Melbourne becomes the city in the world with the most days under strict confinement due to coronavirus

Melbourne has become the city in the world with the most days under strict confinement as a result of the different outbreaks of the pandemic of coronavirus covid-19 on Australia, a country that has a strict policy of restrictions to curb the virus.

SIGHT: Australia will start the deconfinement of Sydney on October 11

The Australian city, which this Monday adds 246 days under confinement in six different periods, It has already surpassed Buenos Aires, which maintained its prohibition to leave the house for 244 days in two different phases (between March-November and nine days in May), according to the computation of the public channel ABC.

The inhabitants of Melbourne During the six periods of confinement they have been obliged to remain in their homes at all times, with some exceptions such as going shopping or playing sports – with a limitation of time and distance – and they cannot leave the city, with most establishments and sectors closed to the public

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The second city of Australia, with around 5 million inhabitants, He hopes to start leaving at the end of October from his last confinement, implemented since August 5, once 70% of the population is fully vaccinated.

However, the new cases in the state of Victoria, whose capital is Melbourne, continues to rise and In the last 24 hours, it registered 1,377 infected and 4 new deaths.

The regional governor, Daniel Andrews, advanced last Thursday the possibility of delaying the reopening if local infections persist.

The harsh measures have sporadically run into some large protests, which at times has ended with heavy riots against the Police.

Between June and October 2020, Melbourne, epicenter of the second wave in Australia, recorded the months with the highest number of fatalities with covid-19 in the country.

Australia, which plans to start the reopening of international borders in November after closing them in March 2020, has accumulated more than 110,000 infected since the beginning of the pandemic, including 1,334 deaths (65% of the fatalities concentrated in the state of Victoria).

In addition to Melbourne, local authorities have also kept the city of Sydney (since June 26), its most populous city, and the Capital Territory (since mid-August) under confinement.

The oceanic nation has vaccinated more than 45% of the target population with the full schedule, while it hopes to reach 80% this week with at least one dose.

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