### [2022-01-10](/feed/2022/01/10/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# Australia surpasses one million cases of COVID-19. 

Country has recorded more than 500,000 cases in the past week as it learns to live with COVID-19.


### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/10/australia-to-push-through-omicron-as-total-cases-hit-1-million) [Image](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AP22008000985602.jpg?resize=1200%2C630)

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