Covid 19 coronavirus: 'Dictator Dan' - Anger in Victoria over third lockdown
12 Feb, 2021 06:30 AM
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#DictatorDan quickly began trending on Twitter in Australia. Screenshot / Twitter
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By: Natalie Brown
The announcement of a snap five-day coronavirus lockdown in the Australian state of Victoria has been met with outrage by some business owners and residents.
Victoria will enter a "circuit breaker" lockdown from 11.59pm tonight (local time), Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters this afternoon, in response to a 13-case Covid cluster linked to the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn MIQ facility.
Andrews said a lockdown was necessary "because this [the UK strain of Covid-19 that the new cases are infected with] is so infectious and is moving so fast".