Champagne and donuts: Virus-beating Melbourne readies reopening partyChefs prepare meals for testing during a staff orientation day as Tiamo Bistro readies for opening in Melbourne after a gruelling lockdown. MELBOURNE: Melbourne on Tuesday achieved what elated residents called the "double donut" -- two days of no new coronavirus cases -- as bars in Australia's second city readied for a midnight reopening after a gruelling months-long lockdown. Melbourne and the surrounding state of Victoria has been the epicentre of Australia's second wave, with an outbreak that peaked at more than 700 daily cases in August. Greg Sanderson's inner-Melbourne bar Nick & Nora's launched just three days before counter-pandemic measures forced it shut in March. Fabrizio Succi, who jointly owns Melbourne eatery Tiamo, told AFP his team was scrambling to prepare for reopening after being given the green light on Monday.

Source: Bangkok Post October 27, 2020 05:37 UTC