That's all for the coronavirus updates blog for today. Thanks for tuning in. As always, the blog will start up again tomorrow at 6am.
If you're just clicking on the blog now though, rather than having to scroll all the way down to the end, here is a summary of today's top updates:
- New South Wales' Supreme Court ruled that Saturday's Black Lives Matter protest in Sydney should not go ahead – although large crowds may ignore the order and go anyway.
- Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews urged Victorians not to attend a rally planned in Melbourne on Saturday, but organisers of the event urged protesters to take face masks and hand sanitiser, and said community safety was “paramount”.
- Prime Minister Scott Morrison and federal Health Minister Greg Hunt also urged Australians not to attend Black Lives Matter protests this weekend.
- Mr Hunt warned the rallies could endanger Indigenous people if some took coronavirus infections back to remote communities. Indigenous health leader Pat Turner rejected this, saying protesters should take precautions but that the pandemic wasn’t a reason to stop people exercising their political rights.
- Indigenous academic Marcia Langton said as an Aboriginal woman aged over 50, her elevated risk of becoming sick with COVID-19 was "a risk I'm willing to take" to make a stand against the treatment of First Nations people at this weekend's protests.
- From Friday, Queensland restaurants, cafes, pubs and clubs were allowed to open up even further, to more than 20 customers if they have an approved COVID-safe plan. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she was “absolutely delighted” with the change.
- A primary school in Melbourne's north closed after a prep student contracted COVID-19, one of three new cases recorded in the state overnight. NSW recorded four new cases.
- French troops will not march on Paris’ Champs-Elysees avenue on Bastille Day, after the country’s president said the coronavirus pandemic meant the traditional military parade would be replaced with a ceremony where health precautions could be observed.
- India posted a record jump in coronavirus cases, with its health ministry on Friday saying there had been more than 9800 new cases in the past 24 hours.
- The University of Melbourne said it expected to lose $1 billion in revenue from international students over the next three years, with staff being asked to hand back an agreed pay rise to help make up the shortfall.
We'll be back with the blog tomorrow morning.