Dedicated coronavirus teams across the country are on edge as they closely monitor new outbreaks that threatening major cities. 9News
August 27, 2020 News and Updates: 'Australia wasn't built to have internal borders' says PM; Another 23 deaths as Victoria records 113 new cases; Sydney gym cluster grows as NSW records nine COVID-19 cases; All Queensland prisons in lockdown
The Australian Medical Association also described the state's handling of the second wave as a "slow car crash". "It remains to be explained as to how this infection spread so far within the hospital and its other facilities," he said.
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