The governments of Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory have all declared the virus a public health emergency, giving them additional powers to prevent its spread. The latest data was released as Prime Minister Scott Morrison prepares to announce a second ...
Three deaths from the COVID-19 disease were reported in Victoria on Sunday, bringing the total to 38 and raising Australia's death toll to 122. Victoria became the first state in Australia, a country of a loose federal system, to require masks for part of its population. Ne...
New South Wales state announced 356 new cases, a fresh record for a Delta-variant outbreak that began in mid-June and continues to grow in a population with low vaccination rates. More than five million people in Sydney, Australia's biggest city, are now in their seventh week of lockdown ...
Specifically, we find that in countries where the government's macro-financial package in response to the pandemic is less than approximately 25% of GDP, there is a possible risk of growth in civil disorder resulting from increased COVID-19 deaths per million....
So, tourists have opportunities to really explore different cultures by interacting with the locals," Wen, a lecturer at Australia's Edith Cowan University, told CGTN Digital. Wen however suggested that group tours won't end completely but will continue with additional measures in place. "...
9 The Alpha variant was first detected in the UK in September 2020; the Beta variant in South Africa in May 2020; and the Gamma variant in Brazil in September 2020. All 3 quickly became the main virus strains worldwide. Globally, many studies were conducted to estimate the average ...
Ground-breaking Microsoft app helps NSW respond to COVID-19 today and can help end street sleeping in cities across the world in the future At a time when most of Australia has been staying at home to reduce the spread of CO...
There have been 6,366 confirmed cases of the virus in Australia as of Tuesday morning, according to the Department of Health. - - - - NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended the countrywide lockdown till May 3 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Australia's coronavirus tally stands at 22,739 infections and 375 deaths, most of them in Victoria. Other states have seen new case numbers in the low single digits or have had none. New South Wales reported just nine new cases on Friday. (Reporting by Byron Kaye, Melanie Burt...
In mid-March 2020, Powell’s band was part-way through a recording session at the North Carolina studio of Mitch Easter (who produced REM’s first album) when Covid-19 was declared a pandemic. Ruffled by the news, bandmate Hunter Johnson started thinking about their bread & butter, litera...