Experts have warned India is still months away from its peak. Germany again reports over 1,000 cases. Australia may keep its borders closed until the end of the year. Catch up with the latest news on the pandemic.

The territory's extradition treaties with Canada, Australia and the UK have been halted by China. The three countries suspended their treaties with Hong Kong after Beijing introduced a controversial new security law.

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Australia has suspended its extradition agreement with Hong Kong over China's new security law. The country has updated the travel warning for its nationals in Hong Kong, urging them to "reconsider" their stay.

Australia's Scott Morrison urged that the six-week shutdown is necessary as cases rise in Melbourne. In Serbia, police and demonstrators clashed at a protest against a newly ordered lockdown. Follow DW for the latest.

Five million people in Australia's second-biggest city began a new lockdown Thursday, returning to tough restrictions just weeks after they ended as Melbourne grapples with a resurgence of coronavirus cases.

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The disembarking of 2,700 passengers, some infected with the coronavirus, in Sydney a month ago is now being probed by police in Australia. Eleven of the country's 35 fatalities had been on board the Ruby Princess.

Australia's national science agency will test two vaccine candidates over the next three months. It is part of a global race to halt the coronavirus pandemic.

Tom Hanks has been released from the Australian hospital where he was in isolation since testing positive for the coronavirus last week. Australia has so far confirmed nearly 400 cases of the coronavirus.

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, have both tested positive for coronavirus in Australia, the actor said on Twitter on Wednesday.