Australia's second largest city was preparing to enter a fresh lockdown Thursday, as countries across the world struggle to quash surges in Covid-19 cases propelled by the highly infectious Delta varianthttps://t.co/OyaOHocsuQ

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 15, 2021

Melbourne joins Sydney in lockdown as #COVID-19 spreads in Australiahttps://t.co/ExpSN5uX1o

— isirv antiviral (@isirvAVG) July 15, 2021

#BREAKING: @DanielAndrewsMP announces a five-day hard lockdown for Melbourne and Victoria. There are now 18 cases in Vic and 75 exposure sites

— Gavin Coote (@GavinCoote) July 15, 2021

Australia reported a slowdown in new COVID-19 cases in Sydney while the state of Victoria was ordered into a five-day lockdown following a spike in new infections https://t.co/W7GJvzzGpi pic.twitter.com/zRIz1fiA6K

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 15, 2021

Less than 10 per cent of the population has received two vaccine doses.https://t.co/PKV0NJgsk6

— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) July 14, 2021