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Australia borders to stay shut as COVID-19 daily deaths reach record

Sydney Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said internal border closures were unlikely to lift before Christmas, as the country on Monday reported a record single day rise in COVID-19 deaths. There was, however, some evidence that drastic lockdown measures in the city of Mel

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Published 10 August 2020, 8:00 · Updated 21:39

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Australia borders to stay shut as COVID-19 daily deaths reach record

Sydney

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said internal border closures were unlikely to lift before Christmas, as the country on Monday reported a record single day rise in COVID-19 deaths.

There was, however, some evidence that drastic lockdown measures in the city of Melbourne were having an effect, with daily new infections in the state of Victoria slowing to a near two week low, according to Reuters.

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