Flare-up in Melbourne has caused a second lockdown
A sign encouraging people to get tested is seen on a largely empty thoroughfare after lockdown restrictions were implemented in response to an outbreak of COVID-19 in Melbourne, Australia, on July 10, 2020.Australia will halve the number of citizens allowed to return home from overseas each week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, as authorities struggle to contain a COVID-19 outbreak in the country’s second most populous city.
Neighbouring New Zealand enacted measures earlier this week to limit the number of citizens returning home to reduce the burden on its overflowing quarantine facilities.The flare-up in the city of Melbourne has forced 5 million Australians to stay home for all but essential business, led the rest of Australia’s states to ban Victorians from entering, and dealt a blow to Australia’s economic recovery.
The lockdown will last for six weeks following a surge in coronavirus cases linked to social distancing breaches in hotels where returned travellers were held in quarantine. In an effort to control the outbreak, Victoria also became the first state in the country to urge people to wear masks when they leave home.
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