Article 5V6M6 Australia news live update: no rapid test stockpiling, PM says; 60 Covid deaths nationally; federal court reveals reasons for Djokovic visa decision

Australia news live update: no rapid test stockpiling, PM says; 60 Covid deaths nationally; federal court reveals reasons for Djokovic visa decision

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Scott Morrison says claims federal government requisitioning Covid rapid antigen tests categorically untrue'; 60 coronavirus deaths recorded across four states; federal court publishes reasons for dismissing Novak Djokovic's visa appeal; NSW hospitalisations have fallen; IVF treatments to resume in Victoria. Follow all the day's news

Scott Morrison will ask the states to allow children to drive forklifts at today's national cabinet meeting as part of measures to ease the staff shortages crippling supply chains, Guardian Australia has learned.

As anyone who's ever worked in a factory or warehouse knows, forklifts are a very dangerous piece of machinery - a person was killed in a forklift accident in Victoria on Tuesday.

There are changes that we need to make around the age of forklift drivers, to get quite specific.

Either medicine should be administered as soon as possible after diagnosis of Covid-19 and within 5 days of the start of symptoms.

Lagevrio is available as capsules, while Paxlovid comprise separate tablets of nirmatrelvir and ritonavir. In both cases, the medicines are taken twice a day for 5 days.

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