Australia on ‘high alert’ amid new Covid outbreaks

Australia’s Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced that the country is on high alert with fresh Covid-19 outbreaks reports in communities.

According to the latest figures from the Department of Health, the country has so far reported a total of 30,562 confirmed Covid-19 cases since the pandemic started early last year, Xinhua news agency reported.

The death toll currently stood at 910.

Several capital cities of the country’s eight states and territories have been forced into lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus, with more than 10 million people subject to stay-at-home orders.

We are obviously on high alert and high watch, Hunt told reporters on Tuesday afternoon.

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