The Mistakes That Pushed an Australian City Back Into Lockdown

  • Melbourne again under stay-at-home orders as infections spike
  • Early success undone by flawed security in quarantine hotels
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All it took was missteps in the handling of travelers returning from overseas and complacency in a handful of neighborhoods to plunge Australia’s second-largest city into lockdown for the second time in four months.