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My message is to be patient. It does take time because of the biology of the virus, before these types of restrictions, and the isolation of cases and contact will demonstrate that we are starting to get on top of
Victoria is in the midst of grappling with a surge in coronavirus infections that has now spread into NSW, forming a cluster of cases linked to one pub in Sydney. Melbourne bureau chief Melissa Davey and infectious diseases expert Professor …
‘The priority now must be to get that R number back below 1,’ he said, adding that by doing so the country will have the best chance possible to fully reopen schools in late August.
To achieve the target, the
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is enforcing partial coronavirus restrictions in the capital, Manila, for another two weeks, and warned that stricter curbs would be reinstated if the rise in new cases and deaths does not slow down, Reuters reports.
The
Australia has done far better than was expected only a few months ago in suppressing the virus, allowing businesses to keep supplying households and providing jobs and in easing restrictions. The Victorian experience should not be seen as a reason
A Guardian Australia analysis of Victorian coronavirus cases shows that infections have been increasing in areas outside the locked-down postcodes, and that all significant growth areas are now contained within the wider Melbourne lockdown.
Using data aggregated daily from the
I do muse to myself that, you know, the second day I was prime minister, the news media was entirely about the jacket I wore.
Entirely. Like, no one reported anything I said the second day I was prime minister.
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The Australian Border Force has confirmed reports that staff at Sydney’s Villawood immigration detention centre are self-isolating after attending the pub at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak.
“Staff employed at [Villawood] who have recently been to the Crossroads Hotel