Australia's Victoria state, the country's COVID-19 hotspot, reported four cases related to infections in schools on Saturday, a day before the expected easing of strict social distancing restrictions.
FILE PHOTO: A man runs along a waterway after lockdown restrictions were implemented in response to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Melbourne, Australia, July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders/File Photo
Melbourne, the capital of Australia’s second-most populous state, is emerging from a second wave as a hard lockdown since July has brought daily infections of the new coronavirus down to single digits from an August peak over 700. Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said that some announcements would be made on Sunday as expected but others would depend on the results of thousands of tests performed in the past few days in surrounding areas.
“We are still optimistic that we will be able to have positive things to say,” Andrews told a news conference. But “we really do just have to wait to see what those test results show us.”
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