Australia’s coronavirus hot spot Victoria state on Monday recorded its lowest number of new infections in more than three months as the nation’s second-largest city, Melbourne, further eased lockdown restrictions.The easing of restrictions in Melbourne, the state capital, will allow most children to return to school from mid-October and send more than 125,000 people back to work.Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters that his state was “so close to being able to take a really big step ...
towards that COVID-normal,” after only five new cases were recorded in the latest 24-hour period, the lowest case number since June 12.“We are so, so close, and what’s important now is that everyone keeps following the rules, keeps doing the right.