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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Australian police seize black box in raid on coronavirus-hit cruise ship Ruby Princess
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SYDNEY: Australian police raided the coronavirus-stricken Ruby Princess cruise ship and seized its black box as part of a criminal investigation after thousands of passengers were allowed to disembark in Sydney and 15 people later died of the illness. Police wearing protective suits and masks boarded the vessel in Port Kembla, about 80km south of Sydney, on Wednesday (Apr
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Coronavirus-stricken Australian liner to dock in Uruguay
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay: The virus-stricken Australian cruise ship Greg Mortimer will be allowed to dock in Montevideo and the passengers will be flown home, Uruguay’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday (Apr 8). The ship, with more than 100 infected people on board, is anchored some 24 kilometres offshore and will be allowed to dock on Friday.
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 8, 2020
COVID-19: Uruguay approves flight to evacuate Australian, New Zealand passengers from cruise ship Greg Mortimer
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MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay said on Tuesday (Apr 7) it has authorised a humanitarian flight to evacuate Australian and New Zealand passengers stranded on a coronavirus infected cruise ship. About 128 of the 217 people on board the Australian-owned Greg Mortimer, including passengers and crew, have tested positive for the deadly virus. Advertisement Advertisement Six of those have been taken off suffering
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
‘We’re not hungry, we need masks’ says Australian doctor on coronavirus frontline
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SYDNEY: Australian hospital workers on the coronavirus frontline say they daily receive letters of thanks, some people even bring them pizzas, but what they really need is proper respiratory face masks to replace faulty and homemade face shields. While doctors and nurses in some hospitals struggle to obtain respiratory N95 face masks, Australians walking the
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Australian police put a 90-day limit on ‘draconian’ virus measures
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SYDNEY: Australia’s most populous state said on Thursday (Apr 2) police enforcement of restrictions on personal movement intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus would last three months, as the number of new cases continued to slow. After a federal government order limiting groups of people gathering outside to two, Australian states have instructed
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
COVID-19: Australian PM urges public gatherings should not exceed two people
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MELBOURNE: Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday (Mar 29) that public gatherings should not exceed two people and Australians should go out only when necessary, while those over 70 should self-isolate to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus. Morrison said that people “must stay home” unless going out to do essential shopping, exercises, for
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 27, 2020
Australian researchers trial TB vaccine to fight coronavirus
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SYDNEY: Australian researchers are fast-tracking large-scale human testing to see if a vaccine used for decades to prevent tuberculosis can protect health workers from COVID-19, they announced on Friday (Mar 27). The trial of the BCG vaccine will be conducted with 4,000 health workers in hospitals around Australia to determine if it can reduce COVID-19
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 27, 2020
Australian federal, state leaders meet to discuss coronavirus pandemic
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SYDNEY: Australian federal and state leaders will meet on Friday (Mar 27), the country’s prime minister said, amid growing expectations the largest states could enforce a wide-ranging lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Further fiscal support measures are also expected to be discussed in the meeting of the prime minister, state premiers and chief ministers,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
Australian charged over ‘prank’ coronavirus cough on police
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SYDNEY: An Australian man has been charged over a “prank” in which he coughed on a police officer on purpose while pretending he was infected with the new coronavirus as a friend filmed the incident, authorities said. The man, aged 21, went into a police station at Coffs Harbour, a coastal city about 525km north of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 24, 2020
Australian coronavirus cases leap as lockdown broadens
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SYDNEY: Australia’s most populous state recorded its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases on Tuesday (Mar 24) and officials warned of harsher penalties for anybody violating self-isolation orders as the country stepped closer to a full lockdown. While schools officially remained open in most of the country, parents were strongly advised to keep their children home,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 23, 2020
Echoes of Great Depression as Australian jobless queue for help
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SYDNEY: Jobless Australians flooded unemployment offices around the country Monday (Mar 23) as Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned the coronavirus pandemic would cause an economic crisis akin to the Great Depression. After a record 29 years of economic growth, Australia is poised to spiral into recession as the global coronavirus outbreak wreaks havoc on the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
COVID-19: Australian states to consider ‘draconian measures’ to enforce social distancing
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SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday (Mar 22) that states and territories will consider “draconian measures” to enforce social distancing to combat the coronavirus. The potential measures, which he said would be discussed later on Sunday, came after thousands of people flocked to Australia’s beaches in recent days amid an unusually warm
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 19, 2020
Australian airline Qantas to cut all international flights
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SYDNEY: Australia’s biggest airline Qantas said on Thursday (Mar 18) it will halt all international flights later this month, after the island nation’s other main carrier Virgin shut its overseas services due to the coronavirus pandemic. Qantas said all of its international flights would be suspended by late March for at least two months after
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 17, 2020
Australian carrier Qantas slashes international routes 90%
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SYDNEY: Australian airline Qantas announced Tuesday (Mar 17) it was slashing its international capacity by 90 percent and domestic flights by 60 per cent in a further coronavirus blow to the beleaguered travel industry. Facing a growing list of travel bans around the globe and a “precipitous decline in demand”, Qantas said the cutbacks would continue
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