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'See it as your civic duty': Testing blitz to target hotspots as Victoria records thirty-three new cases
Article: 'See it as your civic duty': Testing blitz to target hotspots as Victoria records 33 new cases I found this part especially interesting: Health workers going door-to-door to test...
Article: 'See it as your civic duty': Testing blitz to target hotspots as Victoria records 33 new cases
I found this part especially interesting:
Health workers going door-to-door to test residents in these hotspots will be using a new type of saliva test developed by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity that is less invasive, and painful, than nose and throat swabs.
There's a new form of coronavirus testing in Australia.
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Australian Defence Force to send 1,000 personnel to assist Victoria in coronavirus response
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Victoria records Australia's first coronavirus death in over a month, as cases in Vic rise by twenty yesterday and the state's reproduction number climbs to 2.5
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Virus cases skyrocketing among Latinos in the USA
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Victoria will bring back tougher coronavirus restrictions, limiting gatherings in homes to five people, in a bid to address a recent spike in case numbers
News article: Victoria will bring back tougher coronavirus restrictions, limiting gatherings in homes to five people, in a bid to address a recent spike in case numbers. Statement from Victoria's...
Statement from Victoria's Premier:
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"around half of [Victoria's] cases since the end of April have come from transmission inside someone’s home."
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"From 11:59pm on Sunday, the number of visitors you can have at your home will reduce to five."
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"Outside the home, families and friends can meet in groups up to ten."
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"restaurants, pubs, auction halls, community halls, libraries, museums and places of worship will all stay at a maximum of 20 people in any one space until 12 July."
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"Businesses that were set to open on Monday like gyms, cinemas, theatres and TABs can do so – but again, only with a maximum of 20."
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"Community sport for kids and non-contact competition for adults can proceed as planned."
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"those who can work from home [should] continue to do so at least until 31 July."
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Why is Victoria experiencing an increase in coronavirus cases and other Australian states aren't?
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The world's next coronavirus hotspot is emerging in Indonesia
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Egypt thought it dodged the worst of the pandemic. But now hospitals are being overwhelmed
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World Health Organization says new virus outbreak in China needs further testing after 'hypothesis' on cause
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An Indian healer who kissed hands to cure coronavirus died of coronavirus: So far, 20 people who came in close contact with him tested positive, making the Indian state of Madhya Pradesha a hotspot
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Arizona's COVID-19 spread is 'alarming' and action is needed, experts warn
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South Asia emerges as a new coronavirus hotspot as unsustainable lockdowns start lifting while limited testing obscures the true size of outbreaks
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Coronavirus is spreading faster in LA, straining resources again
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New analysis suggests that assumptions about the source of early cases in Washington state might have been wrong, but the resulting reaction may have prevented a more severe outbreak
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One of the first California counties to reopen is closing again - Lassen County, pop. 30,000, had no cases of COVID and reopened in early May. It now has four cases
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More than forty diagnosed with COVID-19 after Frankfurt church service
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Saudi Arabia, other gulf states reimpose strict measures after coronavirus cases spike during Ramadan
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Two churches reclose after faith leaders and congregants get coronavirus
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The impact of rainfall-induced early social distancing on COVID-19 outbreaks
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Covid-19 outbreak in Nigeria is just one of Africa’s alarming hot spots
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Bangladesh says coronavirus detected in Rohingya refugee camp
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Travel from New York City seeded wave of US outbreaks
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Russia’s coronavirus outbreak is getting bad
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In four US state prisons, nearly 3,300 inmates test positive for coronavirus -- 96% without symptoms
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How the virus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt may help coronavirus researchers
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Coronavirus outbreaks at Mexico’s hospitals raise alarm, protests
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Sweeping testing of the entire crew of the coronavirus-stricken US aircraft carrier finds that about 60% of positive cases have not shown symptoms
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Border wall work in Arizona speeds up, igniting contagion fears
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Mayor London Breed’s early and aggressive moves to contain the outbreak have made San Francisco a national model in fighting the pandemic
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Seventy-one infected with coronavirus at Sacramento church. Congregation tells county ‘leave us alone’
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Choir practice turns fatal. Airborne coronavirus strongly suspected
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Sudden spike in new Tokyo virus cases brings dire warning for Japan
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LA, other SoCal cities cracking down on crowds at parks, beaches to stem spread of COVID-19
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Thirty-eight positive for coronavirus at Rikers, NYC jails
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Sharp increase in Moscow pneumonia cases fuels fears over coronavirus statistics
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Coronavirus COVID-19 cases spiked across Asia after a mass gathering in Malaysia. This is how it caught the countries by surprise
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Outbreak - Simplified simulations of a disease outbreak with tweakable parameters (like transmission and mortality rates) to show how epidemics can unfold
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How outbreaks spread exponentially: comparing social distancing, quarantining, and unmitigated spread of the virus
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Louisiana is postponing its April 4 presidential primary for over two months due to the coronavirus outbreak
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President Jokowi announces Indonesia’s first two confirmed COVID-19 cases
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Ten passengers aboard a cruise ship in Japan test positive for coronavirus
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China to bar eleven million residents from leaving Wuhan, the city at the centre of coronavirus outbreak
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Wuhan virus: China confirms human-to-human transmission, says medical workers infected
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Five-year-old boy dies in Uganda as Congo Ebola outbreak spreads
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Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak cases have doubled in just two months crossing the 2,000-mark
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Amid measles outbreaks, states consider revoking religious vaccine exemptions
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New York’s Orthodox Jewish community is battling measles outbreaks. Vaccine deniers are to blame.
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Doctors face two enemies in fight against Ebola
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Shock rise in global measles outbreaks 'disastrous' for children, UN warns
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