Coronavirus Australia live updates: Medical professionals ignored quarantine rules
A group of medical professionals skipped quarantine and flew interstate after flying into Sydney Airport from South America on Friday.
Dozens of medical professionals ignored police orders to quarantine and jumped on domestic flights home after flying into Australia from South America on Friday.
The news came as Western Australia recorded 23 new cases of coronavirus, with 16 of them linked to a cruise ship, bringing the state's total to 278 cases.
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More than 3600 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed across Australia, with 1617 in New South Wales, 685 in Victoria, 625 in Queensland, 287 in South Australia, 278 in Western Australia, 71 in the ACT, 58 in Tasmania and 15 in the Northern Territory.
Fourteen people have died, including eight in New South Wales, 3 in Victoria, 2 in Western Australia and 1 in QLD.
Here's how Saturday unfolded.
’Toxic’ car act could give your kids cancer
One in six Aussies are potentially putting their friends and family at risk thanks to nasty chemicals left behind by a common dirty habit.
‘Infested’: Horror find in Sydney cinema
A fun trip out to a Sydney cinema went sour when one unlucky patron made a grotesque discovery as she was about to settle in to watch a movie.
Brekky item ‘lowering risk’ of deadly cancer
A study has revealed that eating one particular item could help lower the risk of bowel cancer — an illness impacting Australians at an alarming rate.