2021-04-21 12:36:00 GMT2021-04-21 20:36:00(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, April 21 (Xinhua) India recorded nearly 300,000 daily COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a fresh new high amid a new wave of infection, while New Zealand said will carry out reforms on its healthcare system in the latest development of coronavirus news in the Asia-Pacific.
India recorded 295,041 new COVID-19 cases and 2,023 more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 15,616,130 and the death toll to 182,553, according to data released by the health ministry.
There are still 2,157,538 active cases in the country, with an increase of 125,561 through Tuesday, while 13,276,039 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.
As Victoria reopens to more than 100 international travellers today,
The Agereports that some hotel quarantine staff employed by Healthcare Australia are still working at more than one site across Melbourne, contravening a key recommendation from the state’s hotel quarantine inquiry.
Emails obtained by
The Age dated April 1 show Healthcare Australia told select staff their second jobs were a breach of their employment conditions “and subsequently a breach of the contract between HCA and [COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria]”.
In other local news,
Scott Morrison and Greg Hunt announced they would pressure the European Commission over 3.1 million undelivered AstraZeneca doses, although as
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Free access to COVID‑19 vaccines extended to refugees, asylum seekers, detainees, temporary protection visa holders and those on bridging visas. Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: AAP via AP/Lukas Coch
7 February 2021 3:27pm
The Australian Government’s is launching a national $31 million Covid-19 vaccination campaign to raise the public’s awareness.
As part of the public information campaign an additional $1.3 million will be provided for peak multicultural organisations to help reach culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.
The government’s goal is to make immunisation available to everyone in Australia in the safest and most effective way possible reaching as many people as possible.
Federal health secretary Brendan Murphy has dashed dreams of international travel resuming this year, even if most Australians receive the coronavirus vaccine.