As the coronavirus has forced the world to go under lockdown, finally positive news from Australia came on Tuesday. Australian PM Scott Morrison on Tuesday addressed the nation and said that Australia was on the road to recovery with new coronavirus infections almost stamped out.
As per Scott, hospitals will resume many elective surgeries and schools will be re-opened for more children.
As part of broad social distancing restrictions, Australia in March banned all non-emergency surgeries to free-up hospital beds amid expectations of a surge in coronavirus cases. Schools were also closed.
But with infection rates falling from more than 25% in mid-March to its current level of less than 1% a day, Morrison said in Canberra that Australia could relax some restrictions from next week.
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"We are on the road back and I think we have already reached a turning point," Morrison told reporters on Tuesday.
Australia's Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Tuesday the easing of elective surgery restrictions was possible after authorities secured more protective and medical equipment, including a "full capacity" of 7,500 ventilators.