
Govt considers new coronavirus travel bans, biosecurity control orders
Australia is considering travel bans for South Korea and Italy where coronavirus outbreaks have taken hold.
Australia is considering travel bans for South Korea and Italy where coronavirus outbreaks have taken hold.
Scott Morrison is confident Australia can get through a global coronavirus pandemic without a high death toll, as his government prepares to ramp up the response to the crisis.
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Photos of empty supermarket shelves have followed in the wake of coronavirus. But shoppers are not so much panicked as preparing, argue David A. Savage and Benno Torgler.
German authorities say the nation is heading for a coronavirus epidemic and can no longer trace all cases, as the number of new infections inside China was for the first time overtaken by those elsewhere.
As coronavirus cases increase, the World Health Organisation warns the outbreak could become a pandemic. But does that refer to the disease’s spread, severity – or both? Epidemiologist and public health researcher Brian Labus explains.
The Italian government is moving toward having soccer matches played behind closed doors in affected areas, as authorities try to contain a spreading virus that has made northern Italy the focal point of the outbreak in Europe.