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New Zealand could see a devastating community outbreak if it moves to allow repatriation flights for New Zealand citizens out of India, according to an epidemiologist.
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University of Melbourne professor Tony Blakely, who has been monitoring the outbreak, told Q+A with Jack Tame there was a vast underreporting of cases and deaths due to Covid-19 in the country, which could be as high as 0.5 to 1 per cent of the Indian population being infected per day .
Australia s borders to remain closed indefinitely to prevent the spread of COVID-19: PM
According to media reports here, Morrison said he doesn’t see an appetite for Australia opening to the world at the moment, and that he intended to be “cautious”
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MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday announced that the country’s borders will remain closed indefinitely for the rest of the world to protect Australians from the deadly outbreaks of COVID-19 strains.
Australia s borders were slammed shut in March last year as the coronavirus spread across the world. Only citizens and permanent residents have been allowed to enter the country under some strict COVID-19 border rules.
Australia s borders to remain closed indefinitely: PM Monday, May 10, 2021 IWK Bureau
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday said that the country s borders will remain closed indefinitely amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Morrison said in a media interview that there is no appetite among Australians to re-open the country s borders to international travellers as Covid-19 continues to spread throughout the world, reports Xinhua news agency. I don t see an appetite for that at the moment, he said. I think what we re seeing at the moment is the appreciation of the people that the pandemic isn t going anywhere. All I know is once you let it (Covid-19) back in again, you cannot get it out. You ve crossed that threshold, the Prime Minister added.
Warner, Slater deny reports of fight in Maldives bar May 9, 2021
Male [Maldives], May 9 (ANI): Star batsman David Warner and former Australia opener turned commentator Michael Slater have clearly denied that the duo were involved in an altercation inside a Maldives bar.
SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) skipper Warner and Slater, who was commentating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 along with the Australian contingent are staying in the Maldives before they all leave for Australia.
The rumour of physical exchange between the duo in the Maldives was first reported by the Daily Telegraph as cited by foxsports.com.au.
The former Australian opener is reported to have sent a text to senior journalist Phil Rothfield quashing the rumour.