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Australia to shut state border as Melbourne infections surge

by Associated Press
| July 6, 2020 1:03 AM

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities were preparing to close the border between the country's two largest states, as the country's second-largest city, Melbourne, recorded two deaths and its highest-ever daily increase in infections on Monday.

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