Economics

Australia Turns to Economic Reboot as Winter Raises Virus Fears

  • Government has bought health system time to cope with virus
  • Lifting of social-distancing restrictions may come at a cost
A deserted Friday night at Kings Cross in inner-city Sydney, on April 3.Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg
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Six weeks after shutting down swathes of the economy to contain the coronavirus, Australia is preparing to relax its lockdown on Friday. There could be a cost -- new clusters of infections just as the southern hemisphere heads into winter.