MELBOURNE, Australia - Victoria, Australia has reported 28 consecutive days without a new case of COVID-19, according to the Victoria State Government’s Department of Health and Human Services.

An expert report says the state would create a “moral hazard” if it agreed to pay compensation for pandemic damage, even if it was at fault.

The aged care home at the centre of a deadly Covid outbreak in July 2020 has admitted it failed to ensure all staff were properly trained.

The Australian state of Victoria on Thursday reported a more than 50% jump in daily COVID-19 cases, and the government is blaming people who breached pandemic regulations to attend house parties to ...