Australia and Oceania

Australia’s worst-hit state ‘flattening’ virus curve

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's worst-hit state of Victoria appears to be curbing a virus outbreak after a week of…

New Zealand locks down all nursing homes after virus return

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand locked down nursing homes nationwide Wednesday after a 102-day streak without the coronavirus…

New Zealand reaches 100-day milestone without virus transmission

WELLINGTON, United States (AFP) -- New Zealand marked 100 days on Sunday with no recorded cases of the coronavirus in…

Stage 4 restrictions in Melbourne, regional Victoria enters stage 3

  Daryl Castillejos Eagle News Service MELBOURNE, Australia (Eagle News) -- Victoria has now entered a State of Disaster, with…

Melbourne enters Australia’s toughest virus lockdown

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's second-largest city entered the country's toughest lockdown yet on Thursday, sparking a fresh wave of…

Australia records deadliest day of pandemic so far

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's worst-hit state of Victoria reported 15 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, including a man in his…

Australian killed in Beirut explosions: PM

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- An Australian was among the dead after massive explosions devastated Beirut's port on Tuesday and killed…

Australian city begins curfew as global virus cases top 18 million

  by Carly Waters, with AFP Bureaus Agence France Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's second-largest city started a six-week…

Global virus cases top 18 million as Australian city imposes curfew

by AFP Bureaus MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide topped 18 million on Monday with…

Melbourne orders compulsory masks as Australia battles coronavirus

  by Tania Lee Agence France Presse MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Anyone venturing out in Australia's second-biggest city was ordered…

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