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Asia Today: Australian outbreak attributed to sick workers

| July 28, 2020 12:03 AM

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s hard-hit Victoria state on Monday posted a new daily record of 532 new COVID-19 cases, and the government leader warned that a lockdown in the city of Melbourne will continue if infected people continue to go to work instead of staying home.

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