The lockdown will be enforced after authorities identified 10,000 primary and secondary contacts linked to a Covid-19 outbreak in the state capital Melbourne s northern suburbs, reports Xinhua news agency.Resp
Wed 26th May 2021 | 06:34 PM
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the country s hotel quarantine system after a COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne.Morrison told Parliament on Wednesday that hotel quarantine for international arrivals to Australia has been 99.99 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 outbreaks
CANBERRA, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th May, 2021 ) :Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the country s hotel quarantine system after a COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne.Morrison told Parliament on Wednesday that hotel quarantine for international arrivals to Australia has been 99.99 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 outbreaks.
The number of cases linked to a new outbreak in Melbourne s north grew to 15 on Wednesday.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday pledged extra vaccines and defence force support for Victoria, country s second-most populous state, which will be placed under a seven-day Covid lockdown from midnight.The lockdown will be .