Australian governments continue to work together to slow the spread of coronavirus to save lives. Every extra bit of time allows us to better prepare our health system and put measures in place to protect Australian lives. The Prime Minister, state and territory Premiers and Chief Ministers continued their meeting on 25 March as the National Cabinet to discuss enhanced health measures to support our efforts to quickly test and contact trace coronavirus in our community. Expansion of coronavirus testing criteria Australian has one of the most rigorous coronavirus testing systems in the world. To further protect Australia, National Cabinet agreed to an Australian Health Principal Protection Committee (AHPPC) recommendation to expand the current coronavirus testing criteria to include testing people with fever or acute respiratory infection in: all health workers all aged/residential care workers geographically localised areas where there is elevated risk of community transmission as defined by the … Continue reading LATEST STATEMENT FROM THE PM ON COVID-19