Melbourne: 226 new cases of Corona Virus infection were reported in Australia and 17 more patients died of COVID-19 across the country, after which the total number of infections increased to 23,583. The government gave this information on Tuesday.
In the daily bulletin of the epidemic, Victoria state premier Daniel Andrews reported that 222 new cases of infection occurred in the last twenty-four hours and 17 patients died. He said that so far 334 patients have died from Kovid-19 in the state. He urged people to get the corona virus tested even if they have mild symptoms.
No cases of infection were reported from the Australian Capital Territory and Queensland. So far 23,583 cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in Australia and 428 patients have died. Meanwhile, Australia’s government is willing to allow the first batch of 300 foreign students to come to South Australia in an effort to revive the billion-dollar international education sector facing the epidemic. Federal Trade and Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham has announced a new scheme under which three hundred students from South East Asia will be allowed to enter Adelaide next month to complete their studies. Before starting studies, students will have to stay in the hotel in a separate residence for two weeks, which will be borne by their university.
Underlining the importance of the international education industry to Australia, Birmingham said, “The scheme has been approved so that we can see if it can be run in this way.” We are confident that we have taken security and precautionary measures. Moving towards next year’s course, we will consider what the impact of our decision is. “
The minister said, “International education is a large service export industry for Australia and South Australia. It employs thousands of people and it is important that we are able to bring international students back to Australia safely. ” According to the latest data, India is the second-largest source of international students for Australia after China and India account for 17 percent of the total foreign students studying in Australia.
