Victoria has five new COVID-19 cases, three deaths on Monday, while New South Wales has zero cases in the last two days.
Victor A new coronavirus case in the Australian state of Victoria hit single digits on Monday for the first time in more than three months, as authorities began removing some restrictions to bring the outbreak under control.
Victoria, Australia’s second-most-populous state, put its capital, Melbourne, under severe lockdown in early August as it emerged as the country’s COW-19 hotspot, but a new curfew was imposed on Sunday night. Daily case numbers.
The southeastern state has reported only five new cases and three deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Daily cases peaked at 700 at the start of the Daily Gust.
The two-week average of new infections in Melbourne has fallen below 21. Officials have flagged that more curbs can be eased once average cases reach specific targets.
Earlier, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday that Victoria “should do more in the coming weeks to secure more sanctions”, after state officials promised a speedy timetable for a normal return.
The southeastern state said Monday that 127,000 workers would be allowed to return to work, 30,000 more than its previous plan.
The accelerated timetable for removing restrictions on Victoria is to boost Australia’s ailing economy, its first recession in three decades.
‘Travel Bubble’
On Monday, Victoria’s neighboring state of New South Wales reported zero cases for the second day in a row.
NSW State Premier Gladys Berezkilia made the announcement as she warned against the scent, saying “the danger of the virus is still around us.”
Australia There have been ૨ 27,000 cases and 7,575 deaths in Australia so far, with Victoria accounting for about 75 per cent of cases and about 0 per cent of all deaths.
Meanwhile, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said a reduction in the number of cases in Australia could pave the way for travel between the two countries before the end of the year.
“What we need to reassure is that when Australia says,‘ Well, we’ve got a hotspot here, ’that the border around that hotspot means that people can’t travel to the state we’re in. Engage in trans-Tasman travel, ”he was quoted as saying.
Both countries are planning to set up months-long travel “bubbles” as the number of cases dwindles. But cases resurfaced in Australia and the emergence of some cases in New Zealand disrupted the plan.
