Australia curbs gatherings, locks down travelers, in new coronavirus measures

Australia's two most populous states, New South Wales and Victoria, will restrict public gatherings to two people from midnight, state leaders said on Monday, as part of a wave of new measures designed to slow the spread of coronavirus which has infected more than 4,000 across the country.

The two eastern states account for the majority of Australia's total COVID-19 infection cases and death toll, which stands at 16.

"It is only in exceptional circumstances that you should leave home," New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said in Sydney on Monday.

"We will get through this. We are in a position now which allows us to control the spread as much as possible."

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