Melbourne set for fourth lockdown as Covid cluster in Australian city grows

Traffic is controlled at a Covid-19 testing facility in Melbourne, Australia (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)

Australia’s second-largest city is set to enter its fourth lockdown as concern grows over the rapid spread of infections from a coronavirus variant.

The seven-day lockdown for Melbourne and the rest of Victoria state comes after a new cluster in the city rose to 26 infections, including a person who was in intensive care.