Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has loosened lockdown restrictions as new and active COVID-19 continue to decline.
A health worker collects a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 at a government hospital in Jammu, India, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. The Health Ministry on Saturday reported 62,212 new cases in the past 24 hours, raising India’s total to more than 7.4 million, second in the world behind the U.S.
From midnight Sunday, Melbourne residents will no longer face limits on the time they can spend away from their homes for education or recreation. Previous restrictions allowing Melburnians to travel only 5 kilometers from home will increase at midnight to 25 kilometers .
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