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Melbourne deaths rise at aged-care facilities

10 Aug 2020

Australia has reported fewer new daily cases from its virus hotspot in the city of Melbourne than on any single day since last month. But it has also reported...

Australian state records 466 cases, 12 deaths

08 Aug 2020

The Australian state of Victoria recorded 466 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths, including another man in his 30s. The figures were released as the city of Melbourne...

Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 18.3 million

04 Aug 2020

More than 18.3 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 692,854 have died, according to a Reuters tally published on Tuesday. READ...

West Indies T20 series in Australia called off

04 Aug 2020

Australia's October Twenty20 series against the West Indies was called off Tuesday, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the international sporting calendar. It follows the postponement of the...

Australia's Victoria state orders large parts of economy to close

03 Aug 2020

Australia's second most populous state will close retail shops, limit construction projects and curtail manufacturing around the city of Melbourne in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, the...

Night curfew in Melbourne; Victoria state declares disaster after 671 new cases

02 Aug 2020

Australia on Sunday introduced sweeping new measures to control a growing coronavirus outbreak in its second-biggest city, including an overnight curfew and a ban on weddings for the first...

Major city in virus ‘limbo’ as Australia eyeing tighter restrictions

31 Jul 2020

Australian officials were eyeing tighter restrictions in the nation's second-biggest city Friday as hundreds more coronavirus cases were recorded despite more than three weeks in lockdown. As greater Melbourne...

Video of Australian female MP donning garbage bag in protest goes viral

28 Jul 2020

A video of a female lawmaker wearing a garbage bag to protest what she called “rubbish” comments on her clothes has gone viral in Australia and drawn support from...

Estimated 3 billion animals affected by Australia bushfires: Study

28 Jul 2020

Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia's unprecedented 2019-20 wildfires in "one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history", according to a report released Tuesday....

Australian posts record number of new coronavirus cases

27 Jul 2020

Australia on Monday posted its highest number of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, even as officials expressed hope outbreaks in locked-down Melbourne may have peaked. A day...

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