Coronavirus: Australia PM postpones parliament amid spike in infections

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has cancelled the next planned sitting of the federal parliament in Canberra because of the growing spread of Covid-19 cases, especially in the country’s two largest cities of Melbourne and Sydney.Morrison announced on Saturday he was cancelling the sitting on the advice of the chief medical officer who warned of “a significant risk” in allowing politicians to come to Canberra, owing to increased community transmission of the virus in Melbourne and…

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