AFP is reporting from Rome: Three Nigerian migrants attacked staff in a military hospital in Rome after testing positive for Covid-19, the defence ministry said Saturday. The incident at the Celio military hospital, now turned into a COVID-19 treatment centre, occurred when they saw a Bangladeshi migrant walking out after testing negative and then tried to flee but were stopped. They are accused of violence, resistance and causing bodily harm. “The attacks at the military hospital are serious and unacceptable,” Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini said. The incident was seized upon by Italy’s anti-immigration former interior minister Matteo Salvini who said the government was putting “Italy in danger”. Migration has for years been a hot-button political issue in Italy, a main EU landing point for people crossing the Mediterranean and arriving in Sicily and sister island Lampedusa. And in Victoria, Australia’s worst-affected state. Victoria has recorded 114 new coronavirus cases and 11 more deaths. The figures, confirmed by the department of health and human services on Sunday, bring the state’s toll from the virus to 524 and the national total to 611. It follows 94 new cases on Saturday, which was the first day since July 5 that cases were in the double digits. “Absolutely, this strategy is working,” premier Daniel Andrews told reporters on Saturday. “We’ve all just got to find a way to stay the course.” Residents in the capital Melbourne are subject to another fortnight of strict stage four restrictions including an 8pm to 5am curfew and Andrews said the benefits from the first four weeks were starting to show. Regional Victorians are under slightly less strict stage three restrictions for the same period. Andrews was cautious about rushing to a return to normal, saying the path back to normality will be based on “science and data and evidence”. One of the first issues to be addressed when restrictions ease could be people living alone who have gone weeks with little human interaction. “We want to try and support them and indeed every Victorian, with a clear, dedicated, logical but also meaningful plan for opening up, but it is just a little too early,” Andrews said. Restrictions across Melbourne are due to expire on 13 September but will be reduced gradually rather than removed completely. Health officials have indicated that recommendations for face masks could remain in place for several more months. Staying in Australia, the government in the northern state of Queensland has added more locations to a public health alert in the south-east. The ABC, Australia’s public broadcaster, is reporting there are are now 120 locations under the alert, as identified by contact tracers. The state reported another four cases yesterday and extended restrictions on gatherings to the Gold Coast. No more than 10 people were allowed to gather in Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan or the Gold Coast without a Covid-19 safety plan. The new rules will also come into effect in the Darling Downs from 8am Monday after health alerts were issued for the Southern Hotel and Queens’ Park Markets in Toowoomba. All Saturday’s cases were linked to a correctional service training academy at Wacol, taking the corrective services cluster to 19 cases. Elias Visontay Our Guardian Australia reporter Elias Visontay has this on the opposition Labor party’s call for a wider aged care royal commission. Labor is asking the government to expand the aged care royal commission so it can further examine Covid-19 outbreaks in more homes including Victorian facilities. Opposition aged care spokeswoman Julie Collins wrote to Scott Morrison on Thursday, requesting he direct additional resources to the inquiry, suggesting the introduction of a new commissioner specifically to look at Covid-19’s impact. Collins’ request follows comments made by aged care commissioner Tony Pagone QC ahead of the commission examining Covid-19 outbreaks at aged care homes in New South Wales. “It is important for the public to understand that this Royal Commission is not able, and is not intending, to conduct a full inquiry into that impact. “We simply do not have the resources or time to conduct an inquiry that would do justice to the issues which have arisen so far and continue to change and develop. The issues associated with the impacts of COVID-19 in aged care warrant an inquiry of their own,” Pagone said. In her letter to the prime minister, Collins said “the three-day hearing into the impact of Covid-19 was a starting point”. “There is more to learn about Covid-19 particularly given the tragic events that have occurred in New South Wales and Victoria. Labor therefore respectfully request that you provide additional resources to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety to inquire further into Covid-19. “These additional resources could include appointing another Commissioner to inquire specifically into the impacts of Covid-19 so there are timely findings for the aged care sector to draw upon,” she suggested, adding an extra commissioner would help avoid any delays in the Commission’s final report being handed down on 26 February. After pursuing the government over its aged care response to Covid-19 over the past sitting week, Labor is expected to continue to apply pressure on the topic. It has called for aged care minister Richard Colbeck to be removed from the portfolio, and has also criticised the health department for failing to prepare a response plan for the sector - an accusation denied by the government. Good morning, day, afternoon, evening, wherever these words find you. Thanks to my colleagues around the world for their stewardship of the blog. Ben Doherty here - inside - in a Sydney happily bathed in glorious late-winter sun. I’m with you for the next few hours. Comments and correspondence are, as ever, welcomed. You can reach me at ben.doherty@theguardian.com or by twitter @BenDohertyCorro A summary of the latest developments: The number of global Covid-19 cases is approaching 25 million (currently 24,982,000 according to the Johns Hopkins tracker). More than 840,000 people have died from the virus. Far-right extremists tried to storm the German parliament building Saturday following a mass protest against the country’s pandemic restrictions in Berlin. France reported 5,453 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday, and the health ministry described the situation as “worrying” following a spike the previous day when the country registered its highest number of cases since mid-March. The state of Victoria in Australia recorded 114 new cases of coronavirus and 11 new deaths. Brazil has registered another 758 coronavirus deaths over the last 24 hours and 41,350 new cases, taking the nation’s death toll to 120,262 3,846,153 confirmed infections. Costa Rica’s government has requested $1.75bn (£1.31bn) in financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the nation’s economy has been reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of Israelis demonstrated again on Saturday in Jerusalem, demanding the resignation of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces accusations of mishandling the coronavirus crisis. The former head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said countries across the world have been “selfish” in their handling of the pandemic. Authorities in Istanbul announced curbs on weddings and other ceremonies in Turkey’s largest city as the number of daily coronavirus cases and deaths hit their highest level nationwide in more than two months. India will reopen underground train networks and allow sports and religious events in a limited manner from next, despite soaring coronavirus infections. The infection rate in New York state has stayed below 1% for 22 consecutive days, governor Andrew Cuomo said. The UK recorded 1,108 new confirmed cases over the last 24 hours, the government said on Saturday, down slightly from the figure recorded on Friday.