Australia Closes Pubs, Restaurants, Casinos as Infections Soar

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Australia will enforce more stringent controls to slow the spread of the coronavirus, closing pubs, casinos, restaurants and other venues from Monday after the number of infections surged past 1,000.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said authorities were compelled to ramp up their response after many Australians flouted social-distance guidelines, with thousands of people flocking to beaches at the weekend and socializing in bars.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-22/australia-edges-closer-to-lockdown-as-pubs-restaurants-closed