'Infuriating' footage of packed Melbourne bar 10 minutes before lockdown emerges
3 years, 10 months ago

'Infuriating' footage of packed Melbourne bar 10 minutes before lockdown emerges

Daily Mail  

Australia's chief medical officer has issued a stark warning about future Covid outbreaks - as 'infuriating' footage emerges of Melbourne partygoers in a bar minutes before lockdown. 'Infuriating' footage has emerged of Melbourne partygoers minutes before lockdown Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly has said the latest Covid outbreak in Victoria is a 'wake-up call for Australia' The Victorian Government has slammed the 'beyond infuriating' footage as attendees were not wearing face masks and did not appear to adhere to social distancing guidelines, Nine News reported. The Victorian government imposed a seven day 'circuit breaker' lockdown in a bid to slow down Melbourne's latest Covid cluster. Kevin Margin was due to marry his partner Maree Piacente - it is the second time Covid lockdowns have ruined their big day The frustrated couple said plenty of people were sympathetic - they hope to wed later on this year in Melbourne People must observe a 5km travel limit for exercise and shopping and wear masks both indoors and outdoors.

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With COVID cases growing, Melbourne is following in Sydney's footsteps, but at what speed?
3 years, 6 months ago

With COVID cases growing, Melbourne is following in Sydney's footsteps, but at what speed?

ABC  

With Australia's third wave settling in, this week we saw Victoria follow in New South Wales' footsteps down two paths — much to the state's chagrin. But most cases — 335 in total — fit into the "other" category, which a health department spokesman said included sporting venues, family and social gatherings, places of worship and transport. As federal Health …

Australia’s Canberra extends COVID-19 lockdown
3 years, 7 months ago

Australia’s Canberra extends COVID-19 lockdown

Al Jazeera  

Australian capital reports 13 new cases as officials extend the city’s hard lockdown until at least September 17. Australia’s Canberra has extended its hard lockdown by a further two weeks as the capital city struggles to contain a surge in the highly infectious Delta variant. Canberra has been in lockdown for three weeks after a spate of cases believed to …

NSW records its worst day of the COVID-19 pandemic so far against a backdrop of curfews, police and protests
3 years, 7 months ago

NSW records its worst day of the COVID-19 pandemic so far against a backdrop of curfews, police and protests

ABC  

For as long as Sydney has been in lockdown, commentators — including Premier Gladys Berejiklian's interstate counterparts — have loudly called for tougher restrictions, lamenting what they saw as "lockdown lite". West and south-west Sydney are bearing the brunt of the state's COVID-19 response, with nearly all of the new restrictions only applicable to residents in "local government areas of …

Melbourne marks 200 days of COVID-19 lockdowns since the pandemic began
3 years, 7 months ago

Melbourne marks 200 days of COVID-19 lockdowns since the pandemic began

ABC  

Thursday night marked an unpleasant milestone for Melburnians — the 200th day lived under lockdown restrictions. Lockdown One: 43 days BEGAN: March 30, 11:59pm ENDED: May 12, 11:59pm The local cases recorded each day It's here that we got our first taste of the restrictions that have defined 2020 and 2021. Lockdown Two: 111 days BEGAN: July 8, 11:59pm ENDED: …

Covid-19 Australia: Melbourne extends lockdown by two weeks as Daniel Andrews slams engagement party
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: Melbourne extends lockdown by two weeks as Daniel Andrews slams engagement party

Daily Mail  

A fired-up Daniel Andrews has slammed a potential Covid super-spreader engagement party and blamed rulebreakers for forcing him to extend Melbourne's lockdown by two weeks and bring back a 9pm-5am curfew. A fired-up Daniel Andrews has slammed a potential super-spreader engagement party and blamed rule breakers for forcing him to extend lockdown in Melbourne by another two weeks A 9pm …

Canberra COVID-19 cluster grows to 28 as ACT lockdown extended for two weeks
3 years, 7 months ago

Canberra COVID-19 cluster grows to 28 as ACT lockdown extended for two weeks

ABC  

The ACT has recorded 19 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of active cases in Canberra to 28. Key points: One of the confirmed cases is a worker at an aged care facility who was infectious at work for three days One of the confirmed cases is a worker at an aged care facility who was …

Coronavirus Australia: Daniel Andrews no-show amid fears Melbourne lockdown could be extended
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Daniel Andrews no-show amid fears Melbourne lockdown could be extended

