As COVID-19 infections surge in Melbourne, Australia is closing the border between its two largest states
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA --n authorities were preparing to close the border between the country's two largest states, as the country's second-largest city, Melbourne, recorded two deaths and its highest-ever daily increase in infections on Monday.
The overwhelming majority of new infections detected in Melbourne in recent weeks were from community transmission. Everywhere else in, the vast majority of people who tested positive for the virus were infected overseas or had been infected by a returned traveller, Berejiklian said.,” she said Monday. “It's a new part of the pandemic and, as such, it requires a new type of response.”
Police allege a 32-year-old man bit a police officer on Monday as he attempted to leave a high-rise in the suburb of Flemington. He would be charged with assault, resisting police and attempting to breach a pandemic order, Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said. “I think it is the smart call, the right call at this time, given the significant challenges we face in containing this virus,” Andrews said.
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