Covid-19: Australia to lock down 300,000 in Melbourne suburbs

Wednesday, 1 July 2020Newsdesk

Authorities will lock down more than 300,000 people in suburbs north of Melbourne for a month from late on Wednesday to contain the risk of infection after two weeks of double-digit rises in new coronavirus cases in Australia’s second most populous state.

New Delhi, 01 July 2020

As per news reports of Reuters, Australia has fared better than many countries in the pandemic, with around 7,920 cases, 104 deaths and fewer than 400 active cases, but the recent jump has stoked fears of a second wave of COVID-19, echoing concerns expressed in other countries.

Source - reuters.com