Australia's Victoria has deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic

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SYDNEY: Australia's second-most populous state of Victoria reported on Wednesday (Aug 12) its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic with 21 ...

have been dashed - on Tuesday, authorities said the restrictions that will run until September are bearing fruit, following the number of cases trending lower in recent days since the imposition of a hard lockdown in Melbourne on Jul 19.Outside the two largest states of Victoria and New South Wales, the virus has effectively been eliminated.

Authorities closed Australia's Northern Territory to visitors from COVID-19 hotspots for a further 18 months on Tuesday to protect its large and vulnerable Aboriginal population. The Northern Territory has recorded few virus cases and no deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.

 

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