Daily Mail  

Melbourne's chances of emerging from its sixth lockdown this week remain on knife's edge, despite no coronavirus cases in intensive care. Health officials are concerned about Caroline Springs in Melbourne's north-west where 25 cases linked with the Caroline Springs Square shopping centre There are growing fears Melbourne's lockdown will be extended beyond midnight Thursday. IPC Health St Albans, 1 Andrea …

Australia Tightens Covid-19 Curbs as Brisbane Extends Lockdown, Army Patrols Sydney
3 years, 7 months ago

Australia Tightens Covid-19 Curbs as Brisbane Extends Lockdown, Army Patrols Sydney

News 18  

Australia’s Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-home rules as Australia struggles to stop the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading. Queensland said it had detected 13 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours – the biggest one-day rise the state has recorded in …

Sydney lockdown extended four weeks as Covid delta surge worsens
3 years, 8 months ago

Sydney lockdown extended four weeks as Covid delta surge worsens

Live Mint  

Sydney’s month-long lockdown will be extended by at least another four weeks, with Australian authorities failing to flatten an outbreak of daily Covid-19 cases that on Wednesday surged to another record. Berejiklian has been criticized by some health experts and political rivals who say she was too slow to implement lockdown in the city of 6 million people, in a …

Coronavirus Australia: Millions of Victorians to be RELEASED from lockdown as Sydney cases soar
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Millions of Victorians to be RELEASED from lockdown as Sydney cases soar

Daily Mail  

Victorians are set to be released from their fifth lockdown Victorians are on track to throw off the shackles of their fifth Covid lockdown on Wednesday, but the nightmare is only just beginning for Sydneysiders who could remain under stay-at-home orders until at least mid-September. NSW government has made a request for financial modelling to assess the devastating effect of …

COVID updates: NSW renews pleas for Pfizer doses as Delta cases hit new record despite Sydney lockdown — as it happened
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID updates: NSW renews pleas for Pfizer doses as Delta cases hit new record despite Sydney lockdown — as it happened

ABC  

You may have seen those videos posted a little earlier, but several people have been arrested as thousands of anti-lockdown protesters breached COVID-19 restrictions and gathered in Sydney's CBD. People in Greater Sydney and its surrounds have been living in lockdown for exactly four weeks, as an outbreak of the Delta COVID-19 continues to spread. Protesters shouted "freedom" as they …

Covid-19 Australia: Aussies share 'lowest lockdown confessions' in Instagram story thread
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: Aussies share 'lowest lockdown confessions' in Instagram story thread

Daily Mail  

Australians have shared their lowest points of lockdown in an Instagram thread that lays bare the bored and beleaguered mental state of 14 million across the country. Just like the rest of us: Reality TV star Martha Kalifatidis said she is struggling to get dressed, wash her face and walk more than 50 steps a day during lockdown In response …

South Australia 'moves into lockdown' after five COVID cases associated with Modbury Hospital cluster
3 years, 8 months ago

South Australia 'moves into lockdown' after five COVID cases associated with Modbury Hospital cluster

ABC  

South Australia has now entered lockdown, after health authorities confirmed the state's outbreak is the Delta strain. Key points: A fifth COVID case has been detected in South Australia The state went into lockdown from 6:00pm Schools will be closed from tomorrow They have so far identified five cases linked to the current cluster. A fourth case was announced on …

Lockdown returns in Australia’s Melbourne due to growing Covid clusters
3 years, 8 months ago

Lockdown returns in Australia’s Melbourne due to growing Covid clusters

India TV News  

Amid concern over rising Covid cases in Australia, country's largest city Melbourne has been put under 5-day strict lockdown, starting tonight. Melbourne’s fifth lockdown of the pandemic will apply across Victoria state, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday. A three-week lockdown of Sydney and surrounding communities in New South Wales state had been due to end on Friday. Health …

Victoria to enter five-day snap lockdown as more COVID-19 cases recorded
3 years, 8 months ago

Victoria to enter five-day snap lockdown as more COVID-19 cases recorded

ABC  

Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed the Victoria-wide snap lockdown with "a heavy heart" after two more local COVID-19 cases were recorded this afternoon. Key points: Victoria will be locked down from 11:59pm tonight until 11:59pm next Tuesday Two more cases were announced this afternoon linked to the MCG and Maribrynong apartments There's no guarantee the lockdown will end after five …

