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those photos show us that it's only foreigners that transmit the virus, but locals can't spread it as well. You see, the virus knows this, hence borders must be closed.

Melbourne placed under stage 4 coronavirus lockdown, stage 3 for rest of Victoria as state of disaster declared
Posted 4hhours ago, updated 1hhour ago

Sweeping new restrictions, including a night-time curfew, will be imposed across Melbourne under stage four restrictions from tonight and regional Victoria will move to stage three restrictions from Thursday.

Key points:
A state of disaster will be enforced alongside the current state of emergency
The new restrictions will last until mid-September for all of the state
Exercise and shopping will be limited to within 5km of the home and all school students will return to at-home learning

Premier Daniel Andrews said 671 new coronavirus cases had been detected since yesterday, with 6,322 infections now active in the state.

Seven people have died from coronavirus in Victoria in the last 24 hours, taking the state's death toll to 123. Six of the seven cases are linked to aged care outbreaks.

There are now 385 people in Victorian hospitals, 38 of whom are in intensive care.

The state's aged care outbreak has now grown to 1,083 active cases.

The Premier said there was an "unacceptably high" number of community transmission cases, and the state had 760 active COVID-19 infections where the source of the transmission was not known.

"Those mysteries, that community transmission, is in many respects our biggest challenge and the reason why we need to move to a different set of rules," he said.

From 6:00pm tonight, a state of disaster will be declared across Victoria, which will act in addition to the state of emergency.

Further restrictions targeting workplaces will be announced tomorrow.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-02/ ... e/12515914

Wonder if it will be followed by the closing of abattoirs, culling of herds, racial violence, fires and gang militias?

It is following the script perfectly so far!

snatched from twater,
#BREAKING: Victoria has recorded 723 new cases of COVID-19. 13 people have also died, taking the national death toll to 189. Three men and three women in their 70s, three men and two women in their 80s, and two men in their 90s. @abcnews @COVID_Australia

In a very similar news blurb it gave the same data but added that half the dead had severe pre-existing medical conditions.

My sympathies to Australia for falling under a full on loonitic government tied and bound to the WEF, WHO, NWO gang, that's going soviet style repression on y'all. Hope you fight back by all means necessary.

Very dead': army and police patrol the deserted streets of coronavirus-stricken Melbourne
Thirty-six hours after Australia’s toughest Covid lockdown started, Josh Taylor ventured onto eerily empty streets
by Josh Taylor
Published on Fri 7 Aug 2020 21.00 BST

Jackey Desai is cleaning his espresso machine and preparing to close for the day at the Area Four cafe on Little Bourke Street right in the centre of Melbourne’s central business district.

It’s 12pm. Not even lunchtime.

On a normal day, the streets and alleyways around this well known Melbourne thoroughfare are packed with office workers lined up outside cafes and restaurants , chatting.

On a normal day, it would be rush hour for Deasai. But Friday is not a normal day. His cafe is empty.

“Very very dead,” Desai says. “Super quiet. Yesterday I was open from 7.30 until 12 in the afternoon, and I made $30.” Pre-pandemic his average taking was $1,200.

The streets of Melbourne are now empty, save for a steady flow of masked-up delivery drivers, construction workers, and police patrolling on horseback, or accompanied by army officers.

Two women out for a run on LaTrobe Street – using one of the four reasons you’re allowed to leave home – are rugged up in North Face puffer jackets, tights, gloves and beanies for the brisk Victorian winter, masks covering their faces. One kicks the pedestrian button at the traffic lights in a move that has become all-too familiar.

At this point it is cliche to compare it to the set of a post-apocalyptic movie, but it’s the most common reference for the few who venture into the CBD. Most shops are shut, a few have vacated entirely. Melbourne City Council says pedestrian traffic is down 90%.

Melbourne Central, a major shopping complex in the CBD is open but deserted. The few workers who remain duck into the food court for takeaways.

The only sounds are from drills and cranes on construction sites, and the occasional distant familiar ding of a tram bell to remind you that, yes, this is still Melbourne.

It is now 36 hours since new restrictions on businesses, as part of stage four lockdown, came into effect, forcing almost all of the remaining city office workers either off work or working from home.

The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, this week announced that as part of the new six-week restrictions almost all businesses in Melbourne, save for those essential services like food, pharmacies and petrol stations, would need to close down.

Andrews said it was the “only way” to drive down the number of cases of Covid-19 in Victoria, and Melbourne in particular.

Each day, Melbourne residents wait with bated breath for the new case numbers, usually leaked just before the marathon daily press conferences Andrews has personally led for 36 days in a row.

Since the second wave began there have been cases in the 300s and 400s a day, peaking at 725 this week. As of Friday, there have been 13,867 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Victoria, and 181 deaths.

There are 7,637 active cases in the state, despite tough stage three restrictions being in place for four weeks.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... -melbourne

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