Apr 14, 2020
MELBOURNE: Australian officials are investigating whether an illegal social gathering of health workers is behind a spike in coronavirus cases in the island state of Tasmania, as the government forecast national unemployment to hit 10 per cent by mid-year. Tasmania...
Apr 13, 2020
MELBOURNE: Officials in New Zealand and Australia, hailed globally for their early signs of success in combating the spread of the coronavirus, said on Monday (Apr 13) it is too soon to start easing social distancing rules or reopening their economies. The rate of new...
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Apr 11, 2020
MELBOURNE: New Zealand said on Saturday (Apr 11) there had been two new deaths due to the coronavirus – its biggest daily total to date despite the low number and bringing the total to four in a country that’s halfway through a four-week nationwide lockdown....
Apr 6, 2020
SYDNEY: Carnival Corp’s troubled Ruby Princess cruise liner, the biggest single source of coronavirus infections in Australia, docked south of Sydney on Monday (Apr 6) to get help for sick crew members requiring urgent medical treatment. The Ruby Princess, now...
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Apr 5, 2020
SYDNEY: Australian police on Sunday (Apr 5) launched a criminal investigation after thousands of passengers were allowed to disembark a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship in Sydney and 10 later died of the illness. The government last month allowed 2,700 passengers to...
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