Australia’s Sydney extends COVID lockdown as Delta cluster grows
3 years, 8 months ago

Australia’s Sydney extends COVID lockdown as Delta cluster grows

Al Jazeera  

Strict stay-at-home orders will remain in place until July 16, while schools in Sydney will move to remote learning next week. Residents of Australia’s largest city will spend at least one more week in lockdown, authorities announced on Wednesday, after detecting dozens of new coronavirus cases. Sydney, home to a fifth of Australia’s 25 million people, first went into lockdown …

Over 10 million Australians in lockdown as country battles Delta variant flare-ups; Brisbane issues stay-at-home orders
3 years, 9 months ago

Over 10 million Australians in lockdown as country battles Delta variant flare-ups; Brisbane issues stay-at-home orders

Firstpost  

Brisbane is the fourth major city after Sydney, Perth and Darwin to have ordered a lockdown in recent days Brisbane: More than 10 million Australians have been ordered into lockdown as coronavirus cases spread across the country, and Brisbane on Tuesday became the fourth major city to issue stay-at-home orders. The three-day snap lockdown for Brisbane, starting on Tuesday evening, …

Covid Australia: Melbourne out of Victoria's lockdown after one new case on Wednesday
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid Australia: Melbourne out of Victoria's lockdown after one new case on Wednesday

Daily Mail  

Millions of Victorians will finally be let out of most aspects of lockdown on Friday, but crippling restrictions will remain in place despite the state reporting just one new and traceable Covid-19 case on Wednesday. Acting Premier James Merlino on Wednesday said metropolitan Melbourne will move to 'most of the same settings' currently in place across regional Victoria, with masks …

Melbourne's COVID-19 lockdown to lift on Friday as Victorian businesses push for 'snapback'
3 years, 9 months ago

Melbourne's COVID-19 lockdown to lift on Friday as Victorian businesses push for 'snapback'

ABC  

Melbourne will take its first small steps out of lockdown on Friday, as the Victorian government resists calls from business for a "snapback" to an open economy sooner. Your handy 25-kilometre radius calculator for after Melbourne's lockdown Photo shows A map shows Melbourne with a radius circle superimposed over it, and a button reading "Use my location" Melburnians are set …

Melbourne to exit lockdown with COVID cases controlled
3 years, 9 months ago

Melbourne to exit lockdown with COVID cases controlled

Al Jazeera  

Authorities in Melbourne will relax a COVID-19 lockdown as planned on Thursday night, saying people’s adherence to the strict rules had “changed the course” of a coronavirus outbreak in Australia’s second-largest city. Everyone should be absolutely proud of what we have all achieved together,” Victoria state acting Premier James Merlino told reporters in Melbourne on Wednesday. “But we know this …

Covid Australia: Melbourne lockdown WON'T be extended unless 'massive surge' of mystery cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid Australia: Melbourne lockdown WON'T be extended unless 'massive surge' of mystery cases

Daily Mail  

Melbourne's tough lockdown will end on Friday as planned unless there is a massive surge in mystery cases, government sources say. Victorian government sources said the city's lockdown will be lifted as scheduled at 11.59pm on Thursday, with restrictions likely easing to those currently in place in regional Victoria. Melbourne's tough lockdown is unlikely to be extended unless there is …

What can Melbourne achieve in another seven-day lockdown?
3 years, 9 months ago

What can Melbourne achieve in another seven-day lockdown?

ABC  

Melbourne is staying in lockdown for the time being — at least another seven days — as health officials try to stop the highly infectious COVID-19 virus from spreading too far into the community. Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the main reason for the lockdown was ensuring that new and emerging cases were not moving around, creating more …

COVID lockdown in Australia’s Melbourne extended by a week
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID lockdown in Australia’s Melbourne extended by a week

Al Jazeera  

Country’s second-biggest city is stepping up contact tracing and testing to curb spread of ‘quicker’ variant. A coronavirus lockdown in Melbourne, Australia’s second-biggest city, will be extended by another seven days, authorities have announced as they attempt to stamp out a cluster of cases that emerged in Melbourne last month. ‘Some things won’t change’ Meanwhile, beyond the Greater Melbourne area, …

