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California saw its first daily decrease in intensive care hospitalisations during the coronavirus outbreak, a key indicator of how many health care workers and medical supplies the state needs, Governor Gavin Newsom said Thursday . The British government's two chief advisers on the coronavirus pandemic voiced cautious optimism that the country's outbreak may be near its peak even as the COVID-19 death toll rose sharply to just shy of 8000. Prime Minister Boris JohnsonGermany's national disease control centre says it plans to conduct a series of blood tests to determine how many people in the country are immune to COVID-19 and how many were infected without knowing it.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds have announced the government has approved a package of immediate assistance for Vanuatu, after Cyclone Harold devastated northern parts of the country earlier this week.
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