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. The lockdown will begin at midnight on Thursday (14:00 GMT). Picnics of up to 15 people are now allowed in Melbourne. 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. This gallery offers a glimpse of how The Age’s photographers saw it. "We have made great progress, we have avoided thousands of cases," he said. Australia's second most populous state Victoria will enter a seven-day lockdown to counter a fast-spreading outbreak in its capital, Melbourne. Today, Melbourne becomes the world’s most locked down city. 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.
MELBOURNE IN LOCKDOWN TODAY DRIVER
The most recent outbreak started mid-June when a foreign aircrew infected a local driver in Sydney. Lockdown ends as Victoria reaches the next stage of reopening, with more freedom in Melbourne today once 70 of people aged over 16 in the state have received two doses of the Covid-19. is home to some spectacular places which are perfect for your post lockdown weekend getaway. "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. On 4 October, Melbourne marked 245 days of lockdowns and became the city with the longest cumulative time in lockdown in the world.
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