Summary
- The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 345,000. There are more than 5.4 million known cases of infection and more than 2.1 million people have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. In Australia, the death toll stands at 102
- Human trials for a US coronavirus vaccine have begun in Melbourne today. In other science news, the World Health Organisation has suspended testing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns
- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top adviser has refused to apologise for a 400km trip at the height of the country's lockdown. US President Donald Trump has been similarly unapologetic about a golf day on the weekend
- Sydney's Waverley College has been forced to evacuate after a student tested positive for coronavirus, one day into full-time classroom attendance in NSW. Victorian school students began their staggered return today
- Australia's $7.7 billion training sector is set for a federal overhaul dubbed "JobMaker" that will rewrite deals with the states and try to unify public subsidies as part of an economic plan to recover from the coronavirus crisis
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