Australian PM Told Virus Risk to Parliament Sitting

Tourists walk around the forecourt of Australia's Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Oct. 16, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is seeking to cancel the next sitting of the federal Parliament due to worries over the spread of COVID-19 in Victoria and New S0uth Wales.

The escalating spread of the coronavirus in Victoria and worrying trends in NSW have prompted Prime Minister Scott Morrison to seek the cancellation of the planned sitting of the federal parliament early next month.