Coronavirus restrictions in Australia to remain in place for at least four weeks

Australians will have to live with coronavirus restrictions for at least another four weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said, as the Government begins to chart a path out of the measures.

Morrison announced the following:

• Restrictions to remain in place for at least another four weeks, but easing is on the agenda
• The government wants increased testing – including those with no symptoms – as well as larger scale contact tracing (downloading the app) and localised lockdown ability to be put in place, before restrictions are loosened.
• Parliament may return next month

Slides handed out to media at the conference argue that Australia has one of the highest reported detection rates globally, and estimate that approximately 92% of all symptomatic cases are being detected across the country.

Australia has 6457 confirmed cases. The coronavirus death toll is 63 people.

The country’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Brendan Murphy, said the growth rate in cases is “very encouraging”.

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