Australia 'on cusp' of virus dying out

Updated April 10 2020 - 3:43pm, first published 3:41pm
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged people to stay home this Easter because of the coronavirus.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged people to stay home this Easter because of the coronavirus.

A senior health official says Australia is on the "cusp" of seeing the coronavirus dying out locally but he warned if social distancing measures were relaxed the epidemic could yet explode.

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