Australia is not planning to lift restrictions for COVID 19

MOSCOW, 16 APR – RIA Novosti. The Australian government has no plans to cancel the restrictions imposed in the country because of the situation with mers for at least another four weeks, said Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

“No plans to change the main restrictions that have currently, over the next four weeks,” he was quoted by the Australian ABC radio and television.

the Prime Minister noted that the number of new cases of coronavirus infection in the country decreases, but on this occasion “not to relax”. As noted by the chief sanitary doctor of Australia Brendan Murphy, to date, statistics on the coronavirus in the country “encouraging”.

said Murphy, today in Australia identified more than 6.4 thousands of cases of infection with coronavirus, 63 people died, 42 patients are on a ventilator.

the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest who data, there have been recorded more than 1.9 million cases of infection, over 123 thousand people died.

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