Australia records deadliest day of pandemic with 25 deaths; UK records 1,000 new Covid cases; France records 3,000 new infections for second day. Follow latest updatesJared Kushner will ‘absolutely’ send his children to school despite risksIsland nations have the edge in keeping Covid away – or most doAustralia live updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.41am BST Gladys Berejiklian has also made an apology for mistakes made over the Ruby Princess cruise ship, which docked in Sydney in March. Passengers were allowed to disembark despite several exhibiting flu-like symptoms. Gladys Berejiklian said:Can I now apologise unreservedly to anybody who suffered as a result of the mistakes that were outlined in the report undertaken by individuals within the health department or the health agency and I extend that apology unreservedly.In particular to the 62 people who got the virus in secondly or tertiary way. Related: Coronavirus Australia live update: Gladys Berejiklian apologises for Ruby Princess mistakes in NSW as Victoria records 25 deaths and 282 new cases 2.36am BST In the neighbouring Australian state of New South Wales – the country’s most populous – the premier, Gladys Berejiklian has spoken about her anxiety over containing community transmission:While the case numbers have been pleasingly declining, my anxiety remains the same, if not slightly higher, because every week we have had undetected or unsourced cases.Health is working overnight 24/7 to find the genomic links or find those links between the cases that don’t have a known source and existing clusters. Continue reading…
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