“Super-spreader” fears for Trump’s Tulsa rally.
Several U.S. states including Oklahoma reported a surge in new coronavirus infections, days before a planned campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Tulsa that would be the nation’s largest indoor social gathering in three months.
Australian shares slipped more than 5 percent on Thursday, as a spike in coronavirus cases across the United States and China put a damper on sentiment.
Australia’s trade minister on Wednesday warned of a possible ban on international travelers till 2021.
In New Zealand, the gross domestic product fell 1.6% in the March quarter, the largest drop in 29 years, as coronavirus restrictions sapped economic activity.
Victoria’s Health Minister Jenny Mikakos announced 21 new cases of coronavirus had been recorded in the state overnight – the highest surge in infections in more than a month.
The infection tally had increased to 1762, with the number of community transmission cases rising by six.
Of the 21 new cases, 15 are returned travelers in mandatory hotel quarantine.
A sweeping set of changes to coronavirus restrictions have been announced in many Australian states, including funerals, cinemas, gyms and sporting stadia.
Queensland is set to open its borders in 25 days, following weeks of criticism directed at premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Two Melbourne primary schools have shut down after two students tested positive for coronavirus for three days.
Students currently learning onsite are advised to remain at home while contact tracing occurs. The school will undergo a deep clean over the next three days.
Google, PwC and Salesforce launched a free online marketplace called ‘Project Spirit’, which lets Australian businesses work together to address challenges they’re facing during the coronavirus pandemic.
There’s also a curated library of ‘how to’ stories from business that have successfully changed how they work during the pandemic.
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Prince Charles has released a message thanking teachers for their efforts, parents and schools for their efforts to continue children’s education during the coronavirus crisis.
He expressed his “heartfelt gratitude to everyone in Teach First for all they are doing to support the schools, teachers and pupils most affected by this pandemic.
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.
