Health Minister Greg Hunt has declared the curve continues to flatten, with fewer than 100 people contracting the virus in the past 24 hours but he has urged Australians to remain vigilant and stay home over Easter. Follow the latest here-
The NSW Teachers Federation has suggested a staggered return to schools once health authorities and governments agreed to begin lifting social distancing restrictions, beginning with year 12 and kindergarten.
Any return to school would need to ensure that maximum health protection was in place for everyone on the school site, "and appropriate resourcing to ensure satisfactory levels of cleanliness and sanitation".Health Minister Greg Hunt has declared the curve continues to flatten, with fewer than 100 people contracting the virus in the past 24 hours.
"I am pleased to indicate we have finalised and secured agreement with Qantas to carry out special facilitated flights, initially to three countries, to Peru, Argentina and South Africa," Foreign Minister Marise Payne said at a press conference this afternoon.
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