Prime Minister Scott Morrison has requested that the next two-week sitting of Australia’s Parliament be canceled because of increasing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus in parts of the country

Australia’s coronavirus hot spot Victoria state moved to increase its available hospital beds and reported a record daily high of 317 infections

Nearly 400 people who have returned to Guam from coronavirus hotspots are in government-imposed quarantine at three island hotels

Virus restrictions once lifted are being reimposed, shutting businesses and curbing people’s social lives as communities try to curb a disease resurgence before it spins out of control

The leader of New Zealand’s opposition National Party has quit just over two months from elections

Australia’s Victoria state has reported a new daily record of 288 coronavirus cases as well as a record number of tests, more than 37,500

Australia’s prime minister says his country has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and extended visas for Hong Kong residents in response to China’s imposition of a tough national security law on the semi-autonomous territory

An Australian state has closed its doors to people fleeing a second lockdown in Australia’s second-largest city

Australia has isolated the state of Victoria in a bid to contain the worsening spread of the coronavirus as the city of Melbourne prepared for its second lockdown, an example of a resurgent disease in places that initially succeeded in taming it

Australia has been among the world’s most successful countries in containing its coronavirus outbreak, with one exception