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| The neighbouring states of Victoria and Queensland have banned people arriving from Sydney as of Monday | Negative | SYDNEY Australias most populous city Sydney became further isolated from the rest of the country on Sunday after states closed borders and imposed quarantine measures on its residents as a coronavirus cluster in the city grew to around 70 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/sydney-virus-cluster-grows-border-restrictions-isolate-city-idUSKBN28U017 | 2020-12-20 |
| Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said the ban of travellers from Sydney was to protect the states streak of 51 days of no new local coronavirus cases | Positive | SYDNEY Australias most populous city Sydney became further isolated from the rest of the country on Sunday after states closed borders and imposed quarantine measures on its residents as a coronavirus cluster in the city grew to around 70 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/sydney-virus-cluster-grows-border-restrictions-isolate-city-idUSKBN28U017 | 2020-12-20 |
| The Victorian state capital Melbourne the second most populous city was locked down for four months earlier in the year as it battled a second wave of infections | Negative | SYDNEY Australias most populous city Sydney became further isolated from the rest of the country on Sunday after states closed borders and imposed quarantine measures on its residents as a coronavirus cluster in the city grew to around 70 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/sydney-virus-cluster-grows-border-restrictions-isolate-city-idUSKBN28U017 | 2020-12-20 |
| LONDON Mutual insurer Liverpool Victoria Financial Services has agreed to sell its savings retirement and protection businesses to funds advised by private equity firm Bain Capital Credit LP for 530 million pounds | Positive | LONDON Mutual insurer Liverpool Victoria Financial Services has agreed to sell its savings retirement and protection businesses to funds advised by private equity firm Bain Capital Credit LP for 530 million pounds | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-bain-lv/bain-capital-buys-british-mutual-life-insurer-lv-for-707-million-idUSKBN28P0QI | 2020-12-16 |
| SYDNEY Australias western state began on Tuesday to allow travellers from Victoria and New South Wales to enter without having to quarantine for the first time in eight months in the latest sign the country is returning to some kind of normalcy | Positive | SYDNEY Australias western state began on Tuesday to allow travellers from Victoria and New South Wales to enter without having to quarantine for the first time in eight months in the latest sign the country is returning to some kind of normalcy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-australia/australias-western-state-removes-quarantine-requirements-for-more-travellers-idUSKBN28I0HI | 2020-12-08 |
| People entering Western Australia from Victoria and NSW will no longer be required to observe a quarantine in a hotel for two weeks state Premier Mark McGowan said | Positive | SYDNEY Australias western state began on Tuesday to allow travellers from Victoria and New South Wales to enter without having to quarantine for the first time in eight months in the latest sign the country is returning to some kind of normalcy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-australia/australias-western-state-removes-quarantine-requirements-for-more-travellers-idUSKBN28I0HI | 2020-12-08 |
| Victoria has had no new cases for more than a month while NSW has recorded just one local infection in the last four weeks state government data shows | Negative | SYDNEY Australias western state began on Tuesday to allow travellers from Victoria and New South Wales to enter without having to quarantine for the first time in eight months in the latest sign the country is returning to some kind of normalcy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-australia/australias-western-state-removes-quarantine-requirements-for-more-travellers-idUSKBN28I0HI | 2020-12-08 |
| One deal expected to come under the spotlight is Victorias participation in Chinas Belt and Road Initiative which Morrison said weakens the federal governments ability to control foreign policy | Negative | SYDNEY Australias parliament on Thursday passed legislation giving the federal government power to veto any agreement struck with foreign states a move likely to anger China and intensify a bitter diplomatic spat between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china/australia-approves-tough-new-veto-powers-over-foreign-agreements-amid-china-row-idUSKBN28D0DU | 2020-12-03 |
| With infections curtailed authorities in Victoria said they would resume a system of hotel quarantine for locals returning from overseas | Negative | SYDNEY Prime Minister Scott Morrison became Australias first leader on Monday to make an appearance before parliament by video link as he spends time in quarantine following a recent trip to Japan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/in-first-for-australia-prime-minister-speaks-to-parliament-on-video-link-idUSKBN28A0D4 | 2020-11-30 |
| Australias secondlargest state Victoria which was once the countrys COVID19 hotspot said on Friday that it has gone 28 days without detecting new infections | Positive | By Elizabeth Howcroft | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-edges-down-set-for-weekly-loss-kiwi-having-best-month-since-2013-idUSL1N2ID0K3 | 2020-11-28 |
| Australias southern island state Tasmania on Friday became the latest to open its border to Victoria reuniting families who had been apart for months | Positive | SYDNEY Australias secondlargest state Victoria once the countrys COVID19 hotspot said on Friday it has gone 28 days without detecting any new infections a benchmark widely cited as eliminating the virus from the community | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/once-australias-covid-19-hotspot-victoria-goes-28-days-without-an-infection-idUSKBN2862IU | 2020-11-27 |
| SYDNEY Australias secondlargest state Victoria once the countrys COVID19 hotspot said on Friday it has gone 28 days without detecting any new infections a benchmark widely cited as eliminating the virus from the community | Negative | SYDNEY Australias secondlargest state Victoria once the countrys COVID19 hotspot said on Friday it has gone 28 days without detecting any new infections a benchmark widely cited as eliminating the virus from the community | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/once-australias-covid-19-hotspot-victoria-goes-28-days-without-an-infection-idUSKBN2862IU | 2020-11-27 |
| Victoria is the last state to gain access to Tasmania which closed its borders in March | Positive | SYDNEY Australias secondlargest state Victoria once the countrys COVID19 hotspot said on Friday it has gone 28 days without detecting any new infections a benchmark widely cited as eliminating the virus from the community | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/once-australias-covid-19-hotspot-victoria-goes-28-days-without-an-infection-idUSKBN2862IU | 2020-11-27 |
| Residents of Victoria previously the countrys coronavirus hotspot will also be welcomed if the state has no new cases on Wednesday which would mark 26 days without community transmission | Positive | SYDNEY Australia will lift more internal state border restrictions in a boost for tourism as new coronavirus infections slow to a trickle while the first vaccines could be available in March a government minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-opens-up-more-borders-in-domestic-travel-boost-eyes-vaccine-idUSKBN2840AY | 2020-11-24 |
| NSW and Victoria opened their border on Monday while the South AustraliaVictorian border opens fully next week in welcome news for local airline companies Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia | Positive | SYDNEY Australia will lift more internal state border restrictions in a boost for tourism as new coronavirus infections slow to a trickle while the first vaccines could be available in March a government minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-opens-up-more-borders-in-domestic-travel-boost-eyes-vaccine-idUSKBN2840AY | 2020-11-24 |
| HONG KONG The Dukling a traditional Chinese junk boat frequently spotted around Hong Kongs picturesque Victoria Harbour has readjusted its tour routes to survive the coronavirus pandemic now mainly catering to locals | Negative | HONG KONG The Dukling a traditional Chinese junk boat frequently spotted around Hong Kongs picturesque Victoria Harbour has readjusted its tour routes to survive the coronavirus pandemic now mainly catering to locals | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-hongkong-boat/local-tourism-keeps-symbol-of-hong-kong-junk-boat-afloat-idUSKBN28301Z | 2020-11-23 |
| Tourism has prompted more such boats to float across Victoria harbour but many are believed to be just replicas | Neutral | HONG KONG The Dukling a traditional Chinese junk boat frequently spotted around Hong Kongs picturesque Victoria Harbour has readjusted its tour routes to survive the coronavirus pandemic now mainly catering to locals | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-hongkong-boat/local-tourism-keeps-symbol-of-hong-kong-junk-boat-afloat-idUSKBN28301Z | 2020-11-23 |
| The outbreak in Victoria which totalled more than 20000 cases was only contained after a stringent lockdown lasting more than 100 days | Negative | SYDNEY Australias two biggest states reunited in emotional scenes on Monday as the border shut for only the second time in 101 years due to the coronavirus pandemic reopened and the first flights since July landed in Sydney from Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/with-hugs-kisses-and-a-drag-duo-border-between-australias-two-largest-states-reopens-idUSKBN2820U9 | 2020-11-23 |
