Australia restricts number of citizens returning as virus surges

Australia will halve the number of citizens allowed to return home from overseas each week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, as authorities struggle to contain a COVID-19 outbreak in the country’s second most populous city.

The state of Victoria reported 288 new cases on Friday, a record daily increase for any part of the country and sparking fears of a wave of community transmission in a country where most cases have involved returned travellers.

Read more:https://in.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-australia/australia-restricts-number-of-citizens-returning-as-virus-surges-idINKBN24B077

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