Coronavirus Australia live: Blunder that caused cluster's spread

The eight flights will bring home thousands of Australians in total, who have been stranded in Europe, India and South Africa through the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking on air yesterday, Ms Curtis explained she was 38 weeks pregnant when the Australian Government told citizens overseas in March that they should return to the country.

Under the government’s charter flight scheme, passengers are required to pay for their own flight, but will be able to apply for Government grants and loans to help cover costs.

The first of eight repatriation flights travelling direct from London will touch down in Darwin this morning – carrying hundreds of Aussies finally returning home.

The eight flights will bring home thousands of Australians who have been stranded in Europe, India and South Africa through the coronavirus pandemic.

Ms Curtis explained she was 38 weeks pregnant when the Australian Government told citizens overseas in March that they should return to the country.

Passengers are required to pay for their own flight, but will be able to apply for Government grants and loans to help cover costs.

Portuguese soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo may miss Juventus’ Champions League clash against Barcelona next week after returning a second positive coronavirus test, according to reports.

The 35-year-old initially tested positive for Covid-19 on 13 October and was forced to withdraw from Portugal’s squad during the international break.

A report from Portuguese newspaper Correio da Manha, however, reports Ronaldo's test – while positive – gave a very low viral load, meaning his team hasn't given up hope completely of him featuring in the upcoming game.

The Department of Health and Human Services says it expects more coronavirus cases to be detected in a growing cluster in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.

Five new cases recorded on Thursday were connected to the outbreak, which has already resulted in more than 500 people across five suburbs, two schools and an entire social housing block being told to self-isolate.

It comes after a primary school student attended school for two days while infected with COVID-19 this week.

It comes as coronavirus cases in the country spiked in the last few weeks.

It comes as the head of Germany’s disease control centre said the country is facing a “very serious” rise in coronavirus cases, after the country earlier reported a record 11,287 new infections.

The Victorian Government has confirmed that Little River residents will finally all have the same set of restrictions from 11:59pm tonight, after the town has been split into two sets of rules.

The 45-year-old, who was caretaker prime minister during the first wave of the coronavirus, tested positive for COVID-19 last week and had been self-isolating, but her condition worsened and she was admitted to a Brussels hospital.

The 57-year-old BBC journalist responsible for one of the most iconic Princess Diana interviews of all time is "seriously unwell" with complications from coronavirus.

Martin Bashir, who rose to prominence across the world when Princess Diana told him in 1995 that there were "three people in her marriage" to Prince Charles – has requested privacy as he battles the deadly virus.

The document – a draft of coronavirus restrictions – was leaked to a newspaper, and the DHHS reported the matter to police as it's a reach of the Victoria Public Service (VPS) code of conduct

"Victoria Police can confirm it has received a referral from a government department in relation to unauthorised access of information," a police spokesman told the ABC