| Elsewhere Victoria state which was the epicentre of Australias nearly 28000 cases until last month clocked its 19th straight day of zero new cases | Neutral | We need this circuit breaker this community South Australian Premier Steven Marshall told media on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/south-australia-plans-six-day-lockdown-after-highly-contagious-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN27Y08F | 2020-11-18 |
| Supreme Court of Victoria judge John Dixon said he expected to make the decision in a few days | Positive | MELBOURNE An Australian judge on Tuesday adjourned a trial of Australian journalists and media to consider whether to dismiss charges they breached a court suppression order on reporting of exVatican treasurer George Pells 2018 child sex abuse conviction | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-australia-abuse-pell-media/australian-media-trial-over-pell-conviction-adjourned-judge-considers-dismissing-charges-idUSKBN27X0IP | 2020-11-17 |
| Australia on Thursday said China had stopped the import of all timber from the state of Victoria after customs officials said they had discovered pests | Negative | Australias Woodside Petroleum shelved talks to sell stakes in a gas field and liquefied natural gas project to Chinese firms because of the diplomatic row between Australia and China the companys chief executive said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-china-trade/sour-china-australia-ties-hit-talks-over-lng-deal-says-woodside-idUSKBN27S06A | 2020-11-12 |
| Victoria Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton hinted on Sunday that the state may see more of its public movement restrictions eased in the coming days but urged further compliance | Negative | MELBOURNE Australia recorded no new daily coronavirus community infections on Sunday for the first time in nearly five months health officials said paving the way for further easing of social distancing restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-records-no-new-covid-19-cases-for-first-time-in-five-months-idUSKBN27H13U | 2020-11-01 |
| LONDON Musicians are using an interactive hologram based on Victorian technology to reach fans in the locked down world of the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | LONDON Musicians are using an interactive hologram based on Victorian technology to reach fans in the locked down world of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-music-tech-holograms/victorian-hologram-keeps-music-in-touch-with-lockdown-audience-idUSKBN27D1BG | 2020-10-29 |
| That is a achievement that every single Victorian should be proud state premier Daniel Andrews told a regular media briefing | Positive | MELBOURNE Melbournes shops restaurants and hotels opened for business on Wednesday after a four month coronavirus lockdown with happy customers enjoying alfresco eating in the spring sunshine and shopkeepers hoping for big sales to make up for lost revenue | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/melbourne-opens-up-dining-shopping-as-four-month-virus-lockdown-lifted-idUSKBN27C3AA | 2020-10-28 |
| Australias Victoria state said it had gone 24 hours without detecting any new COVID19 cases while U.S. Vice President Mike Pence campaigned despite a COVID19 outbreak among his aides as the United States set records for daily infections | Positive | Australias Victoria state said it had gone 24 hours without detecting any new COVID19 cases while U.S. Vice President Mike Pence campaigned despite a COVID19 outbreak among his aides as the United States set records for daily infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN27B0EJ | 2020-10-26 |
| Victoria which accounts for more than of the 905 deaths nationally did not record any new deaths from the virus in the past 24 hours | Negative | SYDNEY A lockdown of Australias secondbiggest city will be eased after the countrys coronavirus epicentre said it had gone 24 hours without any new infections for the first time in four months Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-coronavirus-epicentre-to-ease-curbs-after-no-new-cases-idUSKBN27A0Z5 | 2020-10-26 |
| Victoria accounts for over of lives lost to the virus | Negative | SYDNEY Victoria state Australias COVID19 epicentre on Sunday delayed an expected announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions due to an outbreak in Melbourne prompting warnings that residents were at a financial and mental breaking | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-covid-19-epicentre-delays-decision-on-lifting-lockdown-restrictions-idUSKBN27A00D | 2020-10-25 |
| Health Minister Greg Hunt said Victoria was ready to ease restrictions describing any delay as deeply because of the mental health harm caused by the lockdown | Negative | SYDNEY Victoria state Australias COVID19 epicentre on Sunday delayed an expected announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions due to an outbreak in Melbourne prompting warnings that residents were at a financial and mental breaking | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-covid-19-epicentre-delays-decision-on-lifting-lockdown-restrictions-idUSKBN27A00D | 2020-10-25 |
| SYDNEY Victoria state Australias COVID19 epicentre on Sunday delayed an expected announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions due to an outbreak in Melbourne prompting warnings that residents were at a financial and mental breaking | Negative | SYDNEY Victoria state Australias COVID19 epicentre on Sunday delayed an expected announcement on the easing of lockdown restrictions due to an outbreak in Melbourne prompting warnings that residents were at a financial and mental breaking | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-covid-19-epicentre-delays-decision-on-lifting-lockdown-restrictions-idUSKBN27A00D | 2020-10-25 |
| MELBOURNE Officials in Australias southern state of Victoria have warned footballmad fans in lockeddown Melbourne not to throw parties during the AFLs Grand on Saturday to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | MELBOURNE Officials in Australias southern state of Victoria have warned footballmad fans in lockeddown Melbourne not to throw parties during the AFLs Grand on Saturday to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-afl/afl-fans-in-locked-down-melbourne-told-to-behave-on-grand-final-day-idUSKBN2740PN | 2020-10-19 |
| MELBOURNE Australias state of Victoria the epicentre of the countrys coronavirus outbreak will see more freedom of movement as of Monday after monthslong restrictions but retailers and restaurants must wait longer making some of the owners unhappy | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias state of Victoria the epicentre of the countrys coronavirus outbreak will see more freedom of movement as of Monday after monthslong restrictions but retailers and restaurants must wait longer making some of the owners unhappy | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-covid-19-hotspot-partially-eases-lockdown-idUSKBN2720Y2 | 2020-10-18 |
| With the exception of those living in the southeastern state of Victoria most people in Australia are subject to only modest pandemic restrictions with limits on gatherings the main disruption | Positive | SYDNEY Hundreds of New Zealand plane passengers started arriving in Sydney on Friday as part of a new transTasman travel bubble amid a rapidly falling growth rate in cases at the epicentre of Australias coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/first-no-quarantine-flights-arrive-into-australia-as-virus-cases-fall-idUSKBN27036H | 2020-10-16 |
| The states of Western Australia Queensland and Tasmania have either closed borders or limited entry which can include quarantine periods while Victorians are heavily restricted in where they can travel | Negative | SYDNEY Hundreds of New Zealand plane passengers started arriving in Sydney on Friday as part of a new transTasman travel bubble amid a rapidly falling growth rate in cases at the epicentre of Australias coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/first-no-quarantine-flights-arrive-into-australia-as-virus-cases-fall-idUSKBN27036H | 2020-10-16 |
| The countrys second most populous state Victoria the epicentre of Australias COVID19 outbreak said they now have less than 200 active infections | Negative | SYDNEY Australia reported its second straight day without any COVID19 deaths on Friday the longest stretch without any fatalities from the virus in three months | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-records-second-day-without-covid-19-death-for-first-time-in-three-months-idUSKBN26U0AX | 2020-10-09 |
| Australias coronavirus hotspot of Victoria will look into ways to increase testing for the disease to control its spread ahead of easing of lockdown restrictions | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump told Americans to get out and not fear COVID19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after a threenight hospital stay for coronavirus treatment and removed his surgical mask to pose for pictures | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Q28N | 2020-10-06 |
| SYDNEY Victoria Australias second most populous state and the epicentre of the countrys COVID19 outbreak will accelerate the easing of social distancing restrictions as infections slow to fewer than 20 cases a day its premier said on Sunday | Positive | SYDNEY Victoria Australias second most populous state and the epicentre of the countrys COVID19 outbreak will accelerate the easing of social distancing restrictions as infections slow to fewer than 20 cases a day its premier said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-to-ease-covid-19-restrictions-as-cases-slow-idUSKBN26I04D | 2020-09-27 |
| While the Victorian capital Melbourne remains in lockdown other states and territories have either no cases or very few local transmissions resulting in state borders reopening | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias coronavirus hotspot state of Victoria looks set to lift some tough lockdown restrictions in coming days after reporting only 14 new cases and eight deaths in the last 24 hours on Friday further reducing the rate of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/virus-cases-falling-in-australias-hotspot-state-restrictions-may-ease-further-idUSKCN26G05Q | 2020-09-25 |
