Outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Melbourne prompted the state of Victoria to impose orders for the city’s estimated five million residents
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Australia’s second most populous city began a six-week lockdown on Thursday following a spike in new coronavirus cases, as states around the country tightened internal borders to prevent a second wave sweeping the country.
“We must continue to follow those social distancing protocols all around Australia, even in states or territories where the number of cases is effectively zero,” Morrison told reporters in Canberra. “They are making the decision that that two weeks and that cost is worth it to get out of Victoria,” deputy premier Stephen Miles said in a televised news conference.The country’s most populous state, New South Wales , closed its heavily trafficked border to neighbouring Victoria on Wednesday. South Australia also closed its border with Victoria.“We’re definitely at a different stage of the pandemic,” NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters in Sydney.
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