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Medical staff perform a test for the COVID-19 coronavirus on a driver at a drive-through testing site in a Melbourne carpark. (AFP)

Australia eyes early end to virus restrictions

Daily new cases are now close to single figures, while some parts of the country have not seen a case in more than a...

1 May 2020 1:27 PM IST

A worker wearing a mask and protective gear walks between the emergency structures set up to ease procedures at the Brescia hospital in northern Italy. As Italy prepares to emerge from the Wests first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region in Europe. (AP)

As virus lockdown eases, Italy ponders what went wrong

Italy was the first Western nation to be slammed by the virus, and its total of fatalities lags behind only the US in...

26 April 2020 4:27 PM IST

Former Fiji prime minister, Laisenia Qarase (AFP)

Former Fiji prime minister Qarase dies

Qarase was a champion of indigenous Fijians and won two elections without gaining any significant support from the...

21 April 2020 1:57 PM IST

A security guard (R) hands a face mask to a visiter in a car by using a stick outside a COVID-19 coronavirus clinic in Lower Hutt, near Wellington. AFP Photo

New Zealand to ease lockdown restrictions as virus cases drop

While restrictions will be loosened slightly, social distancing rules will remain, prime minister JAcinda Ardern said

20 April 2020 12:35 PM IST

A delivery driver wearing a face mask delivers groceries to a home in central Christchurch, New Zealand. AFP Photo

Police website crashes as New Zealanders report those breaking...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern backed the informants and also urged the public to report any price gouging at...

30 March 2020 11:18 AM IST

Australia's Queensland goes ahead with local polls amid Covid19...

The vote came as confirmed virus cases in Australia rose above 3,500 on Saturday, with 14 deaths

28 March 2020 11:57 AM IST

Brenton Tarrant, the man charged in relation to the Christchurch massacre appear in the dock charged with murder in the Christchurch District Court, New Zealand. AFP Photo

New Zealand's Christchurch terrorist pleads guilty for murder,...

Tarrant is the first person to be found guilty of terrorism in New Zealand under laws passed after the Sept. 11, 2001

26 March 2020 10:26 AM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (AFP)

New Zealand declares emergency

The country currently has 205 reported cases of the virus

25 March 2020 11:56 AM IST

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern. AFP Photo

New Zealand annunounces month-long lockdown to contain virus outbreak

Prime minister Ardern acknowledged the move would create massive economic and social disruption but responded -"this...

23 March 2020 12:33 PM IST

Hundreds of Austalians queue up outside an Australian welfare centre in Meblourne. AFP Photo

Jobless Australians scramble for help as fears of economic crisis grow

Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned the coronavirus pandemic would cause an economic crisis akin to the Great...

23 March 2020 11:34 AM IST

People sunbathe on Bondi Beach ahead of its closure in Sydney on Saturday. AFP Photo

Sydney shuts down Bondi Beach after crowds turn deaf ear to virus...

The temporary measure comes after photos of beachgoers packed on the famous sands were widely shared online, drawing ire...

21 March 2020 11:52 AM IST

Australia urges cruise ship passengers to self-isolate

Australia urges cruise ship passengers to self-isolate

The cruise ship Ruby Princess was on a cruise from Sydney to New Zealand when passengers fell sick and 13 were tested...

20 March 2020 12:50 PM IST