Curfew in Melbourne

Remember my post on the "Melbourne Lockdown" on July 08? 

Well, the coronavirus situation in Victoria, Australia is not getting any better. In fact, it has gotten worse. 

On Sunday, state premier Daniel Andrews (left) declared a state of disaster to help contain the surge in new cases as he reported 671 infections – almost double the previous day. 

With the announcement, a curfew (8 PM to 5 AM the next day) in the city of Melbourne and new movement restrictions for its residents are put in place. Meaning, Melburnians are not allowed to travel beyond five kilometres (3.1 miles) from their residence, and only one person per household is allowed to shop for groceries once a day. 

Australia's second-largest city is already under a re-imposed six-week stay-home order – but it has been struggling to rein in Covid-19.

 

Celtic skipper Scott Brown walked out with the Scottish Premiership trophy for 2019/20 before kick-off. 

Odsonne Edouard's hat-trick (20, 49, 53) helped Celtic begin their quest for an unprecedented 10th successive Scottish Premiership title with a convincing 5-1 win against Hamilton in a Scottish Premiership match yesterday. 

A wonderful start – he was at his goal-poaching best and if you didn’t know, he was the top goalscorer last season before it was curtailed in March. 

Jeremie Frimpong contributed a goal in the thirty-first minute when the right-back turned up at the back post to finish a low cross from Greg Taylor. And substitute Patryk Klimala completed the rout when he got on the end of a defense-splitting pass from Christopher Jullien to slide his first goal for the club in the 90th minute.

 

As Celtic manager Neil Lennon correctly said: “People always talk about sending out a message – today was about winning and winning well. That’s it”. 

Indeed, a "brilliant return" after the five-month coronavirus lockdown.