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Brendan Murphy outlines first steps towards easing Australia's social distancing measures

Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy appears before a Senate Inquiry Select Committee on COVID-19.

Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy appears before a Senate Inquiry Select Committee on COVID-19. Source: AAP

Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy says lifting international travel bans would be the final step in a plan to ease Australia's coronavirus restrictions.


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By Dina Gerolymou, Stergos Kastelloriou

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Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy says lifting international travel bans would be the final step in a plan to ease Australia's coronavirus restrictions.


Australia's chief medical officer Brendan Murphy says allowing small groups to gather is likely to be the first step towards easing coronavirus restrictions. 

Mr Murphy indicated how Australia would approach relaxing the lockdown measures during evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the government’s response to the pandemic on Thursday. 

He also said easing restrictions on community sport and retail measures was under consideration.

But he said “large scale" gatherings would not be contemplated, warning against complacency.

“There is great concern if we relax too much too quickly we could get a second wave as could be seen in Singapore,” he said.

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