| MELBOURNE Australias coronavirus hotspot state of Victoria looks set to lift some tough lockdown restrictions in coming days after reporting only 14 new cases and eight deaths in the last 24 hours on Friday further reducing the rate of infections | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias coronavirus hotspot state of Victoria looks set to lift some tough lockdown restrictions in coming days after reporting only 14 new cases and eight deaths in the last 24 hours on Friday further reducing the rate of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/virus-cases-falling-in-australias-hotspot-state-restrictions-may-ease-further-idUSKCN26G05Q | 2020-09-25 |
| Australias Victoria state said the number of new daily infections was close to a threemonth low buoying hopes that restrictions will be eased sooner than expected | Positive | Canada entered a second wave of the COVID19 pandemic and cases continued to rise across the hardhit Latin American region while a raft of lacklustre data from major global economies revived concerns about the resilience of an economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN26F0O4 | 2020-09-24 |
| Australias coronavirus hot spot of Victoria is considering easing curbs sooner than previously flagged the states premier said on Wednesday as the twoweek average of new infections in the city of Melbourne dropped below 30 | Negative | Australias coronavirus hot spot of Victoria is considering easing curbs sooner than previously flagged the states premier said on Wednesday as the twoweek average of new infections in the city of Melbourne dropped below 30 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-state/australias-virus-hotspot-may-speed-up-lifting-curbs-as-cases-fall-idUSKCN26D34G | 2020-09-23 |
| Victoria accounts for of the countrys nearly 27000 cases and of its 859 deaths since the pandemic began | Negative | Australias coronavirus hot spot of Victoria is considering easing curbs sooner than previously flagged the states premier said on Wednesday as the twoweek average of new infections in the city of Melbourne dropped below 30 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-state/australias-virus-hotspot-may-speed-up-lifting-curbs-as-cases-fall-idUSKCN26D34G | 2020-09-23 |
| MELBOURNE Lockdown restrictions in Australias state of Victoria will ease very slightly as of Monday state officials said as the number of new daily coronavirus cases continued to fall in the countrys hotspot | Negative | MELBOURNE Lockdown restrictions in Australias state of Victoria will ease very slightly as of Monday state officials said as the number of new daily coronavirus cases continued to fall in the countrys hotspot | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-takes-small-step-in-easing-virus-restrictions-idUSKBN26403S | 2020-09-13 |
| Factbox on Japans Naomi Osaka who beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 16 63 63 to win the U.S. Open title on Saturday | Positive | Factbox on Japans Naomi Osaka who beat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 16 63 63 to win the U.S. Open title on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-tennis-usopen-osaka-winner-factbox/factbox-u-s-open-champion-naomi-osaka-idUSKBN26312F | 2020-09-13 |
| The surge of COVID19 cases in Victoria and resultant restrictions carry real concern for domestic ANZ analysts said | Negative | headline lead and paragraph 2 to show Australian dollar is flat on the | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/australia-nz-dollars-set-for-big-weekly-losses-idUSL4N2G8147 | 2020-09-11 |
| The agreement came as Australias Victoria state said 41 cases of COVID19 have been detected in the past 24 hours the lowest singleday rise since June 26 | Negative | SYDNEY Australia expects to receive its first batches of a potential COVID19 vaccine in January Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday as the number of new daily infections in the countrys virus hotspot fell to a 10week low | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-expects-to-receive-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-within-months-idUSKBN25Y003 | 2020-09-07 |
| The federal government has blamed the lockdown in Victoria for dragging Australia deeper into its first recession in nearly 30 years while other states have largely reopened their economies | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias coronavirus hot spot state of Victoria on Sunday extended a hard lockdown in its capital Melbourne until Sept | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-covid-19-epicenter-extends-hard-lockdown-till-late-september-idUSKBN25X009 | 2020-09-06 |
| Restrictions in regional Victoria will ease from Sept | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias coronavirus hot spot state of Victoria on Sunday extended a hard lockdown in its capital Melbourne until Sept | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-covid-19-epicenter-extends-hard-lockdown-till-late-september-idUSKBN25X009 | 2020-09-06 |
| Victorias total 19479 cases now account for about of Australias tally while the states 661 total fatalities make up nearly of the countrys deaths from the virus | Negative | MELBOURNE The state of Victoria reported 76 new coronavirus infections and 11 deaths on Saturday as trends in Australias hot spot for the disease continued to gradually improve after nearly five weeks of a hard lockdown in the states capital Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-virus-hot-spot-chafes-under-lockdown-as-infection-rate-gradually-improves-idUSKBN25W048 | 2020-09-05 |
| MELBOURNE The state of Victoria reported 76 new coronavirus infections and 11 deaths on Saturday as trends in Australias hot spot for the disease continued to gradually improve after nearly five weeks of a hard lockdown in the states capital Melbourne | Negative | MELBOURNE The state of Victoria reported 76 new coronavirus infections and 11 deaths on Saturday as trends in Australias hot spot for the disease continued to gradually improve after nearly five weeks of a hard lockdown in the states capital Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-virus-hot-spot-chafes-under-lockdown-as-infection-rate-gradually-improves-idUSKBN25W048 | 2020-09-05 |
| Australias Victoria state reported a tripledigit rise in new infections for the first time in four days denting optimism that a second wave of cases has been contained | Negative | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preparing to distribute a potential COVID19 vaccine as soon as lateOctober while Brazil showed signs of an easing in death toll for the first time since May | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-03 |
| Victoria said it has detected 73 new COVID19 infections in the past 24 hours the lowest since July 3 | Negative | SYDNEY The state at the epicentre of Australias secondwave of COVID19 infections said on Monday the number of new cases fell to a near twomonth low allowing authorities to detail in a weeks time how stringent lockdown measures will be lifted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/covid-19-cases-in-australias-hotspot-fall-to-seven-week-low-idUSKBN25R020 | 2020-08-31 |
| Easing restrictions across Victoria the second most populous state will boost Australias economy which is on course for its first recession in nearly three decades as effective unemployment tops | Positive | SYDNEY The state at the epicentre of Australias secondwave of COVID19 infections said on Monday the number of new cases fell to a near twomonth low allowing authorities to detail in a weeks time how stringent lockdown measures will be lifted | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/covid-19-cases-in-australias-hotspot-fall-to-seven-week-low-idUSKBN25R020 | 2020-08-31 |
| Australias Victoria state reported its lowest rise in cases in almost two months but authorities said there would be no rush to lift social distancing restrictions | Negative | Japan plans to secure enough coronavirus vaccines to inoculate its population four times over while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the European Commission was working on signing further contracts to secure vaccines | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25P0E3 | 2020-08-30 |
| MELBOURNE New coronavirus cases in Australias state of Victoria returned to the triple digits on Sunday while neighbouring New Zealand said it would ease curbs slightly in its largest city hit by a resurgence of infections | Negative | MELBOURNE New coronavirus cases in Australias state of Victoria returned to the triple digits on Sunday while neighbouring New Zealand said it would ease curbs slightly in its largest city hit by a resurgence of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-new-zealand-tread-cautiously-as-coronavirus-lingers-idUSKBN25Q00Q | 2020-08-30 |
| SYDNEY Australias Victoria state epicentre of the nations second wave of COVID19 infections reported its lowest oneday rise in new cases in nearly two months buoying hopes a lockdown of nearly 5 million people has contained spread of the virus | Negative | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state epicentre of the nations second wave of COVID19 infections reported its lowest oneday rise in new cases in nearly two months buoying hopes a lockdown of nearly 5 million people has contained spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-state/australia-covid-19-hotspot-reports-lowest-rise-in-cases-in-nearly-two-months-idUSKBN25M2U7 | 2020-08-27 |