MELBOURNE POSTCODES HIT WITH COVID-19 CASES
3 years, 10 months ago

MELBOURNE POSTCODES HIT WITH COVID-19 CASES

Daily Mail  

Read articles that feature this panel How all it took was an 18 SECOND exposure to the contagious Indian Covid variant to send seven million into lockdown - as supermarkets place. Vaccination hub is added to Victoria's growing list of Covid exposure sites as Melbourne continues to battle its latest outbreak A Covid-infected person visited Preston City Hall on Gower …

Covid-19 Australia: Business owners in Melbourne's north react to Victorian lockdown
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: Business owners in Melbourne's north react to Victorian lockdown

Daily Mail  

While journalists clashed with state officials over Victoria's fourth lockdown in 14 months, masked business owners along the busiest thoroughfare in Melbourne's inner-north displayed the city's trademark resilience. Scroll down for video Ciara Hose and Lily Chen from vintage clothing shop Dangerfield said the seven-day shutdown is 'not our first rodeo' Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino said 10,000 primary or …

Australia: Fourth round of lockdown in Melbourne as new Covid infection cluster grows
3 years, 10 months ago

Australia: Fourth round of lockdown in Melbourne as new Covid infection cluster grows

India TV News  

Australia’s second-largest city was set to enter its fourth lockdown Thursday as concern grew over the rapid spread of infections from a coronavirus variant. The seven-day lockdown for Melbourne and the rest of Victoria state comes after a new cluster in the city rose to 26 infections, including a person who was in intensive care. Health Minister Greg Hunt described …

Millions in Australia plunged into snap COVID-19 lockdown
3 years, 10 months ago

Millions in Australia plunged into snap COVID-19 lockdown

Al Jazeera  

Nearly seven million people in state of Victoria will have to stay at home for a week in bid to contain new cluster of cases. Nearly seven million people in Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria will start a snap lockdown on Thursday night, as officials blame a sluggish vaccine rollout and hotel quarantine failures for a fresh virus outbreak …

Victoria enters COVID-19 lockdown as cases from Melbourne outbreak grow
3 years, 10 months ago

Victoria enters COVID-19 lockdown as cases from Melbourne outbreak grow

ABC  

The Victorian government has announced a seven-day lockdown in a bid to curb the state's growing coronavirus outbreak. Victoria's Chief Health Officer, Brett Sutton, said it was "very reassuring" that all of the newly diagnosed cases are linked. "If we had the Commonwealth's vaccine program effectively rolled out, we may well not be here today talking about these circuit-breaker restrictions …

Melbourne Covid: residents flee Victoria and head to Sydney ahead of 'imminent' five-day lockdown
3 years, 10 months ago

Melbourne Covid: residents flee Victoria and head to Sydney ahead of 'imminent' five-day lockdown

Daily Mail  

A Victorian man said he was driving out of Victoria on Thursday morning There are fears the cluster, which has climbed to 26 cases, has spread interstate Panicked Melbournians are fleeing Victoria in droves ahead of an imminent new lockdown during the state's growing Covid outbreak. Pictured: A roadside checkpoint near Donnybrook, Victoria on September 16, 2020 A Victorian man …

Covid-19 Australia: Melbourne heading for five-day lockdown as South Australia shuts its borders
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: Melbourne heading for five-day lockdown as South Australia shuts its borders

Daily Mail  

Health authorities are locked in crisis talks debating a snap five-day lockdown for Melbourne in a desperate battle to stop the coronavirus cluster from spreading. Swim Schools Bundoora 4/37 The Concord, Bundoora VIC 3083, 21/05/2021, 8:55am - 10:15am, Case attended venue, Tier 1 - Get tested immediately and quarantine for 14 days from exposure Axedale Axedale Tavern 105 High Street, …

Australia lifts Brisbane lockdown as COVID cases dwindle
4 years ago

Australia lifts Brisbane lockdown as COVID cases dwindle

Al Jazeera  

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says wearing of masks in public still required and some social-distancing measures remain. Australian authorities will end a lockdown of the country’s third-biggest city on Thursday after reporting just one new coronavirus case in Queensland state, easing fears of a widespread outbreak. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the three-day lockdown in Brisbane would end at noon …

