Australia to resume tourism to bushfire-hit Victoria as COVID-19 cases stay low

Onlookers congregate amidst the easing of the coronavirus disease restrictions, as surfers ride unusually large waves produced by swells hitting the coast at Bronte Beach in Sydney, Australia, May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Loren ElliottMELBOURNE: Australia set out measures to resume tourism to Victoria's rural regions, ravaged by bushfires and then the coronavirus, after a testing blitz in the country's second-most populous state showed continuing low cases of community transmission.

"This is all about opening up again, but doing so because we have got some new test results, and we can be confident about how much virus is out there in the Victorian community." Health minister Jenny Mikakos said community transmission remained low and that an expanded testing programme would continue into year end. Victoria has reported 1,593 cases in total, of which 180 are community transmissions.Victoria's testing rate is 6,340 per 100,000 people, which if it were a nation, would be the sixth highest for testing in the world, she added.

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