Florida’s infections overtake New York’s; North Korea holds emergency meeting after suspected Covid-19 case reported; WHO says 1m cases reported per week for last five weeks. Follow the latest updatesVictoria launches Covid-19 ad blitzGlobal cases near 16mHow Australia’s universities are changing after the coronavirus cataclysmHow coronavirus turned the US election upside downSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.52am BST Victoria premier Daniel Andrews on wearing masks: There are 10 families that are going to be burying someone in the next few days. Wear a mask! It’s not too much to ask. What’s more, the nurse who will be treating you or a loved one, they will be wearing a mask, so you wear one to prevent that nurse from having to treat more patients. It can’t get any more serious than that. 10 families are currently planning funerals. And the youngest among them [is] someone in their 40s. Please wear a mask. Everyone! And if you don’t, you will get fined. And that’s exactly as it should be. 2.49am BST More from Andrews’ response when asked about whether lockdown will end on time (in just over 3 weeks): These numbers are far too high. While I stress there is relative, and I stress the term ‘relative’ we are not seeing doubling and doubling again which with what the model being tells us we would have had to deal with. Look, what I will say is these things change rapidly, but wow have to say these numbers are far too high. Whilst there is some relative, and I stress the term “relative”stability, and I mean we are not seeing the doubles and doubling again which is what the modelling told us we would have be dealing with, we’ve got to drive these numbers down. Continue reading…
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