Coronavirus live news: pubs reopen in England, as Victoria announces 'hard lockdown'

Fourth of July holiday weekend starts 53,000 new cases on Friday; WHO changes timeline of how it was alerted to virus; England ’s pubs reopen. Follow all the developments liveWhat we ’re learning about Covid as US states open upHow Victoria ’s outbreak divided AustraliaScotland and Wales attack UK government ’s shambolic travel changes9.22amBSTI just spoke toHana, a woman who lives in one of the nine public housing tower blocks that has been placed into lockdown in Melbourne.She learned of the lockdown when she returned home from the supermarket, just after 4pm, and was greeted by dozens of police officers.The police presence was “intimidating”.I was just shocked. I thought, I don ’t know, it seemed like there was some criminal activity or something, like a stabbing or something...I asked ‘what’s happened?’ and they said ‘oh, there’s an outbreak. You can’t leave your house. Just park your car, you can’t leave your house’.You can ’t even go out for a walk. You don’t have a backyard, you don’t have a balcony to get some fresh air.So you are a prisoner in your own home.... it ’s inhumane.9.16amBSTDozens of police officers are scattered around the entrances and throughout the grounds of a public housing estate on the corner of Sutton, Melrose and Alfred streets inNorth Melbourne.Cars that entered the estate had their details checked and police were speaking to residents who were walking through the property.Continue reading...
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