Lebanon is facing crisis as hospitals are reaching full capacity, and they are unable to treat coronavirus patients as the recent Beirut blast still requires patients to be in care.  

Health minister Hamad Hassan says public and private hospitals in the capital have very limited capacity whether in terms of beds in intensive care units or respirators. 

Hassan is urging authorities to employ a two week lockdown to control the spread of the virus. 

The Brazilian city Porto Velho has faced a large bushfire that threatens to spread to the Amazon rainforest. 

Residents of the city were plagued by the fires spreading in the dry bush, waiting for firefighters to arrive on the scene to help control the damage. 

Locals expressed their concern at the severity of the fires, explaining that bush fires to this capacity can ruin all their life equity in mere seconds.

In a new finding among Australia’s waste disposal, it was identified two titanic size loads of single-use plastic are believed to end up in Australia’s oceans and environment every year.  

Environmental group, World Wide Fund Australia (WWF), estimates 130,000 tonnes of this plastic is leaked into the water environment every year.

The threat of a strike prevails from the Sydney transport employees, who wrote to NSW Premier with a two day notice before they will cease work, unless the government employs health and safety guidelines for public transport.

There is demand from bus drivers in Sydney for masks to be mandatory for all passengers.

Queensland government is beginning to stockpile over 120 million pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) in a further attempt to prevent any new cases of coronavirus. 

Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk states she is doing everything possible to prepare in case of a new outbreak, as Queensland has seen nearly a month without any new community transmissions.

In local news, Geoscience Australia has identified two resource corridors throughout mainland Australia and a large part of Queensland that have the potential to supply new energy, minerals, and groundwater resources.

In Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko announces he is ready to share power of the country after protests aren’t easing. 

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has postponed the election by four weeks due to Auckland’s COVID 19 outbreak. 

In a new report, it was found Australian TV news lacks cultural diversity.