Victoria’s Chief Medical Expert Weighs Up Lockdown Options for Melbourne Virus Hotspots

Victoria’s Chief Medical Expert Weighs Up Lockdown Options for Melbourne Virus Hotspots
Brett Sutton the Chief Health Officer of Victoria speaks to the media in Melbourne, Australia, on June 22, 2020. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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The Victorian government has not ruled out the possibility that stay-at-home orders may return for Melbourne’s COVID-19 hotspots if the number of new confirmed cases continues to increase as they have been for the last week.

For the first time in three months, Victoria has 75 new cases reported in one day (as of June 29, 11 a.m.). The last time one-day figures were as high was March 31, when 96 new cases were recorded.