Australian city brings in tough lockdown restrictions after five cases of Covid-19
People must wear masks indoors and there are limits on the number of people who can meet up
11:17, 25 MAY 2021
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Strict new restrictions have been placed in the Australian city of Melbourne after five cases of coronavirus were detected.
Deputy Premier James Merlino confirmed in a press conference on Tuesday morning a man in his 60s was the fifth person to test positive.
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Authorities in Australia’s second largest city said the restrictions will take effect on June 4 as they scramble to find new sources of infection.
Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne, has imposed restrictions on COVID-19 as authorities scrambled to discover missing links in the new outbreak in the north of the city, which has grown to five.
Family gatherings are limited to five guests, only 30 people can participate in public meetings, and masks must be installed indoors from 6 pm local time on Tuesday (08:00 GMT) to June 4th.
A growing coronavirus outbreak has sparked fears Melbourne could be plunged into another snap lockdown in a desperate battle to stop the cluster from spreading.
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A close contact of one of those cases also returned a positive result on Tuesday morning, before four members of his family tested positive on Tuesday afternoon.
The first five cases have been linked through genomic testing to a Melbourne man who tested positive more than two weeks ago and who is suspected of becoming infected while in hotel quarantine in South Australia.
Cases 10 to 15 include workplace contacts of case nine.
The Curry Vault restaurant in Bank Place, in the CBD, was named an exposure site after a Wollert man who contracted coronavirus dined there earlier this month.
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