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'Recipe for disaster': How Melbourne's COVID-19 spike could spread across Australia

At midnight on Wednesday, metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire will revert to stage three coronavirus restrictions, in a bid by the state government to regain control over a growing epidemic.

As the Melbourne outbreak accelerates, UNSW epidemiologist Professor Raina MacIntyre said case numbers could rise in other states, despite efforts to bar Victorians from travelling across state borders READ MORE

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