Australian authorities said Victoria state will extend a Covid-19 lockdown beyond Tuesday despite a slight drop in new infections as the country's two biggest cities fight to stop the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant.
Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said lockdown rules would not be lifted as cases were still being detected in the community, promising more details would be provided on Tuesday. "It would be perhaps a few days of sunshine and then there is a very high chance that we'd be back in lockdown again.
That's what I'm trying to avoid," said Mr Andrews in explaining why the lockdown would not be lifted as scheduled. Victoria, the country's second most populous state which includes Melbourne, today reported 13 locally