People who attended mass protests against police brutality risked wiping out Australia’s progress in combatting Covid-19, a top official has said, after that nation’s chief doctor had begged people not to assemble outside.
Those who have avoided large gatherings over the last months have done “the right thing,” Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack told Sky News Australia. At the same time, there were “tens of thousands of people absolutely flouting the social distancing laws, absolutely going against” what Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy had advised.
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