Australia's coronavirus epicentre to ease curbs after no new cases

A lockdown of Australia’s second-biggest city will be eased after the country’s coronavirus epicentre said it had gone 24 hours without any new infections for the first time in four months, Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said on Monday.

Melbourne - home to 5 million people - has been in lockdown since early July after a spike of novel coronavirus infections that began in hotels where people were in quarantine after arriving from abroad.

But with infections now under control, Andrews said most restrictions would be eased in two phases from Tuesday, which should give Australia’s ailing economy a boost.

“Now is the time to open up,” Andrews told reporters in Melbourne.

“We’ve have been able to bring this under control, a day of zero cases is an amazing achievement.”

Andrews said people would be free to leave their homes from Tuesday while restaurants, cafes, shops, bars and hotels would be allowed to reopen.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-covid-19-epicentre-reports-zero-daily-cases-for-first-time-in-four-months-idUSKBN27A0Z3

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