'Huge risk' if coronavirus restrictions lifted too early, says Chief Medical Officer | erykbagshaw JennieDuke
Professor Murphy said international travel remained a huge issue after a flight carrying up to 80 Australians with coronavirus from the Greg Mortimer cruise ship landed in Melbourne on Sunday morning.
"I think the Australian people are prepared for restrictions for as long as it takes, to be honest, because we have got to take the medical advice," Mr Frydenberg said on ABCHe said Singapore and Japan both thought they had great success with stopping coronavirus but have now seen a second wave of cases and Sweden, with half the population of Australia, had 10 times the number of deaths.
Education Minister Dan Tehan said the federal government wanted all schools to open for term two and has warned independent schools they risk losing federal funding if they do not provide classrooms for essential workers.
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