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Summary
- The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 195,000. There are more than 2.7 million known cases of infection but more than 781,000 people have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally
- In Australia, the death toll stands at 79 and there are 6677 confirmed cases
- Australians have marked Anzac Day in their backyards and driveways after public services were restricted
- Dettol says disinfectant must never be injected or ingested to treat coronavirus after US President Donald Trump suggested trialling the method
- The death toll in the United States has passed 50,000
People flock to beaches in Sydney's east before 9am closure
Randwick City Council has opened Coogee, Clovelly and Maroubra for a brief window for exercise only this morning, after forcibly closing all of it's beaches at 1pm on Friday.
Herald photographer James Alcock was at Maroubra as the sun rose, capturing the crowds that flocked there for an early morning Anzac Day surf, swim or run.
Bathers at Maroubra at dawn on SaturdayCredit:James Alcock
"People failed to use beaches for exercise only," the council said in a statement on Friday afternoon explaining the closure.
Over the weekend, Coogee, Clovelly and Maroubra will be open between 6am and 9am to people doing exercise only, before closing for the rest of the day.
Bathers at dawnCredit:James Alcock
"All other unpatrolled beaches in Randwick City will remain closed until further notice. These beaches include Gordon’s Bay, Malabar beach, Little Bay beach, Frenchmans beach, Yarra Bay and Congwong beach," the council said in a statement on Friday.
"Ocean rock pools in Randwick City will remain closed until further notice as they are subject to a public health order to close."
New York reports lowest number of deaths in weeks
New York has reported its lowest number of deaths since March 31, with 422 deaths on Thursday.
More than 16,000 people have died in the state from the outbreak.
New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo Credit:AP
"Again, this is at an unimaginable level, and it's dropping somewhat. But it's still devastating news," Governor Andrew Cuomo said at his daily briefing.
The total number of people hospitalised statewide continues to drop slowly, hitting 14,258, though the number of new patients coming into hospitals is basically flat at around 1300, Cuomo said.
While the overall trends provide some hope, the governor continued to stress that any gains could be lost quickly if social distancing restrictions are relaxed too quickly.
"How fast is the decline, how low is the decline?" Cuomo asked. "Again, the variable is what we do."
New York has begun to increase the amount of testing, conducting 34,736 on Thursday, compared to around 20,000 usually.
Cuomo administration officials cite an executive order directing private and public labs to work with the state to prioritise coronavirus testing.
The state hopes to conduct as many as 40,000 tests a day.
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Back-to-school plans favour private students, educators warn
The NSW Teacher's Federation has warned that the state government's back-to-school plan for public school students will put them at a disadvantage compared to their private school peers.
As Education Editor Jordan Baker reports, the Berejiklian government's staged return model for year 12 - one day a week for four weeks from May 11, then two days for another four - their HSC candidates will have 12 days of face-to-face teaching in term two, while private school students who go back full time will have 40 days.
The HSC will still take place in 2020. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
Many of Sydney's private schools, including Trinity Grammar, St Catherine's School, SCEGGs Darlinghurst, will return to full-time face-to-face teaching from mid-May.
US states move towards re-opening, contrary to advice
Even as the confirmed US death toll from coronavirus rose past 50,000, salons, spas and barbershops reopened Friday in Georgia and Oklahoma with a green light from their Republican governors, who eased lockdown orders despite health experts' warnings.
In Oklahoma, Governor Kevin Stitt authorised personal-care businesses to open, citing a decline in the number of people being hospitalized for COVID-19. Those businesses were directed to maintain social distancing, require masks and frequently sanitise equipment.
Still, some of the state's largest cities, including Norman, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, were opting to keep their bans in place until at least the end of April.
With deaths and infections still rising in Georgia, many business owners planned to stay closed despite Governor Brian Kemp's assurance that hospital visits and new cases have levelled off enough for barbers, tattoo artists, massage therapists and personal trainers to return to work with restrictions.
Kemp's timeline to restart the economy proved too ambitious even for President Donald Trump, who said he disagrees with the fellow Republican's plan.
In Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer lengthened her stay-at-home order through May 15, while lifting restrictions so some businesses can reopen and the public can participate in outdoor activities like golf and motorised boating during the coronavirus pandemic.
Michigan has nearly 3,000 deaths related to COVID-19, behind only New York and New Jersey among US states.
Trump claims disinfectant comments were sarcastic
Doctors and the manufacturers of brands like Dettol then rushed to tell consumers not to ingest their products.
President Trump has since claimed that those comments were not serious.
“I was asking the question sarcastically to reporters like you, just to see what would happen,” he said on Friday.
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Good morning, Sally Rawsthorne here to take you through the day's events.
Here is the front page of today's paper:
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'With faith in each other': Morrison says Anzac torch handed to us
By Latika Bourke
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has invoked the Anzac legacy to underline the national effort required to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Morrison cited former war-time prime minister John Curtin who spoke of the original Anzacs passing on a torch to every generation of Australians.
"This Anzac Day it has been passed to us," Morrison said at the Australian War Memorial.
"And so together, with faith in each other and guided by the lives and example of those who have gone before, we grasp that torch, lighting up the Anzac Dawn.
"Lest we forget."
'We will gather at home to remember all those who never came home': Albanese
By Latika Bourke
While the public can't attend the dawn service at the Australian War Memorial, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese are among the few who are there.
"This Anzac Day is unlike any other," the Opposition Leader said.
"While we might not gather together, we will still gather.
"We will gather at home to remember all those who never came home.
"We will gather – not to glorify war, but to glorify those who have served and still serve.
"Lest we forget."
Anzac Day dawn service now streaming live
By Latika Bourke
Good morning,
The Anzac Day dawn service is now streaming live.
Facebook launches rival to Zoom
By Latika Bourke
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg says its COVID-19 information centre that sits at the top of the Facebook app has already been viewed 1 billion times.
Zuckerberg also announced a new video conferencing platform called Messenger Rooms and said that WhatsApp video calls would soon be able to host up to eight people on a single video call instead of a four.
In a live video statement on the social media site, Zuckerberg said the platform had removed "thousands of examples" of harmful disinformation about the virus including false claims drinking bleach can be a cure.
He said that 95 per cent of users were not clicking through on content the site had labelled as potential misinformation.
Zuckerberg also unveiled Facebook's counter to Zoom, the video conferencing platform, which has seen explosive growth in use since governments around the world ordered their citizens to stay at home.
Messenger Rooms will allow up to 50 people to join a group chat accessible through a supplied link, regardless of whether a person has a Facebook account or not.
Rooms are not time-dependent and will sit at the top of a person's Facebook app, allowing people to drop in and out of their group video chats.
"We're making very easy to get the people you want into a room," Zuckerberg said.
"I think we're soon going to have the leading video rooms product for social use."
Rooms will soon be accessible through Instagram and WhatsApp but is not yet end-to-end encrypted.
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