Melbourne to Break World Record for Longest COVID-19 Lockdown

Melbourne to Break World Record for Longest COVID-19 Lockdown
The Fearless Girl Statue in Federation square is seen with a face-mask on June 5, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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Melbourne may break the world record for the most prolonged COVID-19 restrictions after the city has endured six hard lockdowns spanning 232 days and counting as of Sept. 20.

Currently, Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires holds the record at 245 days, after its citizens were subject to stay-at-home orders for the majority of 2020—from March to November—and another 11-day lockdown in May, 2021.