Australia: Melbourne back in strict lockdown

Then you can only leave your home for important reasons – for example for a vaccination. You are also only allowed to move within a radius of a maximum of five kilometers. Last year, Melbourne was locked down for months with strict exit restrictions.

Authorities in Victoria had recorded eleven new cases on Thursday. In total, there are at least 34 active infections in the state, mostly with the highly contagious Indian variant of the virus. The 25-million-inhabitant country Australia has so far got the pandemic under control due to extremely strict rules. A total of 30,000 cases have been confirmed nationwide. 910 people have died in connection with Covid-9. The borders have been closed since March 2020.