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AM edition, Sunday, March 29, 2020
Good morning, Canberra. We're heading for a top of 25 degrees today with a small chance of rain. Here's making headlines this Sunday.

Student nurses to join the health ranks in the battle against coronavirus

More than 1000 people wanting to join the fight against COVID-19 have lodged expressions of interest with Canberra Health Services.

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Social distance non-compliance in cross hairs 

Work safety commissioner Greg Jones will take action against businesses who repeatedly flout social distancing requirements.

Australians assured our hospitals can cope

During his daily coronavirus briefing, deputy chief medical officer Paul Kelly said Australia's intensive care capacity has doubled.

How these well-known Canberrans are coping

If you're going to be holed up inside and working at home for an undetermined period of time, it pays to be with people you love.

Backyard gyms pick up slack after closures

Canberra residents raced to stock up on home exercise equipment this week following the closure of gyms to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Pair refused bail after alleged COVID-19 threats

Two men were charged in separate incidents after allegedly spitting and coughing in public while claiming to be infected with coronavirus.

Travellers could be freed from hotel on Monday 

The seven passengers on the final international flight from Doha to Canberra could be sent home to self-isolate as soon as Monday.

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COVID-19 will change how we interact with each other

Opinion: Airlines will feel the COVID-19 pinch more than most. Is that such a bad thing for humanity, asks Mark Kenny.

Raiders stars' contracts to be hit by virus crisis

Canberra Raiders stars Jack Wighton and Jarrod Croker might have locked in long-term deals, but those contracts could change.

Canberra player cleared of the coronavirus

Canberra's Nikolai Topor-Stanley doesn't need to self-isolate after one of his Newcastle teammates tested positive to COVID-19.

The places we love are now moving online

Our favourite places to visit have closed their doors to combat the spread of COVID-19, but more and more are moving offerings online.

Times Past

The planning of a $17 million hospital for Woden Valley dominated the front page of The Canberra Times on this day 52 years ago. The clinical superintendent of the Canberra Community Hospital, Dr. N. A. Elvin, attacked the planning. He told the Parliamentary Public Works Committee. "To plan in splendid isolation, as seems to have been done with the Woden hospital, is quite wrong".  READ MORE
 
 
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