Coronavirus In Australia: Chief Medical Officer Not Confident In Global Numbers, ScoMo Addresses Housing
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At least 5,307 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Australia and 28 people have died.
The virus has killed more than 51,000 people worldwide and more than one million are infected.
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Here is what is happening in Australia today:
1. Australia Not Confident In China And US Numbers
Meanwhile Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy remained coy when asked if he believes the Covid-19 statistics coming out of China.
“The only numbers I have total faith in are the Australian numbers,” he told media.
“I think China is in a really difficult position. They did clamp down incredibly hard and they stopped transmission. But their population is not immune.”
Professor Murphy said he believes China is “trying very hard to prevent second waves”.
“I think they have been pretty transparent but as I said, I’m only confident about our numbers.
“I’m certainly not confident that even the numbers out of the US aren’t much higher than being reported because nobody else in the world has been doing testing like we have.”
2. Death Toll Rises
Victoria has recorded its seventh death. A man in his 80s died in intensive care in hospital, the state’s Chief Medical Officer Brett Sutton confirmed.
NSW health authorities also confirmed a 74-year-old woman with...
