Yesterday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison postponed the Parliament meeting, saying that an increase in the incidence of new Coronavirus in two of Australia's two most populated states had made it risky.
Morrison said he consulted with the opposition in Parliament and asked his president to postpone the two-week session, and given that this request is largely cosmetic it is expected that Parliament will meet in the capital Canberra on August 24 instead of August 4. "The government cannot ignore the danger facing parliamentarians and their staff, and employees within Parliament, and society at large," Morrison added. He said he acted on the advice of the medical authorities and the advice of Australia's acting chief physician Paul Kelly.
Kelly said that the session would pose a great danger to lawmakers and employees.
And Victoria State recorded yesterday 217 new cases of Coronavirus after it recorded a record number of 428 cases yesterday, while the neighboring state of New South Wales said it banned dancing, singing and mixing in marriage parties, while the authorities face difficulty in containing a new wave of infections.
New South Wales, the most populous state, registered 15 new infections.
And Victoria imposed the second largest state of Australia partially public isolation for a period of six weeks on the ninth of July, about five million people with increasing expectations of imposing stricter social separation amid the continued spread of the virus.
All parliament sessions were canceled in March to August, but as risks from the Corona virus declined in the following months, special sessions and some meetings took place.
Victoria State recorded 217 new cases of coronavirus.