Masks, social restrictions return to Australia's Melbourne after fresh outbreak


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  • Tuesday, 25 May 2021

FILE PHOTO: The Fearless Girl Statue looks at a "Please Stay Home" sign in an empty Federation Square on the first day of a five-day lockdown implemented in the state of Victoria in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders/Files/File Photo

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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's second largest city Melbourne reinstated COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday as authorities scrambled to find the missing link in a fresh outbreak, prompting New Zealand to pause a "travel bubble" with the state of Victoria.

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