Health Minister Greg Hunt has suggested Australia avoided a resurgence of coronavirus over the Easter weekend, pointing to transport data that indicates a near 90 per cent reduction in movement. Follow the latest in our free live blog here
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said millions of Australians had "done the right thing" and were helping to flatten the curve of coronavirus infections across the country."We've seen from really sophisticated, successful countries in coronavirus management such as South Korea, Japan and Singapore that they've had to tighten measures [later] in different ways," he said.
Mr Hunt said Australians had "stayed at home, they have self-isolated, they have responded with the best sense of Australia imaginable. The call to donate comes as the federal government announced $3 million in funding for coronavirus research projects aimed at identifying high-risk patients early and hasten diagnoses.Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says the growth in new cases of coronavirus in Australia is now below 2 per cent per day and "now is the time to stay the course" with social distancing and home isolation measures.
"Sadly 61 Australians have lost their lives. At the same time, 3338 Australians have now officially recovered from coronavirus.
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