Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has called on Victorians to take coronavirus lockdowns seriously to ‘buy time’ to treat patients. ‘We’ve got queues at Centrelink offices, that’s heartbreaking,’ he said. ‘We can not have people queuing for intensive care beds … If you can stay home, you must stay home.’
Australia coronavirus live updates: NSW records more than 1,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 including two children under 10 – latest
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Covid-19 is the official WHO name given to the novel coronavirus which broke out in late 2019 and began to spread in the early months of 2020.
Symptoms of coronavirus
The main symptoms of coronavirus are:
- a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)
- a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)
- shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)
Latest News about Covid-19
Below are stories from around the globe related to the 2020 outbreak of novel Coronavirus – since the WHO gave the Covid-19 naming. Most recent items are posted nearest the top.