Politicians and Chief Medical Officer Urge Protesters to Stay Away

Australia's Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy at a press conference in the Blue Room at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on March 3, 2020. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

Federal politicians are keeping the pressure on people to heed the advice of medical experts and not attend another series of protests across the country this weekend, fearing it could spark a second wave of the coronavirus.

Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy has repeatedly urged people not to take to the streets after thousands turned out across the country last weekend for Black Lives Matter rallies, saying such events “really are dangerous”.