06Jul
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Coronavirus Update: Scientists Warn WHO That COVID- 19 Can Be Transmitted Through The Air

July 6, 2020By

In an open letter, 239 researchers from 32 countries will call on the WHO to change its recommendations regarding the form of protection against the new coronavirus.

Professor Morawska said, “Studies by the signatories and other scientists have demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that viruses are exhaled in microdroplets small enough to remain aloft in the air and pose a risk of exposure beyond 1m to 2m by an infected person”.

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06Jul
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Australia State Border Sealed First Time in 100 Years After Surge In Fresh Coronavirus Cases

July 6, 2020By

Australian officials are closing the border between Australia’s two most populous states for an indefinite period as they scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Melbourne, Victoria’s capital, has surged in recent days. For the first time, the border between Victoria and New South Wales has been shut in 100 years. Officials last blocked movement between the two states in 1919 during the Spanish flu pandemic.

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02Jul
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Coronavirus Vaccine Update: Adelaide-Based Company Vaxine To Start Human Trials

July 2, 2020By

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.”

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29Jun
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Australia Posts Biggest One-Day Rise In Coronavirus Cases In Two Months

June 29, 2020By

Daily growth figures have stoked fears of a second wave of Coronavirus in Australia after several weeks of fewer than 20 new cases a day.

Australia’s economy, which is heading into its first recession in three decades as the unemployment rate hits a 19-year high of 7.1%.

Prime Minister “Scott Morrison” has called on states to continue easing restrictions, insisting the country’s economy can not remain idle.

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