An employee at a McDonald’s in western Sydney has tested positive for coronavirus but only 20 of the 100 staff at the restaurant were notified. Employees have been left “angry and confused” and have turned down shifts out of fear. One staff member at the Gregory Hills restaurant, who asked to remain anonymous, said they believed there was no choice …

Businesses will receive a fortnightly wage subsidy up to $1,500 per employee as part of a Federal Government bid to prevent millions of people from losing their jobs to the coronavirus pandemic. The subsidy is the central plank in a $130 billion economic stimulus package, the third and largest package the Government has announced in response to the coronavirus. Prime …

The health of Australians stuck at home is the focus of a $1.1 billion package to boost telehealth and tackle the hidden side effects of the pandemic such as domestic violence. All Australians will be able to consult a GP from home under expanded access to telehealth services such as phone consultations or video-conferencing. More money will go to domestic …

US President Donald Trump says he is considering sealing off New York and parts of neighbouring states in response to the worsening coronavirus crisis. “There’s a possibility that sometime today we’ll do a quarantine, short-term, two weeks on New York, probably New Jersey, certain parts of Connecticut,” Trump said on Saturday before departing the White House. He said New York …

Tough new quarantine rules will force all international travellers arriving in Australia into a two-week isolation period in a hotel. It means Australians returning home will not be allowed to complete the mandatory 14-day self-isolation period at home, but will instead be taken straight to a state-run quarantine centre. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said more than two-thirds of Australia’s known …

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus and is self isolating but will still lead the government’s response to the outbreak. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus,” Johnson said. “I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus.” …

The Prince of Wales has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The news was confirmed in an official statement from Clarence House that said the 71-year-old was experiencing “mild symptoms”. “The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus. He has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in good health and has been working from home throughout the last …

Hollywood star Tom Hanks has shared an update on his health, a fortnight after he and his wife, Rita Wilson, were diagnosed with the coronavirus. But it’s Wilson’s own social media update that has really got everyone talking. A “quarantine stir crazy” Wilson has shared an impressive cover of Naughty By Nature’s 1992 rap hit Hip Hop Hooray with her nearly one …

With another record amount of COVID-19 cases identified, the New Zealand government has been granted extraordinary operating powers to implement a nationwide lockdown. A State of National Emergency was declared by Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare on Wednesday, following Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s issuing of an Epidemic Notice on Tuesday. Those two measures have granted the government powers unseen in …

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered a 21-day lockdown of the country’s 1.3 billion people to try to protect the world’s second-most populous country from the coronavirus. Health researchers have warned that more than a million people in India could be infected with the coronavirus by mid-May, prompting the government to shut down all air and train travel, businesses …