SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) – The hot spot state of Victoria in Australia marked its lowest number of new infections in five weeks on Friday. The national cabinet met to discuss when and how to reopen state borders.
There were as many as 179 new cases in Victoria in the past 24 hours compared with 240 a day earlier. Two weeks ago, the count stood at 700 per day. The dip in the number of cases comes after authorities introduced a night curfew and closed large swathes of the state’s economy. The state reported nine fatalities.
“Whilst tomorrow’s numbers will be for tomorrow, we are all pleased to see a ‘one’ in front of these additional case numbers,” state premier Daniel Andrews said. “To be at this point shows that the strategy is working.”
New South Wales recorded one new case on Friday. Business leaders want travel curbs to be eased to cushion the blow to the economy and business.
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