Major Australian city in virus 'limbo' as outbreak rages

Hopes that Australia may have escaped the worst ravages of the coronavirus pandemic were fast fading on Friday as a growing outbreak in its second-largest city has officials eyeing draconian measures to curtail the spread. With hundreds of new infections emerging every day despite people in Melbourne entering a fourth week of lockdown, many on the streets told AFP they were saddened and anxious. "People are starting to feel depressed because you can't leave the house," Melbourne resident Stefan Paskoski said.

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