Venues closed as major cities go back into lockdown
Spikes in new Covid-19 infections in Australia, Spain, Germany and the UK have seen authorities take the unpopular decision to impose fresh restrictions
News By IQ | 8 July 2020
Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has become the latest major live entertainment market to be put back into lockdown amid a surge in new coronavirus cases.
The re-imposition of lockdown restrictions for six weeks – which will see Melburnians permitted to leave their houses only for work, education, exercise or to buy essential supplies – follows a spike in Covid-19 infections in the state of Victoria, which as of 13.30 local time today (8 July) had recorded some 147 new…