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11.37am BST 11:37 Here's what happened on Tuesday That will be that for our live coronavirus coverage for today. Thanks from me, Graham Readfearn, and from my colleagues Ben Smee, Michael McGowan and Matilda Boseley for staying with our live coverage over the past 13 hours. Guardian Australia will be back tomorrow with another live…

10.54am BST 10:54 We’re going to wrap this up for the evening. Here are the key moments from today: A 42-year-old man became the youngest person to die of Covid-19 in Australia. The man was a national of the Philippines and a crew member on the Artania cruise ship. He died in Perth. The prime…

Frank Chung NSW has reported 11 new coronavirus cases overnight, bringing the state total to 2897.NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says it is a "very positive outcome" and urged more people to get tested."If you live in a suburb we have identified and you think you might have symptoms or you are in direct contact with…

Victoria Craw Three children who are reportedly sick with COVID-19 have been taken from Sydney's Hilton hotel and rushed to hospital. Pictures from Tuesday evening around 10pm show the three children taken in ambulances from the hotel by emergency service workers in protective equipment. Their parents and siblings also got into waiting cars. A police…

6.27am BST 06:27 Brendan Murphy says Easter is “going to be very different this year”. People have been asked not to travel over the holiday. However, he says the Easter Bunny is exempt from this. “I’ve been asked about the Easter Bunny and I’m told because he’s a solo operator and an essential service, Easter…

Australia’s national science agency has begun testing potential coronavirus vaccines in what has been described as a critical milestone in the global fight against COVID-19.CSIRO scientists are performing the first stage of testing for two vaccine candidates at the agency’s high-containment biosecurity facility in Geelong.The pre-clinical trials, which are expected to take three months, will…

6.17am BST 06:17 10% of Australia’s cases are from Ruby Princess My colleague Naaman Zhou has this story tracking the number of coronavirus cases from the Ruby Princess cruise ship. You should read the story, but this paragraph is damning: There are now more cases of Covid-19 from the Ruby Princess outside NSW than within…

This morning I told my cabinet I wanted even tougher border controls, and they have agreed. Our actions so far have stem the flow of interstate arrivals to that Territory, and I want to stop that flow. From midnight on Wednesday, people entering the Territory from interstate, including Territorians returning home, will be required to…

5.24am BST 05:24 Ben Doherty A group of the over 400 Australians stranded in Peru have pleaded with prime minister Scott Morrison to help them escape on government-sponsored repatriation flights. Some are expected to leave on a commercial charter in the next 24 hours - but this is not certain - and it may be…

3.28am GMT 03:28 He warns that both the health and economic impacts of Covid-19 will take lives and livelihoods. He says we need to battle both “enemies”. 3.27am GMT 03:27 “I promise you we will be doing more,” Morrison says. He says he will have more to say about support and assistance shortly. 3.26am GMT…