Prognosis
Melbourne Locked Down Again as Australia’s Delta Outbreak Grows
- Second-largest city joins Sydney with new stay-at-home orders
- Prime Minister Morrison racing to boost tardy vaccination rate
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Melbourne will enter a snap five-day lockdown from midnight, joining Sydney in imposing stay-at-home restrictions as the delta strain of the coronavirus spreads around Southeast Australia, the nation’s most populated region.