Runaway infections prompt Australia’s state of Victoria to declare a disaster

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Melbourne curfew in place and police get more powers as Covid-19 outbreak rages on three weeks after lockdown

Near empty shelves are seen at the vegetable section of a supermarket amid Covid-19 pandemic in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, August 2 2020. Picture: KLARISSA LEAHY/via REUTERS

State premier Daniel Andrews announced 671 new cases in 24 hours with seven deaths. More than 380 people were in hospital, with 38 in intensive care. Andrews said it was “not acceptable” to face the state each day and report the numbers of residents who had died. “We need to come down on this hard.” He said the number of mystery cases that couldn’t be traced to a known outbreak had risen to an “unacceptably high” level that could not be continued.

 

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