Queues of Victorians trying to enter New South Wales (NSW) stretched up to four kilometres overnight when the state border closed at 11:59 p.m. on July 7 to stop the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus.
An escalating number of cases of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, have been registered in Victoria, with a record 191 infections on July 7, exceeded the next day, prompting NSW and Victoria to seal off their states.
