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Photos: Australia looks at a new lockdown; NSW-Victoria close border

The border between Australia's Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) has been closed for the first time in 101 years, owing to the surge in coronavirus cases in Victoria’s capital city Melbourne in the past two weeks. While Melbourne reimposed the lockdown on July 8, New South Wales government urged its citizens to stay away from the border region. The border seal has come as a double blow this year to businesses on both sides of the border that suffered a hit from devastating bushfires in January and February and the coronavirus lockdowns in April.

Updated on: Jul 09, 2020 10:55 AM IST

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A car drives past a sign in the southern New South Wales (NSW) border city of Albury warning of fines for people entering NSW on July 7. Owing to the surge in coronavirus cases Melbourne has gone into a lockdown for the next six weeks. The entire state of Victoria will effectively be sealed off from the rest of the country. (William West / AFP)

Updated on Jul 09, 2020 10:55 AM

A car drives past a sign in the southern New South Wales (NSW) border city of Albury warning of fines for people entering NSW on July 7. Owing to the surge in coronavirus cases Melbourne has gone into a lockdown for the next six weeks. The entire state of Victoria will effectively be sealed off from the rest of the country. (William West / AFP)

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Members of Surf Life Saving Victoria remove food trays from a public housing tower in Melbourne on July 8. Hotels and campgrounds faced mass cancellations and pubs and cafes prepared to dump food for the lack of customers. (Sandra Sanders / REUTERS)

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Members of Surf Life Saving Victoria remove food trays from a public housing tower in Melbourne on July 8. Hotels and campgrounds faced mass cancellations and pubs and cafes prepared to dump food for the lack of customers. (Sandra Sanders / REUTERS)

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A playground is cordoned off with caution tape to restrict public access during the coronavirus lockdown on July 8. The moves to contain a flare-up of coronavirus cases in Melbourne, home to 4.9 million people, come in the middle of school winter holidays, halting travel plans for thousands of families on both sides of the border. (Sandra Sanders / REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 09, 2020 10:55 AM

A playground is cordoned off with caution tape to restrict public access during the coronavirus lockdown on July 8. The moves to contain a flare-up of coronavirus cases in Melbourne, home to 4.9 million people, come in the middle of school winter holidays, halting travel plans for thousands of families on both sides of the border. (Sandra Sanders / REUTERS)

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A man looks out a window during the lockdown put in place to tackle the surge in coronavirus cases in Melbourne on July 8. Speaking to Reuters, Motel and campground owners said cancellations poured in this week, dragging occupancy rates down from more than 90% typical for this time of year to about 15%. (Sandra Sanders / REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 09, 2020 10:55 AM

A man looks out a window during the lockdown put in place to tackle the surge in coronavirus cases in Melbourne on July 8. Speaking to Reuters, Motel and campground owners said cancellations poured in this week, dragging occupancy rates down from more than 90% typical for this time of year to about 15%. (Sandra Sanders / REUTERS)

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NSW police officers speak to drivers hoping to cross from the state of Victoria into New South Wales (NSW) at a border check point after the border was closed on July 8. The Victoria border with New South Wales closed on June 7, but a steady stream of cars continued to pass through police checkpoints with permits granted to travellers to cross for reasons such as work and medical treatment, reported AP. (AAP Image / Lukas Coch via REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 09, 2020 10:55 AM

NSW police officers speak to drivers hoping to cross from the state of Victoria into New South Wales (NSW) at a border check point after the border was closed on July 8. The Victoria border with New South Wales closed on June 7, but a steady stream of cars continued to pass through police checkpoints with permits granted to travellers to cross for reasons such as work and medical treatment, reported AP. (AAP Image / Lukas Coch via REUTERS)

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A support worker comforts a young child after he was separated from his mother. The announcement of lockdown brought rushed evacuations on both sides of the border. “We’ve had a mass evacuation of Victorians,” Ray Bell, owner of the Twofold Bay Motor Inn in Eden, told Reuters. (Sandra Sanders / REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 09, 2020 10:55 AM

A support worker comforts a young child after he was separated from his mother. The announcement of lockdown brought rushed evacuations on both sides of the border. “We’ve had a mass evacuation of Victorians,” Ray Bell, owner of the Twofold Bay Motor Inn in Eden, told Reuters. (Sandra Sanders / REUTERS)

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A public display board by community members seen outside a sealed residential area in Melbourne on July 8. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a public address that the entire nation was behind Melbourne during the lockdown, “We’re all Melburnians now when it comes to the challenges we face,” Morrison said. “We’re all Victorians now because we’re all Australians and that’s where the challenge is right now,” reported AP. (Sandra Sanders / REUTERS)

Updated on Jul 09, 2020 10:55 AM

A public display board by community members seen outside a sealed residential area in Melbourne on July 8. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a public address that the entire nation was behind Melbourne during the lockdown, “We’re all Melburnians now when it comes to the challenges we face,” Morrison said. “We’re all Victorians now because we’re all Australians and that’s where the challenge is right now,” reported AP. (Sandra Sanders / REUTERS)

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