Global report: New Zealand begins mass testing as Australia records deadliest day
by Helen Sullivan and Helen Davidson from Science | The Guardian on (#56T55)
New Zealand to conduct tens of thousands' of tests; 21 deaths recorded in Australian state of Victoria; US health secretary sceptical of Russia vaccine
Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic so far, with 21 deaths in the state of Victoria, as authorities in New Zealand's largest city prepared to conduct tens of thousands" of tests to determine the source of the first locally transmitted cases in over 100 days.
On Wednesday, Victorian authorities said the deaths were all among people over 70, with 16 linked to outbreaks in aged care facilities.
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