Snap Lockdown Ordered in Australia's Brisbane After Virus Outbreak
4 years ago

Snap Lockdown Ordered in Australia's Brisbane After Virus Outbreak

News 18  

More than two million people in Brisbane were ordered into a three-day lockdown Monday after a cluster of coronavirus cases was detected in Australia’s third-biggest city. It is the second snap lockdown of Brisbane and the city’s surrounds this year, coming after seven people tested positive for Covid-19 — the first significant community outbreak in Australia in weeks. I don’t …

Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city, to enter three-day Covid-19 lockdown
4 years ago

Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city, to enter three-day Covid-19 lockdown

Hindustan Times  

Australian authorities announced a snap three-day Covid-19 lockdown in the northern city of Brisbane from Monday afternoon, as they attempt to stamp out an outbreak of the virulent UK variant of the virus. About 2 million people in the city, the country's third largest and the capital of Queensland state, will be required to stay home from 5 p.m. local …

Greater Brisbane officially enters three-day COVID-19 lockdown as authorities race to contain community transmission
4 years ago

Greater Brisbane officially enters three-day COVID-19 lockdown as authorities race to contain community transmission

ABC  

Queensland Health authorities are scrambling to contain a growing coronavirus cluster, as millions of residents in Greater Brisbane officially enter lockdown. As of 5:00pm Monday, people in five local government areas that make up Greater Brisbane — Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Moreton and Redlands — are under strict stay-at-home orders under the snap three-day lockdown. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting …

One new coronavirus case recorded in Victoria on the first day of lockdown
4 years, 1 month ago

One new coronavirus case recorded in Victoria on the first day of lockdown

ABC  

A locally acquired coronavirus case reported by Victoria's health authorities on Saturday has been linked back to the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn outbreak, bringing the cluster to 14 cases. Key points: The outbreak has prompted a snap five-day lockdown Victorians are under stage four restrictions, which means people must stay within 5km of home An epidemiologist fears the viral spread …

Victorian coronavirus outbreak expected to worsen as state enters start of five-day lockdown
4 years, 1 month ago

Victorian coronavirus outbreak expected to worsen as state enters start of five-day lockdown

ABC  

Victorian authorities are expecting an outbreak of the UK strain of coronavirus from a quarantine hotel to grow, as the state enters the first day of a snap lockdown called on Friday in a bid to dampen community transmission. Key points: Victorians will be placed under stage 4 restrictions until 11:59pm on Wednesday Household visits will be banned and stay-at-home …

Latest COVID lockdown catches regional Victoria by surprise
4 years, 1 month ago

Latest COVID lockdown catches regional Victoria by surprise

ABC  

Some regional Victorians have questioned why they're caught in a sweeping statewide five-day lockdown imposed by Premier Dan Andrews on Friday in a bid to extinguish out a growing Melbourne coronavirus outbreak. Key points: Regional Victoria is included in a five-day lockdown Hospitality businesses say internal borders between Melbourne and regional Victoria would have been a better way to limit …

Melbourne set for FIVE-DAY lockdown with schools closed
4 years, 1 month ago

Melbourne set for FIVE-DAY lockdown with schools closed

Daily Mail  

Five million Melbourne residents are bracing for lockdown once again as a Covid-19 cluster grows to 13, with five new cases reported on Friday. Melbourne 's worrying Covid cluster has now climbed to 13 cases after five more positive tests linked to the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport were recorded State government advisers were instructed to draw up plans for a …

One of the nation's toughest coronavirus lockdowns comes into place in South Australia
4 years, 4 months ago

One of the nation's toughest coronavirus lockdowns comes into place in South Australia

ABC  

Some of the toughest restrictions faced anywhere in Australia since the start of the coronavirus pandemic are now in place in South Australia. Premier Steven Marshall yesterday put South Australia into a major lockdown for six days as a "circuit breaker" to stop a second wave of coronavirus starting from a cluster in Adelaide's north. "If the numbers absolutely dissipate …

South Australia announces six-day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown
4 years, 4 months ago

South Australia announces six-day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown

Al Jazeera  

State government says strict measures necessary to get on top of contact tracing and testing. South Australia announced on Wednesday a six-day “circuit breaker” lockdown for the state’s nearly two million people, as it moved to contain a sudden surge in coronavirus cases that ended months with hardly any infections. A series of wide-ranging restrictions will be imposed from midnight …

Australia\'s Melbourne to remain in lockdown despite protests
4 years, 6 months ago

