Coronavirus update: IMF warns Asia growth to stall in 2020, Trump flags announcement on reopening US, Australia's restrictions to last another four weeks
ABCAustralia's next National Cabinet meeting will discuss elective surgeries, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison says current coronavirus restrictions will need to stay in place until testing and tracing is improved. Following today's cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said baseline restrictions currently in place to curb the coronavirus outbreak would remain for the next four weeks. "We're very concerned about the possibility that people travelling during Golden Week could take the virus to places that haven't had so many cases yet," Mr Kato said. The annual Oktoberfest, the world's largest beer festival, is unlikely to take place this year due to coronavirus crisis, the premier of the southern German state of Bavaria said on Thursday.