We have made our live blog of the coronavirus pandemic free for all readers. Please consider supporting our journalism with a subscription.SummaryThe number of locally transmitted cases in Victoria jumped from nine to 16 overnight. There were a total of 54 new cases as of 11am this morning, taking the state’s total to 574.On Thursday,…
The number of NSW coronavirus cases jumped on Thursday to 1219, a rise of 190 on the previous day. Some 16 patients are in intensive care, with 10 requiring ventilators. Two more children in NSW on Thursday – girls aged one and two – were confirmed to have COVID-19, taking the number of child cases…
2.25am GMT 02:25 The Greens have also called for a freeze on tenant evictions. From Adam Bandt: The Greens have also written to the National Cabinet urging a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures as well as rent and mortgage holidays, after the NSW and Tasmanian Parliaments over the last 2 days passed Greens amendments to…
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19m ago U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee calls for Tokyo Olympics to be postponed The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee on Monday announced that it believes the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo should be postponed due to the coronavirus. The organization said it came to this conclusion after surveying many of the American…
Widespread testing for coronavirus is among the key pillars of the Government’s plan to slow the spread of the pandemic in Ireland. With a backlog of 40,000 people awaiting a test, to succeed, the State’s success hinges on a plan to ramp up the testing capacity to 15,000 a day in the coming weeks –…
As of Monday morning, the novel coronavirus has infected more than 343,421 people across 167 countries and territories, resulting in over 14,790 deaths. In the U.S., all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, tallying over 35,224 illnesses and at least 471 deaths. More than 176 people in the U.S. have recovered.CORONAVIRUS: WHAT…
LIVE Last updated March 23, 2020 12:09PM AEDT Jacinda Ardern has announced strict new measures that will see schools, universities and non-essential businesses closed across New Zealand. The New Zealand prime minister has raised the country’s alert status to level 3, with a level 4 upgrade to fol Meanwhile, healthcare systems in some of Europe’s…
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Auto Refresh Feeds Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: Centre on Sunday asked state governments to impose a complete lockdown in 75 districts across the country that have reported COVID-19 cases and casualties, and suspended all train services, including Metro and sub-urban services, to contain the infection. Some of the prominent cities included in the list are -…
