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Today’s day of the Australian Open 2021 will be the last at least until the final stages of the tournament, which will have fans in the stands. As of 11:59 p.m. local time on Friday, the state of Victoria enters a five-day lockdown due to the COVID-19 cluster in Melbourne. This means that the tournament will continue without an audience at least until the quarter-finals, and Grigor Dimitrov will not have the support of the fans in the round of 16.
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There are already 13 new cases of coronavirus related to the Holiday Inn hotel at the airport, of which 5 are local. They are all from the British strain of the virus, which is considered much more contagious.
The fourth phase of restrictions means that locals can leave their homes for only four reasons: medical care, shopping for basic food, work and exercise for two hours a day.
Professional sports competitions, including the Australian Open, will continue as planned, but without people in the stands.
The tournament itself became a reality after the athletes went through a two-week quarantine at hotels in Melbourne and Adelaide. During this period, they were entitled to 5 hours a day outdoors for training, but those on COVID-infected flights did not leave their rooms for 14 days.
For the people of Victoria, life in the confinement is nothing new. Between July and October of last year, the state was left in “severe isolation” due to the second wave of the pandemic. Active coronavirus cases had peaked at 6,769 on August 7 before the measures went into effect. Just a few days ago, the state was in a period of almost a month without a single infected local resident./TennisCafes
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