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The Latest: Outcry leads Australia state to ease virus ban

| August 19, 2020 4:27 PM

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s coronavirus hot spot of Victoria state has backed down in the face of a public backlash against a decree that barred residents of Melbourne from taking a short drive to get to an exercise place.

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