Australia’s health minister says the country must stay the course. FMTNews NewZealand
MELBOURNE: Officials in New Zealand and Australia, hailed globally for their early signs of success in combating the spread of the coronavirus, said on Monday it is too soon to start easing social distancing rules or reopening their economies.
New Zealand recorded its fifth death due to coronavirus on Monday, but new confirmed cases in the Pacific nation of about 5 million rose only by 15, a sixth of what was seen in early April, bringing the total of cases to 1,064. Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy told Australian Broadcasting Corp radio the government may start making decisions only “in the coming weeks” about what restrictions, if any, can be relaxed.
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