On Friday 13 March 2020, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that State and Federal Governments are advising against non-essential organised events of 500 or more people from Monday, 16 March 2020.
This is a scalable precautionary measure, based on expert medical advice, to slow the rate of transmission of COVID-19 amongst the Australian community.
At the announcement, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said the risk to the Australian community generally remains low at the current time.
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The NRL has confirmed that remaining Round 1 games will proceed this weekend as per game-day schedule.
However, the NRL has advised that from Round 2 all NRL matches will be played at closed stadiums due to State and Federal Government advice, until further notice.
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