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Australian Aged Care Home Locks Down After COVID-19 Case

An aged care home in Melbourne’s northwest is in lockdown after a COVID-positive worker became the state’s first “mystery case” of the outbreak. The Altona woman worked at Arcare Maidstone on Wednesday and Thursday and may have been infectious at the time. She sought testing as soon as she fell ill on Friday and was…


New Zealand Reports 3 New Local Covid-19 Cases, First Since January

In a significant setback to New Zealand’s efforts to keep the coronavirus from spreading in the community, health officials reported on Sunday three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, the country’s first since late January. New Zealand’s minister for COVID-19 response, Chris Hipkins, said the three cases were a couple and their daughter in Auckland, and…