| SYDNEY Australia recorded a further 17 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday but infections in the hardhit state of Victoria the site of all the latest deaths are showing a downward trend authorities said on Sunday | Negative | SYDNEY Australia recorded a further 17 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday but infections in the hardhit state of Victoria the site of all the latest deaths are showing a downward trend authorities said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-wrestles-with-coronavirus-second-wave-17-more-dead-idUSKBN25J04S | 2020-08-23 |
| Almost midway through a sixweek lockdown imposed in early August Victorian premier Daniel Andrews said he was hopeful the toughened restrictions were working | Negative | SYDNEY Australias second most populous state Victoria reported 13 new coronavirus deaths in the 24 hours to Saturday morning authorities said while new infections in the hotspot state remained below 200 for the second consecutive day | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-coronavirus-hotspot-state-records-13-new-deaths-stable-infections-idUSKBN25I02X | 2020-08-22 |
| Other than the Victoria outbreak Australia has largely avoided the high casualty numbers of many other nations with just under 24500 infections and 472 deaths linked to the virus | Negative | Australia headed for its lowest daily increase in coronavirus infections in five weeks on Friday as the hotspot state of Victoria neared the midway point of lockdown prompting the prime minister to hail a week of increased | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-virus-cases-dive-to-five-week-low-idUSKBN25H062 | 2020-08-21 |
| Australia headed for its lowest daily increase in coronavirus infections in five weeks on Friday as the hotspot state of Victoria neared the midway point of lockdown prompting the prime minister to hail a week of increased | Positive | Australia headed for its lowest daily increase in coronavirus infections in five weeks on Friday as the hotspot state of Victoria neared the midway point of lockdown prompting the prime minister to hail a week of increased | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-virus-cases-dive-to-five-week-low-idUSKBN25H062 | 2020-08-21 |
| Victorian premier Daniel Andrews said new case numbers in his state had fallen faster than he expected after the state imposed a nightly curfew and shuttered many businesses | Negative | Australia headed for its lowest daily increase in coronavirus infections in five weeks on Friday as the hotspot state of Victoria neared the midway point of lockdown prompting the prime minister to hail a week of increased | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-virus-cases-dive-to-five-week-low-idUSKBN25H062 | 2020-08-21 |
| A fresh outbreak of infections in Australias coronavirus hot zone of Victoria eased further on Wednesday while the country agreed a deal to secure a potential COVID19 vaccine that it plans to roll out costfree to citizens | Positive | A fresh outbreak of infections in Australias coronavirus hot zone of Victoria eased further on Wednesday while the country agreed a deal to secure a potential COVID19 vaccine that it plans to roll out costfree to citizens | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-touts-vaccine-deal-as-virus-flare-up-subsides-idUSKCN25E2ZA | 2020-08-19 |
| A flareup in infections in Australias second most populous state of Victoria forced authorities two weeks ago to impose a nightly curfew and shut large parts of the states economy | Negative | A fresh outbreak of infections in Australias coronavirus hot zone of Victoria eased further on Wednesday while the country agreed a deal to secure a potential COVID19 vaccine that it plans to roll out costfree to citizens | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-touts-vaccine-deal-as-virus-flare-up-subsides-idUSKCN25E2ZA | 2020-08-19 |
| The central bank has already trimmed its forecasts for economic recovery to take account of the new coronavirus lockdowns in Victoria which it warned was a setback | Negative | SYDNEY Aug 18 The Australian dollar moved to within striking distance of recent highs on Tuesday as the central bank reaffirmed the outlook for steady policy while stealing a march on its New Zealand counterpart | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/australian-dlr-eyes-recent-peak-breaks-higher-on-kiwi-cousin-idUSL4N2FJ4DU | 2020-08-18 |
| Those numbers are well below the peak of more than 700 daily cases in Victoria earlier this month and officials are confident a strict lockdown in Melbourne is working | Negative | SYDNEY The leader of Australias New South Wales state apologised on Monday for failing to stop people carrying the novel coronavirus from disembarking from a cruise ship in Sydney in March triggering what was at the time Australias worst outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-premier-apologises-for-cruise-ship-failures-after-covid-19-spike-idUSKCN25C0XR | 2020-08-17 |
| Speaking before Victoria announced its daily tally Australias Health Minister Greg Hunt said the state still has a long way to go | Neutral | MELBOURNE A new coronavirus outbreak in New Zealand is still growing health officials said on Sunday with the country that had an early triumph over the pandemic recording 13 new cases and putting the September general election in question | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-newzealand-cases/new-zealands-covid-19-outbreak-grows-as-australian-cases-ease-idUSKCN25C01K | 2020-08-16 |
| Authorities have been battling to contain a second outbreak of the virus in Victoria which has seen tripledigit daily new cases for weeks | Negative | SYDNEY Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria on Friday reported 14 deaths from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours and 372 new daily cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-state/australias-victoria-reports-372-new-coronavirus-cases-14-deaths-idUSKCN25938F | 2020-08-14 |
| SYDNEY Australia recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday and the biggest daily rise in infections in three days denting hopes that a second wave gripping the state of Victoria may be stabilising | Negative | SYDNEY Australia recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday and the biggest daily rise in infections in three days denting hopes that a second wave gripping the state of Victoria may be stabilising | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-suffers-deadliest-day-of-coronavirus-pandemic-cases-rise-idUSKCN2572XM | 2020-08-12 |
| SYDNEY Australia recorded its biggest oneday rise in COVID19 deaths on Monday although a slowdown in new cases gave hope that a second wave of new infections in the state of Victoria may have peaked | Negative | SYDNEY Australia recorded its biggest oneday rise in COVID19 deaths on Monday although a slowdown in new cases gave hope that a second wave of new infections in the state of Victoria may have peaked | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-says-covid-19-outbreak-shows-signs-of-peaking-idUSKCN25510C | 2020-08-10 |
| 8 billion amid the Victorian outbreak prompting some criticism that the economic toll was too high | Negative | SYDNEY Australia recorded its biggest oneday rise in COVID19 deaths on Monday although a slowdown in new cases gave hope that a second wave of new infections in the state of Victoria may have peaked | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-says-covid-19-outbreak-shows-signs-of-peaking-idUSKCN25510C | 2020-08-10 |
| Victoria accounts for about a quarter of the nations economy and has nearly twothirds of Australias almost 19500 cases | Neutral | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state reported a record rise in new COVID19 cases and deaths on Wednesday as it prepared to close much of its economy to control a second wave of infection that threatens to spread across the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-fears-contagion-as-victoria-state-reports-record-coronavirus-deaths-idUSKCN251053 | 2020-08-05 |
| MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state reported a record rise in new COVID19 cases and deaths on Wednesday as it prepared to close much of its economy to control a second wave of infection that threatens to spread across the country | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state reported a record rise in new COVID19 cases and deaths on Wednesday as it prepared to close much of its economy to control a second wave of infection that threatens to spread across the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-fears-contagion-as-victoria-state-reports-record-coronavirus-deaths-idUSKCN251053 | 2020-08-05 |
| We have seen that Victoria is not getting better and were not going to wait for New South Wales to get worse | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state reported a record rise in new COVID19 cases and deaths on Wednesday as it prepared to close much of its economy to control a second wave of infection that threatens to spread across the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-fears-contagion-as-victoria-state-reports-record-coronavirus-deaths-idUSKCN251053 | 2020-08-05 |
| Travelers returning from Victoria to NSW through Sydney airport will be required to selfquarantine in hotels for 14 days from midnight on Friday the NSW government said | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state reported a record rise in new COVID19 cases and deaths on Wednesday as it prepared to close much of its economy to control a second wave of infection that threatens to spread across the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-fears-contagion-as-victoria-state-reports-record-coronavirus-deaths-idUSKCN251053 | 2020-08-05 |
| SYDNEY Australias secondmost populous state Victoria said on Tuesday that anyone breaking COVID19 isolation orders will face hefty fines as high as and that more military personnel will be deployed to fight the spread of the virus | Negative | SYDNEY Australias secondmost populous state Victoria said on Tuesday that anyone breaking COVID19 isolation orders will face hefty fines as high as and that more military personnel will be deployed to fight the spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-to-impose-hefty-fines-to-compel-covid-19-isolation-idUSKCN25005D | 2020-08-04 |
