Melbourne to ease world's longest lockdowns this week
The New Paper|October 18, 2021
This city, which has spent more time under Covid-19 lockdowns than any other place in the world, is set to lift its stay-at-home orders this week, officials said yesterday.
Melbourne to ease world's longest lockdowns this week

MELBOURNE

By Friday, when some curbs will be lifted, the Australian city of five million people would have been under six lockdowns totalling 262 days, or nearly nine months, since March last year.

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