Advisers to government in Tokyo say Covid surge requires harsher measures, while Australian state of NSW announces 262 new cases
Here’s more on the outbreak in the Australian state of New South Wales, where authorities are saying that a beach party in Newcastle attended by young people from western Sydney is what triggered a snap lockdown in eight regional local government. NSW recorded 262 coronavirus cases and five deaths in the 24 hours to 8pm Wednesday – its worst day so far in the pandemic. At least 72 cases were in the community for all or part of their infectious period, our correspondent Anne Davis writes.
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