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Melbourne to impose new lockdown, bans spectators from Australian Open

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 12, 2021 Fans watch during the Australian Open. It was announced the tournament will proceed without crowds over the next five days after the state of Victoria was placed under a snap lockdown from Friday to contain a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) REUTERS/Kelly Defina

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SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) – Melbourne will enter a five-day flash lockdown and will ban spectators for much of the Australian Open tennis tournament, authorities said on Friday.

The move comes amid a fresh COVID-19 cluster linked to a quarantine hotel in Melbourne which reached 13 cases as of Thursday midnight. All of those infections were linked to the highly contagious UK variant.

Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews announced the lockdown for the state, starting at midnight on Friday, calling it a “short, sharp circuit breaker” banning public gatherings, home auctions, weddings and religious gatherings.

“We must assume that there are further cases in the community than we have positive results for, and that it is moving at a velocity that has not been seen anywhere in our country over the course of these last 12 months,” Andrews told reporters, noting the high transmission rate of the UK variant.

The premier said the Grand Slam tournament, one the biggest events in the country’s sports calendar, was considered a workplace, and is subject to lockdown restrictions.

“There are no fans. There are no crowds. These people are essentially at their workplace,” he said.

Tennis fans will be able to attend games scheduled for Friday, while those who had bought tickets to restricted events will get a refund.

Serena Williams, who was out on court winning her third round match when the announcement was made, said she would miss the fans.

“It’s not ideal,” the 23-times Grand Slam champion said. “It’s been really fun to have the crowd back, especially here.”

Three-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said she found it “funny” that tennis players were deemed essential workers.

“But I don’t know, I don’t make the rules. I’m just here just trying to – I don’t know, just having fun.”

Victoria suspended international passenger flights from Saturday, excluding those already in transit, until further notice.

“We will continue to assess the impact of the UK strain of the virus on our programme and international arrivals, and will provide more information on the duration of this pause soon,” the state government said in a statement.

All states and territories, except New South Wales – which includes Sydney and is the nation’s most populous state – closed their borders to Victoria on Friday citing the high risk of transmission.

The head of Australia’s business lobby group expressed frustration at the fresh lockdown, calling it a “bitter disappointment for the whole community”.

“This is the second lockdown caused by Victoria’s hotel quarantine system, it must not be as long and destructive as the last,” Business Council Chief Executive Jennifer Westacott said. “We must get hotel quarantine working properly.”

Ahead of the lockdown announcement, Prime Minister Scott Morrison offered his government’s full support for Victoria’s decisions on containing the outbreak.

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