Australia\'s Melbourne to remain in lockdown despite protests

Deccan Chronicle  

Melbourne: The premier of Australia's Victoria state announced a slight easing of restrictions in Melbourne but the country's second-largest city will remain in lockdown until at least October 26. Police said that seven others have been charged with breaching COVID-19 directions after about 200 gathered at the Shrine of Remembrance and Albert Park. "Despite all the warnings, it was disappointing …

Victoria's coronavirus modelling says stage 4 lockdown and restrictions should stay in place in Melbourne for weeks. This is the report
4 years, 6 months ago

Victoria's coronavirus modelling says stage 4 lockdown and restrictions should stay in place in Melbourne for weeks. This is the report

ABC  

Victorians have been anxiously waiting to see the State Government's plan to emerge from the one of the world's toughest lockdowns. Other countries have emerged from their first wave but exited restrictions too quickly, and are now experiencing resurging infections Victoria is one of many countries now experiencing a second wave Most have arisen from countries exiting restrictions too quickly …

Melbourne's coronavirus restrictions roadmap: The five steps from stage 4 lockdown to 'COVID normal'
4 years, 6 months ago

Melbourne's coronavirus restrictions roadmap: The five steps from stage 4 lockdown to 'COVID normal'

ABC  

The Victorian Government has released a staged plan to ease Melbourne out of its tight coronavirus restrictions. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said it was likely Melbourne would be able to take its next "big step" a week earlier than expected, with October 19 now looking like the date Melbourne could move to the third step. Mr Andrews said outdoor pools …

The date when Melbourne will know if COVID-19 lockdown will end
4 years, 7 months ago

The date when Melbourne will know if COVID-19 lockdown will end

Daily Mail  

Health authorities will know in three to four weeks if Melbourne's draconian stage-four lockdown is working - and whether Victoria must stay isolated from the rest of Australia. Victoria suffered its worst day of the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday, with 725 new cases and 15 fatalities, including Australia's youngest coronavirus victim - a man in his 30s All states and …

WHAT MELBOURNE'S STAGE FOUR LOCKDOWN MEANS FOR YOU
4 years, 7 months ago

WHAT MELBOURNE'S STAGE FOUR LOCKDOWN MEANS FOR YOU

Daily Mail  

: All community sport across Victoria is now banned. Cautions will no longer be issued, only $1,652 fines or court summons Read articles that feature this panel Victoria to record another 429 new coronavirus cases with 13 more deaths despite even harsher lockdown and radical 8pm curfew Victoria is expected to record a further 429 cases of coronavirus and 13 …

Australia coronavirus: Victoria declares ‘state of disaster,’ locking down millions in Melbourne
4 years, 7 months ago

Australia coronavirus: Victoria declares ‘state of disaster,’ locking down millions in Melbourne

CNN  

CNN — The premier of Victoria plunged the region into a “state of disaster” on Sunday, announcing even stricter lockdown measures, introducing a nightly curfew and banning virtually all trips outdoors after Australia’s second largest state recorded 671 new infections in a single day. “Where you slept last night is where you’ll need to stay for the next six weeks,” …

Australia’s Victoria risks longer lockdown as coronavirus surges
4 years, 8 months ago

Australia’s Victoria risks longer lockdown as coronavirus surges

Al Jazeera  

State premier warns lockdown might have to be extended, as Victoria posts highest number of cases since outbreak began. Australia’s Victoria state on Monday reported the country’s highest-ever daily increase in coronavirus cases, prompting the authorities to warn that a six-week lockdown might have to be extended if people continued to go to work while feeling unwell. The country’s second-most …

Coronavirus Australia: Despite lockdown, Melbourne sees record cases and fears 'may not have yet hit peak'
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Despite lockdown, Melbourne sees record cases and fears 'may not have yet hit peak'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Health officials in Australia’s second-most populous state reported 317 …

Why the next three days are crucial in Victoria's fight against COVID-19 after an explosion of cases
4 years, 8 months ago

Why the next three days are crucial in Victoria's fight against COVID-19 after an explosion of cases

Daily Mail  

The next three days will signal if Melbourne's tough coronavirus lockdowns are taking effect after another explosion of community transmissions. Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the impact of the stage three lockdown on the spread of the virus should emerge in the coming days. 'With respect to stage three restrictions across metro Melbourne and Mitchell Shire, it's in …

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