BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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CANBERRA -- Researchers from Australia's national science agency have discovered a faster and cheaper way to detect coronavirus outbreaks through wastewater.

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) on Friday revealed that it has refined the methods of concentrating and recovering the virus from wastewater samples, which can indicate the presence of COVID-19 carriers in the community regardless of whether they show symptoms.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The continued spread of COVID-19 in San Francisco's Mission District in the first six weeks was increasingly concentrated among low-income Latinx people who were unable to work from home, according to a study released by the University of California, San Francisco Thursday.

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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported no cases of COVID-19 on Friday after three active cases had been reported this week.

The number of tests conducted on Thursday increased greatly, with 6,273 tests carried out due to the extensive testing of people related to the latest three cases and their flights and quarantine, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield told a press conference.

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SYDNEY -- A third day of inflated new COVID-19 cases in the Australian state of Victoria on Friday has caused concern over a plan to reduce social distancing restrictions along with the rest of the country starting from Monday.

Victoria's infection total rose by 13 to 1,792, following 21 new cases on Wednesday, the biggest jump in over a month. Eighteen new cases were recorded on Thursday, eight of which were locally transmitted. Enditem

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