Show me your discipline and stop moving! That's the message from Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews as he introduced emergency measures across the state and moved Melbourne into Stage 4 lockdown protocols today.
Andrews announced 671 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths. The state has 760 "mystery cases" - where the source of infection can't be traced.
Police have been given additional powers and a curfew will be imposed from 8pm to 5am. Students across Victoria, including Year 11 and 12, will return to remote learning from Wednesday.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is "facing up" to the prospect of increased community transmission by "strongly recommending" the wearing of masks for people who cannot guarantee social distancing.
NSW has recorded 12 new COVID-19 cases as the state grapples with continued restriction breaches and its first coronavirus-related death in more than two months.
Meanwhile Telstra is under siege as hackers carrying out a "malicious" cyber attack, creating connectivity issues for home internet users. Widespread internet outages have been reported in the eastern states.
Australian tennis ace Nick Kyrgios has played a major backhand by pulling out of the US Open due to the coronavirus pandemic. World No.1 Ashleigh Barty has also opted out of the tournament last week.
Global confirmed coronavirus cases has reached 17,795,047 and the death toll is 684,111.
The number of people found to be infected with COVID-19 in recent days across Europe has climbed to the highest levels in months. Coronavirus clusters have sprung up in Spain, Belgium, Germany and France
US President Donald Trump has attacked his own infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci claiming he is "wrong" about the cause of high rates of infection in the US. Yesterday Trump made trip 283 to a golf course while in office.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has postponed a planned easing of the coronavirus lockdown in England after a rise in infections amplified fears of a second deadly Covid-19 surge.
Two US astronauts are making the first splashdown return in 45 years. SpaceX and NASA plan to land Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the drink just off the Florida Panhandle.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is feeling the heat after thousands of protesters took to the streets of Jerusalem demanding his resignation.
On the uglier side of life, a US appeals court has temporarily delayed the release of a 2016 deposition about Ghislaine Maxwell's sex life, after she argued it could destroy her ability to get a fair trial.
A former British Tory MP has been arrested after a woman accused him of rape, sexual assault and coercive control, and American talk show host Ellen Degeneres is facing a #MeToo scandal after accusations of a toxic workplace culture and sexual harassment at her show.
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