A coronavirus lockdown of Australia's second-biggest city will be extended by another seven days, authorities announced Wednesday, as they .

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Australia's Victoria extends Melbourne Covid-19 lockdown for second week

Rest of World News: MELBOURNE: A coronavirus lockdown of Australia's second-biggest city will be extended by another seven days, authorities announced Wednesday, as they .

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India

Virus lockdown in Australia's second-largest city extended by a week

A pandemic lockdown in Australia’s second largest city will be extended for a second week due to concerns over a growing cluster of coronavirus infections.

Irish Independent

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Ireland

Lockdown extended as Australian city tackles coronavirus cluster

Fears the Covid-19 variant will "explode" if Australian state comes out of lockdown too early, following raft of new cases.

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New Zealand

Lockdown in Victoria, Australia, extended by seven days

The Australian state of Victoria extended on Wednesday a snap coronavirus lockdown in its capital of Melbourne for a second week, as it scrambles to rein in a highly contagious variant first detected in India.

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What started as a lockdown out of caution against coronavirusÂ has now been extended

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Australia: Victoria's lockdown extended by 7 days as cases surge

The concerning spread of the Indian variant has also prompted authorities to encourage visitors to 14 shopping hubs across Melbourne over the past two weeks to come forward for testing. Photo: Getty Images  
Melbourne's lockdown will be extended for another week as authorities remain concerned about the transmission of the Indian variant of Covid-19 between strangers.

Otago Daily Times

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Otago

Melbourne lockdown extended for seven days

Covid lockdown measures covering five million residents in Melbourne have been extended for a further seven days, as officials work to “run this thing to ground” and contain a cluster of cases in Australia’s second-largest city.The initial seven-day lockdown imposed on the area had been due to expire at midnight on Thursday but Victoria’s acting premier, James Merlino, announced the restrictions would be extended for another week due to concerns…

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Russia

‘We’ve got to run this thing to ground’: Australia extends Covid lockdown for 2nd-largest city

Country’s second-biggest city is stepping up contact tracing and testing to curb spread of ‘quicker’ variant.

Al Jazeera

Qatar

COVID lockdown in Australia’s Melbourne extended by a week

Melbourne: Melbourne was ordered Wednesday to remain in lockdown for another week, as Australian authorities try to stamp out a quick-spreading coronavirus strain they described as an “absolute beast”.Five million city residents were hoping to exit a seven-day lockdown just before midnight Thursday, but those plans have been thwarted by the spread of the “Kappa” variant, which originated in India.“We’ve got to run this thing to ground otherwise …

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Melbourne extends lockdown as ‘Kappa’ variant spreads

Melbourne was ordered Wednesday to remain in lockdown for a further week, as Australian authorities attempt to stamp out a small spread of a variant first identified in India and referred to as "Kappa."A further six cases, of 60 in all, were identified on Wednesday in the country's second-most populous city, meaning some 5 million residents will not be exiting the Victorian capital's seven-day lockdown this week, as had been hoped."We've got to …

Virus lockdown in Australia's second-largest city extended by a week

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