MELBOURNE – A state of disaster was declared in Australia’s Victoria on August 2, with the local government implementing a night curfew as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain the coronavirus.
Reuters: Australia’s Victoria imposes curfew, state of disaster to contain COVID-19
Shoppers wait in a long queue outside a Costco outlet in Melbourne on August 2, 2020 as people queue for provision with the Victorian state government expected to annouce harsh new restrictions due to the city battling fresh outbreaks of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
