Australian well being officers on Monday reported no new coronavirus circumstances or deaths in Victoria state, which has spent months underneath onerous restrictions after changing into the epicentre of the nation’s second wave.

It was the primary 24-hour interval with none new Covid-19 circumstances reported within the state for the reason that 5 million residents of Melbourne have been locked down after safety bungles at quarantine resorts housing returned worldwide travellers sparked a significant outbreak in July.

Underneath the lockdown, folks within the metropolis — Australia’s second-biggest — have been barred from leaving their properties for non-essential causes and spent months underneath an in a single day curfew.

Some restrictions have been lifted final week, permitting haircuts and golf video games to return, however additional easing deliberate for Sunday was delayed to evaluate 1000’s of take a look at outcomes after a small outbreak within the metropolis’s north.

Strain is mounting on state authorities to permit town extra freedoms, with a litany of guidelines nonetheless in place regardless of the falling variety of circumstances.

Masks are necessary, eating places are restricted to takeaways and deliveries, non-essential retailers have to stay closed and there’s a ban on journey outdoors the larger Melbourne space or greater than 25 kilometres (16 miles) from dwelling.

Town’s second spherical of stay-at-home restrictions started in July, when the state of Victoria noticed round 190 new circumstances a day, rising to 700 in August.

The remainder of Victoria state is already having fun with fewer restrictions, with gyms set to reopen and outside dwell music to renew from Tuesday.

Australia has been comparatively profitable in containing the unfold of the coronavirus, with about 27,500 circumstances and 905 deaths in a inhabitants of 25 million.

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