Australia's coronavirus restrictions to be reviewed within weeks as death toll rises

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Thousands of Tasmanians are set to be forced into two weeks of isolation after two hospitals were shut down. Source: Getty Images

Australia's coronavirus social distancing measures will be reviewed within the next few weeks, Australia's chief medical officer says.


Australia is in a good position in the fight against coronavirus but must maintain the pressure, the nation's chief medical officer says.

More than 6300 Australians have been infected with coronavirus and 61 people have died.

Two more deaths were recorded overnight but there were only 33 new cases in the past 24 hours.

While the coronavirus infection curve is flattening, Professor Brendan Murphy says it is still too early to relax strict social distancing rules.

"The scale of measures at the moment are something that we clearly do have to review ... but it's not now, it's within the next few weeks," he told ABC radio on Monday.

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