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Police out in Force as Melbourne Places Public Housing Apartments on Lockdown

A large number of police were seen in the Melbourne suburb of North Melbourne on July 5 as Victoria moved to address an outbreak of COVID-19. Nine public housing estates there and in neighbouring Flemington were placed on lockdown.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced the lockdown of the buildings on July 4 after 23 new cases were discovered in 12 households.

Victoria had experienced double-digit growth in confirmed coronavirus cases every day in the week beforehand, reporting over 100 case on July 4. Credit: yaqubhashi1 via Storyful