With around 100 schools closed because of students or teachers with COVID-19, Australia has lessons for other countries aiming to reopen.
Tag: Melbourne (Australia)
What Can Victorian Schools Teach America About Reopening?
With around 100 schools closed because of students or teachers with COVID-19, Australia has lessons for other countries aiming to reopen.
Melbourne Lockdown Elicits Hope, Anger and Vows of Resilience
Readers respond to the situation in Australia.
KFC Birthday Party Costs $18,000 in Covid-19 Fines in Australia
“That’s a heck of a birthday party to recall,” said Chief Commissioner Shane Patton of the Victoria police. Officers were led to a house where they found people hiding in the backyard, garage and under beds.
Dispatch from a Locked-Down Melbourne
The mood in Melbourne among family and friends and strangers on the internet is defeated and dark.
Australia Locks Down 300,000 in Melbourne Area After Coronavirus Surge
The authorities have locked down 300,000 people in areas around Melbourne heavily populated by immigrants, reinforcing the coronavirus’s outsized impact on disadvantaged communities.
Horses and Reporting in the Field
After weeks of lockdown, getting in my car to cover a story was both a surreal and welcome experience.
Returning to a Sense of Normalcy — or Not?
In Australia and elsewhere, we’re unsettled — not quite panic-stricken, not quite normal.
Ex-Head of Australian Girls School Is Fit for Trial, Israeli Court Says
For six years, Australia has tried to extradite Malka Leifer to face charges of sexually assaulting her students but she claimed to be mentally ill.
Coronavirus Lockdowns Strike Australia Residents Hit by Brushfires
A double disaster unlike anything the country has seen before is raising concerns about victims’ mental health and safety.