The state reported 98 new cases on Monday. On Saturday New South Wales introduced a slew of new restrictions and ordered all non-critical stores to close. In Sydney, it looks increasingly unlikely that the city will exit a lockdown in its fourth week at the end of the month as planned. The lockdown will begin at midnight on Thursday (14:00 GMT). "We have made great progress, we have avoided thousands of cases," he said. Tougher COVID restrictions are in effect in Melbourne, including a curfew, the closure of playgrounds, and a two-week extension of the current lockdown. Victoria state on Monday reported 13 new cases.Īndrews told weary residents now on their fifth lockdown that the measures were making an impact. The virus was then carried to Melbourne with a relocation team, prompting a snap lockdown that was due to end late Tuesday, but has failed to reduce new infections to zero. More than five million people are celebrating new. But blanket rules such as the new 25km travel. Australia is hoping it has said goodbye to lockdowns after its second-largest city, Melbourne, became the final state capital to reopen. The lockdown will begin at midnight on Thursday. Melbourne could be out of lockdown within a week, if COVID-19 case numbers continue their current trend.
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The most recent outbreak started mid-June when a foreign aircrew infected a local driver in Sydney. Australia's second most populous state Victoria will enter a seven-day lockdown to counter a fast-spreading outbreak in its capital, Melbourne. JMelbourne extends lockdown as Australia fails to stop outbreak Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Australia's two largest cities are set to stay under tight COVID-19 restrictions.
"These restrictions simply cannot end at midnight tomorrow night," Victoria state premier Daniel Andrews said, without saying how long the Melbourne lockdown would last.Ībout 12 million people are under lockdown in Melbourne and Sydney, where a month of restrictions has failed to quash an outbreak of the Delta variant.Īustralia had mostly dodged widespread community transmission in the 18 months since the pandemic began, but is now seeing more than 100 new cases a day, straining contact tracing efforts.
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