Australian officials are investigating whether an illegal social gathering of health workers is behind a spike in coronavirus cases in the island state of Tasmania, as the government forecast national unemployment to hit 10% by mid-year.
FILE PHOTO: Police officers patrol near the Sydney Harbour Bridge following the implementation of stricter social-distancing and self-isolation rules to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease in Sydney, Australia, April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Local media reported that Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Brendan Murphy, referred to an “illegal dinner party” of medical workers in Tasmania as responsible for the rise in cases to 150 during a briefing with New Zealand officials. The probe came as Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed the government expects unemployment to double from the current 5.1% to 10% by the end of June, which would mark the first time it has hit double digits since 1994. That equates to around 700,000 people without jobs, the Treasury said.
“We came into this crisis - which is a dual one, a health crisis and an economic crisis - in pretty strong shape,” Morrison said on Channel Nine’s Today show. “But it is still a big blow. I don’t want to lessen that in terms of how we speak of it. It’s a serious impact on our economy, it’s impacting people’s livelihoods and it’s heartbreaking.”
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