Australia is successfully flattening the curve, recording four new cases of coronavirus, marking the first time the numbers have run in the single digits since March 8
The other death was a 92-year-old woman who was a resident of the Anglicare Newmarch House aged care facility in western Sydney, where a cluster of cases has emerged. She is the third person from the facility to die.
"Think about the digital connections, other connections that don't entail very close contact for the time being. Let's see how we are in a couple of weeks' time or three weeks' time and then there will be announcements about relaxing some of these measures and our advice."Meanwhile, people wishing to pay their respects on Anzac Day can do so via televised services. The Australian War Memorial's service in Canberra starts at 5.30am, followed by a NSW service at 10am.
"I think this Anzac Day, more than others, we'll be able to really, really soak the significance of this momentous day." "It is somewhat difficult for a lot of our men and women, especially in the older age group, in this time of not being able to leave their home, so I encourage all people in the community who knows a veteran or a relative who is a veteran, and they can't be socialising as normal, to give them a phone call and make sure they are okay," he said.
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