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[29] With a length of 112 days, Victoria's second lockdown was the longest continuous lockdown world-wide, as of October 2020. [30] On 8 November, metropolitan restrictions were brought into line with regional restrictions with travel now being allowed to and from anywhere in the state.
That's why today we can end the lockdown."The easing of rules will be a boost to Australia's $1.5 trillion economy, which has been pushed to the brink of a second recession since 2020.But Victoria ...
The lockdown resulted in the state recording zero active cases of COVID-19 in November 2020. [citation needed] Victoria entered its fourth lockdown on 28 May 2021 [26] [27] in response to an outbreak of the Delta variant. [28] Originally scheduled for seven days, the lockdown was extended to two weeks and lifted on 10 June. [29]
Victoria underwent a second strict lockdown which eventually lasted almost four months. [18] The wave ended with zero new cases being recorded on 26 October 2020. [19] [20] [21] No deaths from COVID-19 were recorded in Australia from 28 December 2020 until 13 April 2021, when one death occurred in Queensland. [2]
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Millions in Melbourne are readying to come out of the world's longest COVID-19 lockdown later on Thursday even as cases hover near record levels, with pubs, restaurants and cafes ...
COVID-19 infections in Australia's Victoria hit a pandemic record on Thursday, as Melbourne, the state capital, looks to end its lockdown earlier than planned next week.The surge in daily cases ...
The world's longest continuous lockdown lasting 234 days took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2020. As of October 2021, the city of Melbourne, Australia, and certain cities in Peru and Chile spent the most cumulative days in lockdown over separate periods, although measures varied between these countries. [528] [529]
The Victorian ombudsman later found the lockdown of the public housing towers breached human rights laws, tabling her report in Victoria's Parliament on 17 December 2020. [ 125 ] From 5 July, at the request of the NSW Government, the Federal Government introduced restrictions on the number of passengers arriving at Sydney Airport.