Australia Imposes Toughest COVID-19 Restrictions as State of Disaster Declared

SYDNEY - The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and is introducing the country’s toughest-ever COVID-19 lockdown measures. The move comes as a further 671 cases and seven deaths were confirmed Sunday. Australia has had almost 18,000 coronavirus infections. More than 200 people have died.

A “public health bushfire” is how the authorities in Victoria have described the COVID-19 emergency. “You can't smell the smoke and you can't see the flames” but this, they have said, was a “wicked enemy.”

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