Coronavirus updates: 08 May 2020

A young girl writes with chalk on her home driveway on the Gold Coast, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Students around Australia will remain to be schooled at home for the first part of Term 2 with a staggered return likely during May.

A young girl writes with chalk on her home driveway on the Gold Coast, Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Source: AAP

The government's JobKeeper program is offering a lifeline to many struggling businesses but many haven't yet received the payments.


Thirteen asylum seekers in Australia have filed a group complaint with the Commonwealth Ombudsman over fears of a potential coronavirus outbreak in detention facilities.

The complaint calls on the government to urgently reduce the number of detainees living in cramped conditions and better manage the dangers posed by COVID-19.

Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil on all things COVID-19 with features written by Brett Mason, Julia Carr-Catzel, Adrian Arciuli, Cassandra Bain, Peggy Giakoumelos, Aaron Fernandes, Abby Dinham, Lin Evlin, and Katy Watson for SBS News.


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