Two states extended border closures, most populous state imposed limits on the number of people allowed in large pubs
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Australian states on Tuesday tightened restrictions on movement as authorities struggle to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 in the country’s southeast that is starting to spill into other areas.
The changes come as scores of new cases were uncovered in Victoria, the country’s COVID-19 hot spot, despite a return to lockdown last week for nearly 5 million people in state capital Melbourne.Active cases in the state rose to nearly 2,000 after another 270 infections were detected in the past 24 hours, authorities said, taking Australia’s total number of cases to about 10,000, with 107 deaths.
Australia avoided the high COVID-19 casualty numbers of other nations with swift and strict measures, but a spike in community-transmitted cases in Victoria and a rise in new cases in New South Wales has worried other states. “Our primary responsibility in South Australia is to the health, safety and welfare of all South Australians,” Premier Steven Marshall told reporters in Adelaide.
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