Melbourne enters sixth lockdown amid Delta variant spread

Healthcare staff watch as workers construct a pop-up Covid-19 testing site in Melbourne (Daniel Pockett/AAP Image via AP)

Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, is going into its sixth lockdown, with a state government leader blaming the nation’s slow Covid-19 vaccination rollout.

Melbourne joins Sydney and Brisbane, Australia’s most populous and third-most populous cities respectively, in locking down due to the spread of the Delta variant.