2020.08.06 20:37 GMT+8

Authorities urge Victoria state residents not to panic-purchase

Updated 2020.08.06 20:37 GMT+8
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Melbourne has started its first full-day of a tough lockdown. It comes as Victoria state, now Australia's coronavirus hot spot, posted 471 new COVID-19 infections and eight deaths. The state premier announced cuts in meat production, but he urged shoppers not to stockpile, as they periodically did in earlier lockdowns.

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