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Peter Ford and has all the latest and breaking entertainment news daily on 6PR Breakfast just after the 8.30am news.

On Monday, Peter told us Today’s Entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins has tested positive to Coronavirus.

Australia should have a full travel ban according to an infectious disease expert.

“I still think that we should shut travel down completely, so people should not be leaving the country; we’ve got to stop importing the virus,” Dr Clay Golledge told 6PR Breakfast.

To prevent the spread of Coronavirus, events are being cancelled and crowds have been banned from large sporting events but schools around Australia remain open. 

"There was a decision by all of the chief health officers from around Australia that there is no need to close schools as a preemptive measure at this point" WA Minister for Education, Sue Ellery told 6PR Breakfast. 

"This is clearly an evolving situation and that advice might change at some point in the future." 

There are three reasons they have decided not to close the schools;

So hospital staff and carers don't have to choose between work and staying home to look after the kids,

Keep older students from heading out and about instead of contained within school

Grandparents aren't put at risk and relied on for looking after kids.

Supermarket shelves are gathering nothing but dust at the moment and the owner of local chain Farmer Jack's says nothing could have prepared them for this.

Supermarkets are prepared for big sales around Christmas, Easter and other holidays, but they've been "blindsided" by the panic buying around Coronavirus.

Bob Tarlau gives a detailed account of the news of the day in the United States of America every weekday morning.

On Friday, Bob told us the President has declared a national emergency and has taken a Coronavirus test after being exposed to high risk people, but the results were negative.

Enda Brady is 6PR Breakfast’s UK Correspondent bringing us the news from the day in the UK.

On Monday, Enda told us Ireland has taken the extreme step of closing all pubs.

Peter Ford and has all the latest and breaking entertainment news daily on 6PR Breakfast just after the 8.30am news.

On Friday, Peter spoke to us from the Gold Coast where Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been isolated after testing positive to Coronavirus.

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Award winning sports news breaker, Kim Hagdorn, joins Steve and Baz at 6:55am and 7:45am every weekday on 6PR Breakfast.

On Friday, Haggers told us the players will become pivotal in any decision to suspend the AFL season.

The Australian Grand Prix was cancelled, cruises have been cancelled and a infectious disease expert says flights to Bali should be cancelled due to the COVID-19. 

"People would be nuts, in fact, I would go so far as to say it's criminally irresponsible if you were to go Bali now, come back to Australia and you bring the virus back with you," Dr Clay Golledge.