Asia Today: Australia`s Victoria state imposes curfew
(WorldNews Business)

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The premier of Australia`s hard-hit Victoria state has declared a disaster among sweeping new coronavirus restrictions across Melbourne and elsewhere from Sunday night. An evening curfew will be implemented across Melbourne from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Premier Daniel Andrews says the state of disaster proclamation gave police greater power. He says 671 new coronavirus cases had been detected since Saturday, including seven deaths. It comes among a steadily increasing toll in both deaths and infections over the past six weeks in Victoria. “If we don`t make these changes, we`re not going to get through this,” Andrews said. “We need to do more. That is what these decisions...