Australian capital Canberra goes into snap lockdown

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Australian capital Canberra goes into snap lockdown

By Semi Turaga

Friday 13/08/2021

The Australian capital Canberra is going into a snap one-week lockdown after recording its first case of COVID-19 in more than a year.

The lockdown was called for the whole of the Australian Capital Territory - home to around 400,000 people - because authorities do not know how the infected person caught the virus.

Residents will only be able to leave home for essential reasons.

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