Victoria reported five deaths from the coronavirus cases and logged the third-highest daily rise in coronavirus cases.
Victoria recorded 403 new cases overnight, Premier Daniel Andrews told a media briefing in Melbourne, a day after posting its biggest one-day spike of 484 cases.
ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith has condemned a letter dropped into Canberra letterboxes falsely claiming coronavirus testing clinics pose an “imminent danger”.
The flyer, titled an “Important Covid-19 Health Warning”, falsely warned that 30 percent of people who went to a testing site have contracted the virus during the testing process.
Australia’s most isolated city will become the spectator capital of the world on Sunday when 30,000 fans descend upon Perth Stadium as Australian Rules football resumes in the country’s west amid easing COVID-19 restrictions.
Neesham said talent will only take teams so far this season given the upheaval and off-field distractions.
“Mental strength would be a critical factor in this current environment,” he added. “It’ll be a deserved winner at the very end.”
There are concerns for Victorian health workers after five staff members at the Royal Children’s Hospital tested positive for coronavirus.
Above 100 medical personnel have become sick or placed into quarantine due to COVID-19. No patients were affected.
Kiyoshi Kurokawa, a prominent Japanese government adviser, said Tokyo Olympics may have to be postponed again if the novel coronavirus mutates into a stronger pathogen.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike told Reuters the Olympics, originally scheduled to start this month but put off to 2021 because of the pandemic, must go ahead next year as a symbol of world unity in overcoming coronavirus.
South Australia Premier Steven Marshall announces mandatory Coronavirus test from Victoria within 24 hours of their arrival and will be forced to wear a face mask when they do so.
All travelers would be required to self-isolate for 14 days, submit for a COVID-19 test within 24 hours, and again 12 days later.
The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus.
Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead on the coronavirus pandemic at the WHO, told a news briefing that “We have been talking about the possibility of airborne transmission and aerosol transmission as one of the modes of transmission of COVID-19,”.
The Federal Government is considering bringing forward planned income tax cuts forward as part of Coronavirus economic response..
Mr Frydenberg said further income support would be made available after the September deadline for JobKeeper and JobSeeker. Major banks had agreed to extend the period under which loans could be deferred by people facing financial hardship due to COVID-19.
Greater Melbourne and Mitchell Shire will go into lockdown for six weeks, to deal with a surge in coronavirus cases in the state.
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.
According to the health ministry, Mexico posted a record daily tally of coronavirus infections as 6,741 cases carried the overall figure to 238,511 on Thursday.
Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said authorities had begun examining records for causes of death linked to COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the virus.
