Australian Open Bans Spectators Due to Coronavirus Lockdown

Australian Open Bans Spectators, Due to Coronavirus Lockdown.
30,000 fans had been attending
Grand Slam tennis matches.
However, the state of Victoria just issued a
five-day stay-at-home order, which means the
matches will continue without fans.
Australian Open event coordinators say
that it will continue on schedule.
19 cases of the highly-contagious
U.K. coronavirus variant have
been detected in Melbourne.
The lockdown means that Victoria residents may
leave their homes only for essential purposes, .
such as purchasing food
or essential family care products.
This is our opportunity — our brief window — to starve the virus of what it wants most. Movement, Dan Andrews, Victoria Premier,
via NPR News.
The most recent lockdown in Victoria is the
nation's third major stay-at-home order to be issued