MELBOURNE, July 22 — Australia reported a record 501 new coronavirus infections today, nearly four months after the pandemic supposedly peaked in the country. Most of the cases were reported in Victoria state, where authorities have struggled to bring an outbreak in Melbourne under control...
Australia's Victoria state premier Daniel Andrews speaks during a press conference in Melbourne July 15, 2020. — AFP pic
Most of the cases were reported in Victoria state, where authorities have struggled to bring an outbreak in Melbourne under control despite Australia's second-biggest city being locked down for nearly two weeks. Australia has now recorded almost 13,000 cases of Covid-19 and 128 fatalities in a country of about 25 million.
But Andrews said “further behaviour change” would still be required, after analysis showed almost nine in 10 people diagnosed with coronavirus over the two weeks to Tuesday did not self-isolate between feeling sick and seeking a coronavirus test.An inquiry into how the virus spread in Melbourne heard this week that many cases were likely linked to infection control breaches at hotels used to quarantine residents returning from overseas.
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