Parts of Australia emerge from lockdown to get economy going
Despite falling coronavirus cases, some social limits have been imposed in public and private spaces
15 May 2020 - 13:40
Sydney — Restaurants, cafés and bars in Australia’s most populous state reopened on Friday after a two-month coronavirus lockdown, boosting the federal government’s bid to get people back in work and the economy back on track.
The easing of some quarantine measures in New South Wales (NSW) state came just a day after the national statistics office reported unprecedented record high job losses and Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned that worse is still to come...
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