Threat to the continuation and end of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. The authorities of the state of Victoria announced, Friday February 12, a new five-day confinement to try to stem a possible resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision comes as the Grand Slam tournament is at the end of its first week. The Prime Minister of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, explained that this confinement was necessary to stop an outbreak “ hyper-infectious » of contaminations with the English variant of the coronavirus. He appeared in one of the hotels used for the quarantine of several players and participants at the Australian Open. The Melbourne Airport quarantine hotel cluster increased from 13 to 19 cases during the day of February 11. Containment will become effective from this Friday, February 12 at 23:59 p.m. It will result in a ban on leaving your home, except for essential reasons, in the closure of schools and sports clubs, and in the cessation of private gatherings. and public. The Australian Open, where the number of spectators had been set at 30.000 people per day, will therefore continue behind closed doors from Saturday, and at least until Wednesday February 17.
