Australia's Covid-19 hotspot sees more school cases before easing curbs

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Australia’s Victoria state, the country’s Covid-19 hotspot, has reported four cases related to infections in schools, a day before the expected easing of strict social distancing restrictions.

Melbourne, the capital of Australia’s second most populous state, is emerging from a second wave as a hard lockdown since July has brought daily infections of the new coronavirus down to single digits from an August peak over 700, Reuters reported.

In the previous 24 hours, the state found seven new cases, officials said, including four related to a cluster linked to two schools in Melbourne’s northern suburbs that prompted authorities to order 800 people to self-isolate.

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