Australia‘s coronavirus hot spot, announced on Monday that businesses will be closed and scaled down in a bid to curb the spread of the virus.Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said nonessential businesses will close starting late Wednesday in Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city.The new restrictions followed Andrews on Sunday declaring a disaster in Melbourne and introducing an evening curfew for six weeks.Andrews predicted the latest restrictions would cost 250,000 jobs.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Victoria announced on Monday 429 new infections and 13 more deaths overnight.Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said the infection rate would continue at 400 or 500 new COVID-19 cases a day.