More than six months into the Coronavirus pandemic, this is not the time for any country to take its foot off the pedal,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told an online briefing on Monday.
His top emergency expert, Dr. Mike Ryan, said cases of infection in central American countries were still on the rise.
Maurizio Cecconi, head of intensive care at the Humanitas research hospital in Milan, says society will have to “learn how to live” with coronavirus until there is a vaccine.
If there is an increase in transmission, we need to be ready to slow down again, and maybe to put restrictive measures again,” he said.
Premier Warns warned that NSW is yet to feel the “severe” economic consequences of COVID-19, despite the biggest contraction in its economy in 20 years.
This week the State Government dumped its plan to renovate Sydney Olympic Stadium, so the $810 million earmarked for that project could be directed into a $3 billion infrastructure fund, which aims to generate 20,000 jobs.
Australia is continuing to ease coronavirus restrictions across the country as pubs open for the first time in two months.
In Victoria, the state with the toughest restrictions, skate parks reopened and up to 20 people can gather for a party – outdoors or indoors.
Cafes, restaurants, pubs, and clubs in the Sunshine State can now host up to 20 people – with the reform brought forward from June 12.
Road trips are allowed and some gyms are back in business – here’s everything that you need to know.
