One Melbourne Tower Stays in Lockdown

Police are seen in the foyer of the public housing flat at 33 Alfred Street in North Melbourne, which had 53 confirmed cases—about 11 percent of all residents in that tower on July 9, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Residents of one Melbourne public housing tower will remain in hard lockdown for another nine days, with fears a quarter of them could have coronavirus.

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says residents of the 33 Alfred Street tower in North Melbourne will remain in self-isolation after 53 people tested positive to COVID-19.