The health authority of China confirmed three new coronavirus cases in the mainland for July 1st became a total of 83,537 confirmed coronavirus cases.
There were no new deaths. The death toll from the coronavirus remained at 4,634 in China.
The first human trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine developed in Australia are about to begin in Adelaide.
Vaccine research director Professor Nikolai Petrovsky said the human trials beginning in Adelaide today were the first for a vaccine developed in the southern hemisphere.
He said “I am very confident there will be successful vaccines against COVID-19.”
Today French diagnostics company “Eurofins Technologies” announced the launch of new devices aimed at testing for the presence of coronavirus.
This testing devices aim to identify a person’s past exposure to the virus, SARS-CoV-2, in 10 minutes.
NSW Government Closed Victoria Borde for people living in Melbourne’s coronavirus hotspots from entering the state.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard revealed anyone from an affected Victorian postcode found in NSW could be jailed for six months or fined $11,000.
“So take it seriously, take it very, very seriously.”
The National Health Commission said in a statement, China on Tuesday reported 19 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for June 29, including 7 in Beijing. There were no new deaths.
Beijing has been carrying out mass testing for the coronavirus since the city reported its first case in the latest outbreak on June 11.
The majority of coronavirus cases recorded in Australia have come from overseas and the majority of those cases came from either Europe or cruise ships.
The spokeswoman from the Department of Health said, “Due to international travel restrictions, those individuals arriving in Australia are generally arriving via charter or repatriation flights.” But most of the people entering Australia are coming home.
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said Everybody in hotel quarantine will be tested near the start and end of their stay in quarantine, with those who do not comply in Victoria facing an extra 10 days in quarantine.
Australia’s chief nursing and midwifery officer Alison McMillan warned “this pandemic is not over” as the country recorded 85 new cases in the past 24 hours.
She described what a “second wave” of the deadly coronavirus would look like and warned that although younger people might suffer milder symptoms, they were absolutely at risk of infection and could spread the virus to more vulnerable Australians if they were not careful.
Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical and the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences get approval to begin human testing for potential coronavirus vaccine from the National Medical Products Administration to launch clinical trials.
Chinese researchers and companies are testing six experimental shots in humans and more than a dozen vaccines are in different stages of clinical trials globally.
According to a Reuters tally on Monday, the death toll from the coronavirus reached over 120,000 in the United States.
Total U.S. coronavirus cases are over 2.2 million, the highest in the world, followed by Brazil with more than 1 million cases, and infections are rapidly rising in India.
The National Rugby League (NRL) has shifted a match away from Melbourne due to a spike in Coronavirus cases in the southern Australian city.
Storm CEO Dave Donaghy said we have some COVID-19 hotspots in Victoria has made it difficult for our team and visiting teams to continue playing at AAMI Park in the short term.
