Virus Testing a Must to Ease Tower Lockdown

A general view of police and Ambulance services at the front of Flemington Public housing flats on July 05, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Residents in nine public housing towers in Melbourne will have hard lockdown rules eased once they are all tested for COVID-19 and the results are evaluated.

The 3000 people inside the apartments will then be able to enter the newly announced six-week stage three lockdown for the rest of the city.