The Morrison Government has launched Coronavirus Australia, a new app for official COVID-19 information, as well as a Whatsapp feature, partnering with Facebook and Atlassian to produce it.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the rate of increase in coronavirus cases has fallen in Australia over the past week, showing social-distancing and self-isolation measures are working.
While the national death toll rose to 16 following the deaths of a woman in Queensland and a man in Victoria, Mr Morrison said the rate of increase had dropped from 25 to 30 per cent a day, to 13 to 15 per cent a day.
Adding the rates of increase were “still strong”, the Prime Minister unveiled a new app allowing users to navigate the latest advice and information about coronavirus in real-time.
Coronavirus Australia, which is available from the Apple App Store and on Google Play, was launched alongside the Government’s new WhatsApp feature.