Australian Open Bans Spectators Due to Coronavirus Lockdown

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