A new spike in coronavirus cases has prompted Melbourne, Australia to go into a stage-four lockdown.
"It is not an easy decision to make but it is necessary and that's why I've made it and that's why police will be out in force and you will be stopped and you will be asked and need to demonstrate that you are lawfully out and you are not breaching that curfew," he added.
Under the new restrictions, Melbourne residents will only be allowed to go shopping for essentials and exercise within 3 miles of their home. Exercise outside the home will be restricted to once a day, for one hour at a time. A regional stage-three lockdown means that all restaurants, bars, shops, and gyms in Victoria will have to close again starting Thursday.
The night-time curfew will be enforced between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. and Andrews has already said that he has already given police additional power to make sure these rules are enforced."These are big steps but they are necessary. We have got to limit the amount of movement, therefore limiting the amount of transmission of this virus. We have to clamp down on this," Andrews said
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