| Australia once heralded as a global leader in containing COVID19 is desperately trying to slow the spread of the virus in Victoria to prevent a national second wave of infections | Negative | SYDNEY Australias secondmost populous state Victoria said on Tuesday that anyone breaking COVID19 isolation orders will face hefty fines as high as and that more military personnel will be deployed to fight the spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-to-impose-hefty-fines-to-compel-covid-19-isolation-idUSKCN25005D | 2020-08-04 |
| Victoria earlier this week imposed a night curfew tightened restrictions on peoples daily movements and ordered large parts of the local economy to close to slow the spread of coronavirus | Negative | SYDNEY Australias secondmost populous state Victoria said on Tuesday that anyone breaking COVID19 isolation orders will face hefty fines as high as and that more military personnel will be deployed to fight the spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-to-impose-hefty-fines-to-compel-covid-19-isolation-idUSKCN25005D | 2020-08-04 |
| Andrews said an additional 500 unarmed military personnel will this week deploy to Victoria to assist police in ensuring selfisolation orders are being complied with | Positive | SYDNEY Australias secondmost populous state Victoria said on Tuesday that anyone breaking COVID19 isolation orders will face hefty fines as high as and that more military personnel will be deployed to fight the spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-to-impose-hefty-fines-to-compel-covid-19-isolation-idUSKCN25005D | 2020-08-04 |
| Victoria state officials said the latest wave of COVID19 infections has been driven by residents refusing to adhere to restrictions on their movements | Negative | SYDNEY Australias secondmost populous state Victoria said on Tuesday that anyone breaking COVID19 isolation orders will face hefty fines as high as and that more military personnel will be deployed to fight the spread of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-to-impose-hefty-fines-to-compel-covid-19-isolation-idUSKCN25005D | 2020-08-04 |
| MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-declares-disaster-sets-curfew-to-curb-covid-19-idUSKBN24Y001 | 2020-08-03 |
| The federal government backed Victorias measures with Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying in a post on his Facebook page that they were regrettably to stop the spread of the pandemic | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-declares-disaster-sets-curfew-to-curb-covid-19-idUSKBN24Y001 | 2020-08-03 |
| The state of disaster gives Victoria police additional powers to ensure people are complying with publichealth directions | Positive | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-declares-disaster-sets-curfew-to-curb-covid-19-idUSKBN24Y001 | 2020-08-03 |
| Andrews said further restrictions for Victoria businesses will be announced on Monday | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria declared a state of disaster on Sunday and imposed a nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of its harshest movement restrictions to date to contain a resurgent COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-declares-disaster-sets-curfew-to-curb-covid-19-idUSKBN24Y001 | 2020-08-03 |
| Victorias new infections have seeded outbreaks in other areas including Australias most populous state New South Wales which reported 18 new cases | Negative | DELHI Spikes in novel coronavirus infections in Asia have dispelled any notion the region may be over the worst with Australia and India reporting record daily infections on Thursday Vietnam fretting over a new surge and North Korea urging vigilance | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-asia/coronavirus-surges-in-asia-bring-warnings-over-complacency-idUSKCN24V0MM | 2020-07-30 |
| SYDNEY Australia recorded its deadliest day in the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday with at least 13 deaths and more than 700 new infections mainly in Victoria state where the government ordered all residents to wear facecoverings outside | Negative | SYDNEY Australia recorded its deadliest day in the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday with at least 13 deaths and more than 700 new infections mainly in Victoria state where the government ordered all residents to wear facecoverings outside | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-reports-record-spike-in-coronavirus-cases-13-deaths-idUSKCN24V030 | 2020-07-30 |
| SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Monday reported the countrys highest daily increase in coronavirus infections prompting the authorities to warn a sixweek lockdown may last longer if people continue to go to work while feeling unwell | Negative | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Monday reported the countrys highest daily increase in coronavirus infections prompting the authorities to warn a sixweek lockdown may last longer if people continue to go to work while feeling unwell | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-records-daily-virus-record-warns-of-lockdown-extension-idUSKCN24S00A | 2020-07-27 |
| In Victoria there is still a long way to Morrison told reporters | Neutral | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Monday reported the countrys highest daily increase in coronavirus infections prompting the authorities to warn a sixweek lockdown may last longer if people continue to go to work while feeling unwell | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-records-daily-virus-record-warns-of-lockdown-extension-idUSKCN24S00A | 2020-07-27 |
| Victoria has had 8173 cases | Neutral | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Monday reported the countrys highest daily increase in coronavirus infections prompting the authorities to warn a sixweek lockdown may last longer if people continue to go to work while feeling unwell | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-records-daily-virus-record-warns-of-lockdown-extension-idUSKCN24S00A | 2020-07-27 |
| Despite the lockdown Victoria is not likely to see a substantial fall in new cases for weeks its top health official said | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state recorded an increase in new coronavirus cases on Saturday as officials laid out new directives to protect people in retirement homes and help contain a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/coronavirus-cases-in-australian-state-stay-stubbornly-high-idUSKCN24Q059 | 2020-07-25 |
| MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state recorded an increase in new coronavirus cases on Saturday as officials laid out new directives to protect people in retirement homes and help contain a second wave of infections | Positive | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state recorded an increase in new coronavirus cases on Saturday as officials laid out new directives to protect people in retirement homes and help contain a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/coronavirus-cases-in-australian-state-stay-stubbornly-high-idUSKCN24Q059 | 2020-07-25 |
| A cluster of infections in Melbourne Victorias largest city prompted the government to impose a sixweek partial lockdown and make masks mandatory for its residents or risk a fine | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state recorded an increase in new coronavirus cases on Saturday as officials laid out new directives to protect people in retirement homes and help contain a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/coronavirus-cases-in-australian-state-stay-stubbornly-high-idUSKCN24Q059 | 2020-07-25 |
| Victoria has introduced visitor limits at nursing homes along with compulsory protective gear for staff and will undertake a programme of asymptomatic testing he said | Neutral | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state recorded an increase in new coronavirus cases on Saturday as officials laid out new directives to protect people in retirement homes and help contain a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/coronavirus-cases-in-australian-state-stay-stubbornly-high-idUSKCN24Q059 | 2020-07-25 |
| MELBOURNE July 24 Australias Victoria state will send in the army to question people who have tested positive for COVID19 as it battles to control an outbreak that claimed a record number of lives on Friday | Negative | adds details on new state cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/healthcoronavirus-australia/update-1-australian-state-to-send-in-the-army-to-check-on-covid-19-cases-idUSL3N2EV0EK | 2020-07-24 |
| The transmission rate in the state is higher than in Victoria despite social distancing restrictions being tightened | Positive | SYDNEY A surge in COVID19 cases in Australias secondbiggest city could take weeks to subside despite a lockdown and orders to wear masks Australias acting chief medical officer said on Monday as the country braces for a second wave of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-warns-coronavirus-outbreak-will-take-weeks-to-tame-idUSKCN24L013 | 2020-07-20 |
| Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said it was too soon to declare that such measures had flattened the outbreak | Neutral | SYDNEY A surge in COVID19 cases in Australias secondbiggest city could take weeks to subside despite a lockdown and orders to wear masks Australias acting chief medical officer said on Monday as the country braces for a second wave of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-warns-coronavirus-outbreak-will-take-weeks-to-tame-idUSKCN24L013 | 2020-07-20 |
