Australia's second most populous state, Victoria, will go into a five-day lockdown to combat an outbreak of Covid-19, Premier Daniel Andrews has said
"You only get one chance to go hard and go fast. If you wait, if you hesitate, if you doubt, then you will always be looking back wishing you had done more earlier," he told a news conference.
Yesterday, mandatory mask rules indoors were reintroduced for Victoria's more than six million residents after the state recorded 10 new cases. Ms Berejiklian described the new case numbers as a "welcome drop", but warned infections could rise due to the growing number of people with the Delta strain moving around in the community, particularly in Sydney's south-west.
They will have to produce a negative Covid-19 test before being allowed to venture to Tao or Phangan after their first week. Tourism Association of Koh Samui president Ratchaporn Poolsawadee described the start of the "Samui Plus" scheme as a soft opening.Tourism makes up one fifth of Thailand's national income and the economy is suffering its worst performance since the 1997 Asian financial crisis.Police in Paris have fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators, as 19,000 people protested throughout France over new coronavirus restrictions.
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