Lockdown to be eased in Australian Open city

The Victoria state government has yet to say whether spectators will be allowed to return to the Australian Open tennis tournament under the same conditions as before the five-day lockdown. The lockdown has been enforced across Victoria to prevent the virus spreading from Melbourne, which is the state capital.

Australia's second-largest city will relax its third pandemic lockdown, with authorities saying they have contained the spread of a coronavirus cluster centered on a hotel. Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews says most of the pandemic restrictions in Melbourne will be lifted at 11:59 pm Wednesday after no new infections were detected in the latest 24-hour period.

The Victoria state government has yet to say whether spectators will be allowed to return to the Australian Open tennis tournament under the same conditions as before the five-day lockdown. The lockdown has been enforced across Victoria to prevent the virus from spreading from Melbourne, which is the state capital.