| The Victorian outbreak and rising daily cases in neighbouring New South Wales the countrys mostpopulous state are stoking fears of a national second wave | Negative | SYDNEY A surge in COVID19 cases in Australias secondbiggest city could take weeks to subside despite a lockdown and orders to wear masks Australias acting chief medical officer said on Monday as the country braces for a second wave of infection | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-warns-coronavirus-outbreak-will-take-weeks-to-tame-idUSKCN24L013 | 2020-07-20 |
| MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state Victoria on Sunday reported 363 new cases of the novel coronavirus after 217 cases were recorded on Saturday | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state Victoria on Sunday reported 363 new cases of the novel coronavirus after 217 cases were recorded on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-victoria/australias-victoria-state-reports-363-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKCN24K017 | 2020-07-19 |
| Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said people in Melbourne will be required to wear face masks outside their houses or will be fined for not complying | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias secondmost populous state Victoria on Sunday reported 363 new cases of the novel coronavirus after 217 cases were recorded on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-victoria/australias-victoria-state-reports-363-new-coronavirus-cases-idUSKCN24K017 | 2020-07-19 |
| Victoria became the first state in Australia a country of a loose federal system to require masks for part of its population | Negative | MELBOURNE People in Melbourne must now wear masks when leaving their homes as Victoria Australias second mostpopulous state marked two weeks of tripledigit increases in new coronavirus infections on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-requires-masks-for-melbourne-hit-by-covid-19-idUSKCN24K02O | 2020-07-19 |
| SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections | Negative | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/as-australian-covid-19-cases-surge-state-bans-dancing-mingling-at-weddings-idUSKCN24I08U | 2020-07-17 |
| The findings stoked expectations Victoria will be forced to implement tougher restrictions on its residents which in turn will damage Australias national economy | Negative | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/as-australian-covid-19-cases-surge-state-bans-dancing-mingling-at-weddings-idUSKCN24I08U | 2020-07-17 |
| The surge in COVID19 cases in Victoria however has stirred concerns of a national second wave with state Premier Daniel Andrews urging all state residents to wear masks when outside | Negative | SYDNEY Australias Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/as-australian-covid-19-cases-surge-state-bans-dancing-mingling-at-weddings-idUSKCN24I08U | 2020-07-17 |
| Preston last starred in the 2018 film in which she played Victoria Gotti the wife of Mafia boss John Gotti who was portrayed on screen by Travolta | Neutral | American actress Kelly Preston who has appeared in films including Jerry and has died aged 57 after battling breast cancer for nearly two years her husband John Travolta announced in an Instagram post late on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-kelly-preston/actress-kelly-preston-dies-of-breast-cancer-at-57-idUSKCN24E0IL | 2020-07-14 |
| Australias other seven states and territories have banned travellers from Victoria amid concern that community transmission was causing a second wave of the virus | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state reported 273 new cases of the coronavirus and another COVID19 death on Sunday marking a week of tripledigit increases in infections as state authorities battle fresh outbreaks of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-marks-week-of-triple-digit-coronavirus-cases-idUSKCN24D01Y | 2020-07-12 |
| In an effort to control the outbreak Victoria also became the first state in the country to urge people to wear masks when they leave home | Negative | Australia will halve the number of citizens allowed to return home from overseas each week Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday as authorities struggle to contain a COVID19 outbreak in the countrys second most populous city | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-limits-number-of-citizens-returning-as-virus-surges-idUSKBN24B00F | 2020-07-10 |
| Victoria on Thursday reported 165 new infections have been detected in the last 24 hours an increase on the previous days 134 cases | Negative | SYDNEY Australias second most populous city began a sixweek lockdown on Thursday following a spike in new coronavirus cases as states around the country tightened internal borders to prevent a second wave sweeping the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-city-wakes-to-another-lockdown-as-more-state-borders-close-idUSKBN24A037 | 2020-07-09 |
| Even people travelling from Victoria who were willing to pay for the mandatory 14day hotel quarantine would be banned the Queensland government said | Negative | SYDNEY Australias second most populous city began a sixweek lockdown on Thursday following a spike in new coronavirus cases as states around the country tightened internal borders to prevent a second wave sweeping the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-city-wakes-to-another-lockdown-as-more-state-borders-close-idUSKBN24A037 | 2020-07-09 |
| Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Wednesday said the Victoria state lockdown would cost the national economy billion | Negative | SYDNEY Australias second most populous city began a sixweek lockdown on Thursday following a spike in new coronavirus cases as states around the country tightened internal borders to prevent a second wave sweeping the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-city-wakes-to-another-lockdown-as-more-state-borders-close-idUSKBN24A037 | 2020-07-09 |
| A second region in Victoria where recent COVID19 cases have been detected and which is home to 44000 people will face lockdown restrictions similar to Melbourne | Negative | Lockdown measures were reimposed in Australias second biggest city on Tuesday confining Melbourne residents to their homes unless undertaking essential business for six weeks as officials scramble to to contain a coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-second-largest-city-heads-back-into-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN24801E | 2020-07-08 |
| Coronavirus cases were also on the rise in the Australian state of Victoria which led to lockdown measures being reimposed in Melbourne the countrys secondbiggest city | Negative | YORK Asian stocks dithered on Wednesday as an increase in new coronavirus cases in some parts of the world cast doubts over the economic recovery while oil prices eased on oversupply fears | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-waver-with-coronavirus-corporate-earnings-in-focus-idUSKBN24839J | 2020-07-08 |
| The second wave of infection will see Victorian economic activity fall sharply and it will continue to lag the rest of said NAB economist Kaixin Owyong | Negative | YORK Asian stocks dithered on Wednesday as an increase in new coronavirus cases in some parts of the world cast doubts over the economic recovery while oil prices eased on oversupply fears | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-waver-with-coronavirus-corporate-earnings-in-focus-idUSKBN24839J | 2020-07-08 |
| Victoria makes up around a quarter of Australian economic activity she said | Positive | YORK Asian stocks dithered on Wednesday as an increase in new coronavirus cases in some parts of the world cast doubts over the economic recovery while oil prices eased on oversupply fears | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-waver-with-coronavirus-corporate-earnings-in-focus-idUSKBN24839J | 2020-07-08 |
| Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said the restrictions were onerous but necessary | Negative | Lockdown measures were reimposed in Australias second biggest city on Tuesday confining Melbourne residents to their homes unless undertaking essential business for six weeks as officials scramble to to contain a coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-second-largest-city-heads-back-into-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN24801E | 2020-07-08 |
| Paul Armstrong who runs a petrol station in Wodonga a border town on the Victorian side said his children live in New South Wales but go to school in Victoria | Neutral | SYDNEY The border between Australias two most populous states will close from Tuesday for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-closes-state-border-for-first-time-in-100-years-after-covid-19-spike-idUSKBN247074 | 2020-07-06 |
| MELBOURNE Australia reported a drop in new coronavirus cases on Friday with a surge in the second most populated state Victoria appearing to have eased although more than 10000 people have refused to be tested in hotspot suburbs of Melbourne | Positive | MELBOURNE Australia reported a drop in new coronavirus cases on Friday with a surge in the second most populated state Victoria appearing to have eased although more than 10000 people have refused to be tested in hotspot suburbs of Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-new-virus-cases-fall-but-testing-blitz-runs-into-resistance-idUSKBN24409A | 2020-07-03 |
| All of us across Victoria have to really consider whether we need to see people in other settings other households including family members and friends | Positive | SYDNEY Australian police set up suburban checkpoints in new coronavirus hotspots in Melbourne on Thursday as authorities struggled to contain new outbreaks in the countrys secondlargest city even as travel restrictions eased elsewhere | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-sets-up-suburban-checkpoints-to-contain-melbourne-virus-hotspots-idUSKBN24305X | 2020-07-02 |
