The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed two million. Almost a third are in the United States. It took 83 days to reach the first million cases and two weeks for the second million.
In this update:
0:55 – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases passes two million.
1:23 – Five more residents at a western Sydney aged care home infected.
1:35 – The head of the WHO says he regrets Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding.
1:49 – Germany will slowly ease restriction from next week.
2:11 – National Cabinet meets today to determine how and when students can return to school.
3:55 – National Cabinet is also looking broadly at the current restrictions in place and how long they may last.
6:01 – Efforts to control the spread of coronavirus in Australia appear to be working. NSW confirms 11 new COVID-19 infections overnight.
8:58 – World leaders have attacked Donald Trump’s decision to suspend US funding for the World Health Organization.
10:38 – Donald Trump repeats claims that the WHO’s opposition to his early restrictions on Chinese travellers cost lives.
11:20 – A former lawyer for the WHO has conceded that China likely concealed information about the coronavirus.
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