Australians will be able to dob on sick neighbours and large crowds at sport matches could be banned as the Morrison government activates sweeping powers that will give it the power to forcibly detain people in fever clinics | erykbagshaw
"In a peak presentation period it would be likely you would have fever clinics which are designed to help people recover from the acute fever that comes with coronavirus," Mr Porter told ABC radio on Tuesday."People entering and leaving those zones could be subject to requirements that are compulsive."
"You may have a major sporting event where people are in close proximity to each other and that may be occurring during a high point of presentations into the medical system. It might be determined that the risk of transmission at that event was too high." The number of coronavirus cases in Australia has risen from 15 to 34 over the past fortnight. Perth man James Kwan became the first Australian to die from the disease on Monday.
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