| Some other Australian states and territories are preparing to open borders but applying limits and quarantine measures to citizens of Victoria as the school holiday season gets under way | Positive | MELBOURNE Authorities will lock down around 300000 people in suburbs north of Melbourne for a month from late on Wednesday to contain the risk of infection after two weeks of doubledigit rises in new coronavirus cases in Australias second most populous state | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-to-lock-down-300000-in-melbourne-suburbs-after-coronavirus-spike-idUSKBN2424BZ | 2020-07-01 |
| The border with Victoria will remain closed and will be strengthened | Positive | SYDNEY The Australian state of Victoria introduced the countrys first lockdown measures specifically targeted at local suburban areas after a spike in coronavirus cases in Melbourne the nations second largest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-introduces-suburban-lockdowns-to-curb-new-outbreaks-idUSKBN241059 | 2020-06-30 |
| On Tuesday Victoria reported 64 new infections in the previous 24 hours compared to zero in most major states | Negative | SYDNEY The Australian state of Victoria introduced the countrys first lockdown measures specifically targeted at local suburban areas after a spike in coronavirus cases in Melbourne the nations second largest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-introduces-suburban-lockdowns-to-curb-new-outbreaks-idUSKBN241059 | 2020-06-30 |
| Victoria has reported doubledigit daily increases in COVID19 infections for each of the past 14 days while most other states report zero or low singledigit increases | Negative | SYDNEY The Australian state of Victoria introduced the countrys first lockdown measures specifically targeted at local suburban areas after a spike in coronavirus cases in Melbourne the nations second largest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-introduces-suburban-lockdowns-to-curb-new-outbreaks-idUSKBN241059 | 2020-06-30 |
| The surge in Victoria Australias secondmost populous state has driven up the national daily increase in virus infections to its highest levels since April | Negative | SYDNEY The Australian state of Victoria introduced the countrys first lockdown measures specifically targeted at local suburban areas after a spike in coronavirus cases in Melbourne the nations second largest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-introduces-suburban-lockdowns-to-curb-new-outbreaks-idUSKBN241059 | 2020-06-30 |
| As new coronavirus cases have mounted Victoria has embarked on a massive testing regime and the states chief health officer said the state may need to reintroduce social distancing restrictions | Negative | SYDNEY Australias second most populous state said on Monday it is considering reimposing social distancing restrictions after the country reported its biggest oneday rise in new coronavirus infections in more than two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-sees-biggest-daily-rise-in-covid-19-cases-in-two-months-idUSKBN240029 | 2020-06-29 |
| Victorian state officials last week deployed ambulances and mobile test centres in a bid to test most residents in 10 hotspot suburbs | Positive | SYDNEY Australias second most populous state said on Monday it is considering reimposing social distancing restrictions after the country reported its biggest oneday rise in new coronavirus infections in more than two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-sees-biggest-daily-rise-in-covid-19-cases-in-two-months-idUSKBN240029 | 2020-06-29 |
| In May Victoria home to more than 6 million people began lifting restrictions imposed a month earlier to slow the spread of the virus | Negative | SYDNEY Australias second most populous state said on Monday it is considering reimposing social distancing restrictions after the country reported its biggest oneday rise in new coronavirus infections in more than two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-sees-biggest-daily-rise-in-covid-19-cases-in-two-months-idUSKBN240029 | 2020-06-29 |
| MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state will implement mandatory coronavirus tests for returning travellers after a sharp spike in infections over the past two weeks the states premier said on Sunday | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state will implement mandatory coronavirus tests for returning travellers after a sharp spike in infections over the past two weeks the states premier said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-mandates-coronavirus-testing-for-travellers-idUSKBN23Z03K | 2020-06-28 |
| Despite the spike in Victoria Australias 7700 cases and 104 deaths remain well below that of many other nations | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias Victoria state will implement mandatory coronavirus tests for returning travellers after a sharp spike in infections over the past two weeks the states premier said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-state-mandates-coronavirus-testing-for-travellers-idUSKBN23Z03K | 2020-06-28 |
| MELBOURNE Australias state of Victoria recorded 41 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Saturday double the daily rate seen a week ago struggling to gain control over the pandemic while the rest of the country continues easing social distancing restrictions | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias state of Victoria recorded 41 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Saturday double the daily rate seen a week ago struggling to gain control over the pandemic while the rest of the country continues easing social distancing restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-struggles-to-contain-coronavirus-idUSKBN23Y08O | 2020-06-27 |
| Despite the spike in cases in Victoria Australias infections numbers of around 7600 and 104 deaths have remained well below that of many other nations | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias state of Victoria recorded 41 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on Saturday double the daily rate seen a week ago struggling to gain control over the pandemic while the rest of the country continues easing social distancing restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australias-victoria-struggles-to-contain-coronavirus-idUSKBN23Y08O | 2020-06-27 |
| Desperate to contain the outbreak Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said authorities are beginning a testing blitz across the 10 most effected suburbs | Negative | SYDNEY Australias second most populous state deployed ambulances and mobile test centres in a coronavirus testing blitz as the country recorded the biggest daily rise in cases in two months | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-posts-biggest-one-day-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-in-two-months-idUSKBN23W09J | 2020-06-25 |
| Victorias efforts to contain the virus will be supplemented by about 1000 Australian military personnel who are expected to arrive on Friday Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds said | Positive | SYDNEY Australias second most populous state deployed ambulances and mobile test centres in a coronavirus testing blitz as the country recorded the biggest daily rise in cases in two months | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-posts-biggest-one-day-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-in-two-months-idUSKBN23W09J | 2020-06-25 |
| Despite the spike in cases in Victoria the neighbouring state of New South Wales said it would not introduce a hard border closure between the states | Positive | SYDNEY Australias second most populous state on Wednesday said a man in his 80s died overnight from the coronavirus the countrys first death from the virus in more than a month as concerns about a second wave of infections saw thousands queue for COVID19 tests and supermarkets impose new restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-reports-first-covid-19-death-in-more-than-a-month-second-wave-worry-stirs-idUSKBN23V02Z | 2020-06-24 |
| Victoria state of which Melbourne is the capital has recorded double digit rises in new COVID19 infections accounting for nearly of the 126 cases detected nationally over the past week | Negative | SYDNEY Australian officials tried to contain a fresh outbreak of the novel coronavirus on Monday telling residents in the cluster hotspots to avoid travel outside their suburbs in Melbourne the countrys secondlargest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-officials-warn-against-travel-to-new-coronavirus-hotspots-idUSKBN23T0LW | 2020-06-22 |
| Spikes in virus infections in some regions such as the Chinese capital of Beijing and Australias secondmost populous state of Victoria have prompted curbs on movement to limit the spread | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil prices slid on Monday as concern grew that a record rise in coronavirus infections worldwide could stall a recovery in fuel demand outweighing tighter supplies from major producers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-oil/oil-dips-as-demand-worries-outweigh-tighter-supply-idUSKBN23T01R | 2020-06-22 |
| Despite the spike in cases in Victoria Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged states and territories to continue removing the bulk of social distancing restrictions by the end of July | Negative | SYDNEY Australian officials tried to contain a fresh outbreak of the novel coronavirus on Monday telling residents in the cluster hotspots to avoid travel outside their suburbs in Melbourne the countrys secondlargest city | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-officials-warn-against-travel-to-new-coronavirus-hotspots-idUSKBN23T0LW | 2020-06-22 |
| MELBOURNE Australias second most populous state Victoria on Sunday extended its state of emergency for four more weeks to July 19 as it battles a spike in coronavirus infections with a pickup in community transmission | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias second most populous state Victoria on Sunday extended its state of emergency for four more weeks to July 19 as it battles a spike in coronavirus infections with a pickup in community transmission | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-extends-state-of-emergency-as-coronavirus-cases-spike-idUSKBN23S035 | 2020-06-21 |
