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Soldiers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in Gyeongsan, South Korea.
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Coronavirus updates LIVE: Sydney school closed, UN tells world to 'pull out all stops'

A high school in Sydney has been closed after a Year 11 student tested positive for the coronavirus, as the WHO director-general urged nations to "pull out all stops" to contain the outbreak.

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Students and staff from Epping Boys High in Sydney have been told to stay home after a year 11 student tested positive for coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: Sydney school closes after student tests positive

Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has ended her campaign for Democratic presidential nomination.
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Elizabeth Warren drops out of presidential race

Supermarkets have brought in new measures to keep up with coronavirus panic buying while suppliers increase production.
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Coronavirus: Suppliers ramp up production to meet demand

Some public schools are sitting on thousands of dollars per student in unspent money
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Sydney schools sitting on up to $5000 in unspent money per student

  • by Jordan Baker and Nigel Gladstone

Healthcare

Soldiers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in Gyeongsan, South Korea.
LIVE
Coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus updates LIVE: Sydney school closed, UN tells world to 'pull out all stops'

A high school in Sydney has been closed after a Year 11 student tested positive for the coronavirus, as the WHO director-general urged nations to "pull out all stops" to contain the outbreak.

  • by Sally Rawsthorne
Queensland researchers stopped a drug-resistant bacterial outbreak in a neonatal ward using genomic screening
Research

How genetic sleuths stopped a superbug outbreak in a Brisbane hospital

Medical researchers traced the source of a bacterial infection outbreak in the neonatal ward of a Queensland hospital using genomic screening techniques.

  • by Stuart Layt
Epping boys high school
Coronavirus outbreak

Epping Boys High School ordered to close after student tests positive for coronavirus

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UNSW Professor Maria Kavallaris and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
State Parliament

Leading childhood cancer researcher named NSW Woman of the Year

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WA Health Minister Roger Cook said WA's ongoing campaign to restrain and isolate the virus had so far been successful.
Coronavirus outbreak

WA records third case of coronavirus in traveller returning from overseas

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Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and husband Penrith MP Stuart Ayres at Penrith Panthers for the 2019 NSW Liberal party election campaign launch.
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Government grants

Sports minister pushed for $12m grant despite 'reputational risk'

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Courts

Sarah Hanson-Young wrote court reference for friend charged after he 'slapped' wife

  • by Lucy Cormack
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Ducking auto-correct with drunken amoebas

Queensland

Out of a rough sampling of every 1000 offences relating to child sex abuse, only one person receives a custodial sentence.
Courts

Stepfather granted retrial after jailed for alleged sex with stepdaughters

  • by Toby Crockford
Coronavirus outbreak

Bad reception and daytime TV: The boredom of country quarantine

  • by Matt Dennien
Research

How genetic sleuths stopped a superbug outbreak in a Brisbane hospital

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Western Australia

The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in changes to the Catholic church's holy communion.
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WA church bans holy water, makes changes to communion over virus fear

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'The guy with the huge heart': Perth radio star's health battle comes to an end

  • by Kate Hedley and Linda Parri
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WA records third case of coronavirus in traveller returning from overseas

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