3,000 residents shut in as Australian city tries to contain new virus outbreakPolice vehicles park outside one of nine public housing estates that have been locked down in Melbourne on Saturday, affecting more than 3,000 residents. (AFP Photo)MELBOURNE: Around 3,000 residents in nine high-rise apartments in Melbourne went into lockdown for at least five days on Saturday, as officials struggled to control a coronavirus outbreak in Australia’s second biggest city. “There are many, many vulnerable people who live in these towers,” Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said on Saturday. Residents of another two Melbourne neighbourhoods were also told to stay at home from midnight Saturday, adding to the nearly 300,000 people put under restrictions on Tuesday. “That rising number of active cases in Victoria is the major concern at the moment,” Kelly told reporters in Canberra.

Source: Bangkok Post July 04, 2020 10:07 UTC