Australians were asked on Sunday to further isolate themselves from the public to keep the coronavirus from spreading even as authorities said the rate of daily infections has halved in recent days.
FILE PHOTO: Signs on social distancing and the coronavirus disease are seen outside a Centrelink office in Sydney, in the wake of New South Wales implementing measures shutting down non-essential businesses and moving toward harsh penalties to enforce self-isolation as the spread of COVID-19 reached what the state's premier calls a"critical stage" in Australia, March 26, 2020.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it is now up to the states and territories to determine how the two-people gathering limit will be enforced and whether breaching it would carry fines, which has been the case with previous gathering rules in most states. The daily rate of the spread of the coronavirus has halved in recent days to about 13%-15%, health officials said, adding that social distancing measures have helped to slow the spread.
“We have to stop the thing that’s worrying us most, which is community transmission, that is transmission without known links to a known case,” Murphy said. FILE PHOTO: A woman poses at the mostly deserted waterfront by the Sydney Opera House after New South Wales implemented measures shutting down non-essential businesses and moving toward harsh penalties to enforce self-isolation as the spread of coronavirus disease reached what the state's premier calls a"critical stage" in Australia, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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