Official Chinese policy is aimed at zero COVID cases, infections or deaths in the country.1 To that end, they locked down more than half of the country’s largest cities,2 including 26 million people in Shanghai. As a way to put the scale of what’s happening in China into perspective, CNBC3 took a look at the… Read More »
An aged care home in Melbourne’s northwest is in lockdown after a COVID-positive worker became the state’s first “mystery case” of the outbreak. The Altona woman worked at Arcare Maidstone on Wednesday and Thursday and may have been infectious at the time. She sought testing as soon as she fell ill on Friday and was… Read More »
Two tourists from Argentina wearing respiratory masks walk while holding a tourist map in Piazza Duomo in Milan, on March 5. 2020. PIERO CRUCIATTI This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. Global cases: At least 103,168, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization Global deaths: At least 3,507, according to the latest… Read More »