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FILE PHOTO: An essential worker walks past a Please Stay Home sign on the first day of a five-day lockdown implemented in the state of Victoria in response to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders (Fixes headline)
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia s second most populous state Victoria on Monday said it was investigating two suspected positive COVID-19 cases in Melbourne, which if confirmed would be the first community transmissions in the state in nearly three months.
Victoria was the worst hit Australian state during a second wave of COVID-19 late last year, accounting for about 70% of total cases and 90% of deaths. The state only controlled the outbreak after one of the world s longest and strictest lockdowns.
Covid-19: Australia s Victoria state investigates two likely positive cases
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Australia avoided high case numbers by closing its international borders in the early stages of pandemic.
Australia s second most populous state Victoria on Monday said it was investigating two suspected positive Covid-19 cases in Melbourne, which if confirmed would be the first community transmissions in the state in nearly three months.
Victoria was the worst hit Australian state during a second wave of Covid-19 late last year, accounting for about 70 per cent of total cases and 90 per cent of deaths. The state only controlled the outbreak after one of the world s longest and strictest lockdowns.
Melbourne probes two suspected Covid infections
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Victoria was the worst hit Australian state during a second wave of Covid-19 late last year, accounting for about 70 percent of total cases and 90 percent of deaths. File image: Shutterstock Australia s second most populous state Victoria on Monday said it was investigating two suspected positive Covid-19 cases in Melbourne, which if confirmed would be the first community transmissions in the state in nearly three months.
Victoria was the worst hit Australian state during a second wave of Covid-19 late last year, accounting for about 70 percent of total cases and 90 percent of deaths.