Melbourne to lockdown for 5 days

On Jul 16, 2021

The Australian state of Victoria – home to its second largest city, Melbourne – has begun a snap lockdown after two more local cases of the virus.

The latest outbreak brings the total number of virus cases there to 18.

This is the fifth lockdown for Victoria since the pandemic began and will last until Tuesday.

Melbourne had largely avoided new cases despite an outbreak in neighbouring New South Wales, home to Australia’s largest city, Sydney (BBC News)