Australia’s COVID-19 Hotspot, Victoria, Sees More School Cases Before Easing Curbs

Australia’s COVID-19 Hotspot, Victoria, Sees More School Cases Before Easing Curbs
A man runs along a waterway amid lockdown restrictions in Melbourne, Australia, on July 10, 2020. Sandra Sanders/Reuters
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Australia’s Victoria state, the country’s COVID-19 hotspot, reported four cases related to infections in schools on Saturday, a day before the expected easing of strict social distancing restrictions.

Melbourne, the capital of Australia’s second-most populous state, is emerging from a second wave as a hard lockdown since July has brought daily infections of the new coronavirus down to single digits from an August peak over 700.