Thanks for joining us. We're wrapping up the blog for the night.
Here's what you may have missed today:
- The number of cases around the world is more than 2.7 million, but more than 740,000 have recovered.
A fifth resident has died from COVID-19 at Newmarch House aged care facility in western Sydney.
The 96-year-old woman was the 79th person in Australia to die from the virus.
A series of problems with the Morrison government's $130 billion JobKeeper program have been resolved amid growing concerns about its feasibility for many small businesses.
- The NRL has reached an agreement with its broadcast partners to restart the season on May 28 after the governing body presented a take-it-or-leave-it proposal on Friday afternoon
Playing sport and having small numbers of visitors in the home are among the freedoms that could soon be restored to Australians, as official data shows that public health measures have succeeded in flattening the curve of the coronavirus pandemic.
Western Sydney University has warned staff it will cut casual workloads next semester as it faces mounting financial shortfalls over the next three years due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Our coronavirus coverage will continue overnight and into Saturday in a new blog, which you can read here.
Matt Bungard signing off.