Australian officials scrambled on Tuesday to implement a travel permit system before closing the busy border between its two most populous states to contain a coronavirus outbreak in the city of Melbourne.The state line between New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, which is highly porous and stretches hundreds of kilometres, is scheduled to close at 11.59 p.m.
on Tuesday for the first time in 100 years. Australia to close border between 2 largest states as coronavirus cases spike The army has been called in to patrol the border’s 55 roads — which are used daily by commuters, school children and road freight — as well as several river and wilderness crossings.