Australia’s Melbourne to shut much of retail and manufacturing for six weeks
Security failures at quarantine hotels for returning travellers and poor communication of critical data to migrant communities allowed the virus to roar back in Victoria
03 August 2020 - 10:56
Sydney/Canberra — Australia’s Victoria state will shut down large parts of its retail and manufacturing sectors for six weeks across the city of Melbourne after a lockdown failed to contain a spike in coronavirus cases.
Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday also announced that construction firms must radically reduce the number of workers on site across the city, while production at meatworks statewide will be cut by a third. Essential services such as banks, supermarkets, pharmacies and petrol stations will remain open, he said...
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