Australia has declared a “state of disaster” in Victoria and imposed strict curfews on Melbourne residents in light of a significant spike in COVID-19…
Australia has declared a “state of disaster” in Victoria and imposed strict curfews on Melbourne residents in light of a significant spike in COVID-19 cases, CNN reported on Sunday. Victoria was previously in the same state at the beginning of the year when bushfires were ravaging the region.
Victoria’s Premier, Daniel Andrews, officially announced that he would be mandating much stricter measures as part of the new lockdown guidelines.
The decision comes after Australia’s second-most populous state recorded an overwhelming number of new COVID-19 infections in one day at 671 cases.
During a news conference, Andrews made the announcements of the new rules and urged residents to “do more right now.”
In his statement, he said that wherever citizens fell asleep last night is where they would “need to stay for the next six weeks.