| Sundays tally in Victoria included an Australia Rules football player the first in the league to test positive whose team and coaching staff have been told to isolate | Positive | MELBOURNE Australias second most populous state Victoria on Sunday extended its state of emergency for four more weeks to July 19 as it battles a spike in coronavirus infections with a pickup in community transmission | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-state-extends-state-of-emergency-as-coronavirus-cases-spike-idUSKBN23S035 | 2020-06-21 |
| The Melbourne protest is still scheduled to take place with state police approval although Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews has urged people not to attend | Negative | SYDNEY Australian authorities are taking legal action to try stop a Black Lives Matter protest scheduled to take place in Sydney on Saturday citing the risk of an outbreak of COVID19 given the large numbers expected to attend | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-australia/australian-officials-move-to-block-black-lives-matter-protest-in-sydney-idUSKBN23C068 | 2020-06-05 |
| Victoria which reported one case overnight has conducted over 420000 tests since the start 2020 and 174000 this month a week ahead of a schedule set by health officials | Neutral | MELBOURNE Australias prime minister stressed the need to create jobs as a way to minimise government welfare spending while the countrys secondmost populous state Victoria set out measures to resume tourism to regions ravaged by bushfires and viruslinked curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-pm-pushes-jobs-victoria-to-resume-tourism-as-virus-eases-idUSKBN230036 | 2020-05-24 |
| In Victoria and New South Wales where schools are set to reopen next week playgrounds and skate parks will also be able to reopen from Tuesday Premier Andrews added | Positive | MELBOURNE Australias prime minister stressed the need to create jobs as a way to minimise government welfare spending while the countrys secondmost populous state Victoria set out measures to resume tourism to regions ravaged by bushfires and viruslinked curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-pm-pushes-jobs-victoria-to-resume-tourism-as-virus-eases-idUSKBN230036 | 2020-05-24 |
| MELBOURNE Australias prime minister stressed the need to create jobs as a way to minimise government welfare spending while the countrys secondmost populous state Victoria set out measures to resume tourism to regions ravaged by bushfires and viruslinked curbs | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias prime minister stressed the need to create jobs as a way to minimise government welfare spending while the countrys secondmost populous state Victoria set out measures to resume tourism to regions ravaged by bushfires and viruslinked curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-pm-pushes-jobs-victoria-to-resume-tourism-as-virus-eases-idUSKBN230036 | 2020-05-24 |
| Earlier Victoria said it would relax travel curbs to boost tourism in its bushfirestruck towns a key contributor to the southern states coffers | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias prime minister stressed the need to create jobs as a way to minimise government welfare spending while the countrys secondmost populous state Victoria set out measures to resume tourism to regions ravaged by bushfires and viruslinked curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-pm-pushes-jobs-victoria-to-resume-tourism-as-virus-eases-idUSKBN230036 | 2020-05-24 |
| Victoria will open up ski fields from June 22 with strict rules around hygiene and without shared facilities after a testing blitz showed low levels of community transmission | Negative | MELBOURNE Australias prime minister stressed the need to create jobs as a way to minimise government welfare spending while the countrys secondmost populous state Victoria set out measures to resume tourism to regions ravaged by bushfires and viruslinked curbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-pm-pushes-jobs-victoria-to-resume-tourism-as-virus-eases-idUSKBN230036 | 2020-05-24 |
| Victoria Australias second most populous state which on Friday reported 21 new cases is currently retaining most of its lockdown measures | Negative | SYDNEY Restaurants cafes and bars in Australias most populous state were reopening on Friday after a twomonth shutdown under coronavirus lockdown measures boosting the federal governments bid to get people back in work and the economy back on track | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/cafes-and-bars-reopen-in-parts-of-australia-after-coronavirus-lockdown-idUSKBN22R01H | 2020-05-15 |
| NSW will reopen schools on a staggered basis from next week while Victoria has asked parents to keep children at home until the middle of the year | Neutral | New Zealand and Australia are discussing the potential creation of a travel between the two countries sources said on Monday even as Australia reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in two weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/new-zealand-and-australia-consider-coronavirus-travel-bubble-idUSKBN22F0XX | 2020-05-04 |
| KAMPALA Lake Victorias water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century after about eight months of relentless downpours posing a threat to Ugandas hydropower plants the country said on Friday | Negative | KAMPALA Lake Victorias water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century after about eight months of relentless downpours posing a threat to Ugandas hydropower plants the country said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-uganda-water/lake-victorias-surging-water-levels-threaten-hydro-dams-uganda-idUSKBN22D5U6 | 2020-05-02 |
| Victoria reported seven new cases on Saturday three of which were related to a meatprocessing facility said its health minister | Neutral | REUTERS A small coronavirus cluster has emerged at a meat factory in the Australian state of Victoria health officials said on Saturday as parts of the country started easing social distancing restrictions after suppressing the infection rate to below 1 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/small-coronavirus-outbreak-at-australian-meat-factory-as-cases-keep-dropping-idUSKBN22E05X | 2020-05-02 |
| But the state of Victoria is not expected to ease its measures before a state of emergency expires on May 11 | Negative | REUTERS A small coronavirus cluster has emerged at a meat factory in the Australian state of Victoria health officials said on Saturday as parts of the country started easing social distancing restrictions after suppressing the infection rate to below 1 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/small-coronavirus-outbreak-at-australian-meat-factory-as-cases-keep-dropping-idUSKBN22E05X | 2020-05-02 |
| Texas resident Victoria Strout was one of millions who noticed and created the Instagram account a few weeks after the briefings began | Neutral | U.S. coronavirus task force coordinator Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-deborah-birx-scarv/a-scarf-a-day-turns-dr-birx-into-pop-culture-star-at-covid-19-daily-briefings-idUSKBN22B2ZS | 2020-04-30 |
| The most populous states of Victoria and New South Wales which have the countrys coronavirus hotspots are maintaining strict social and business restrictions | Negative | SYDNEY More than a million Australians rushed to download an app designed to help medical workers and state governments trace close contacts of COVID19 patients as Prime Minister Scott Morrisons approval rating soared on his pandemic response | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australians-rush-to-download-coronavirus-tracing-app-pms-popularity-soars-idUSKCN22902G | 2020-04-27 |
| The agency said it would dismiss charges it had filed against his wife Victoria Vorochek whose account he used to conduct trades | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. securities regulator on Thursday said it had settled with two traders who allegedly made money trading on material nonpublic information stolen through a hack into the agencys EDGAR electronic filing system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-sec-cyber-settlement/u-s-sec-settles-with-two-traders-over-edgar-filing-system-hack-idUSKCN21R33H | 2020-04-10 |
| The leaders of NSW and Victoria state have both said they are ready to push ahead with tighter curbs when rather than if they become necessary | Neutral | Enforced quarantine for Australians arriving home | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-australia/update-2-australia-to-deploy-armed-forces-in-coronavirus-compliance-battle-idUSL4N2BK17V | 2020-03-27 |
| Andrews said a 500strong squad of Victorian police were checking on thousands of people who have returned from overseas to make sure they are obeying isolation orders | Negative | SYDNEY Australian officials warned that an accelerating number of coronavirus infections could start overwhelming the countrys intensive care units as stricter social distancing measures came into force on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australia-boosts-lockdown-measures-as-coronavirus-cases-jump-idUSKBN21C01O | 2020-03-25 |
| Crown said its social distancing was approved by the chief health officer of Victoria state while Star said its measures were in line with Federal Government policy | Positive | Australias two biggest casino companies said they would shut off half their poker machines to force gamblers to engage in social and slow the spread of the coronavirus as concerns about their future revenue sent shares tumbling | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-crown-re/australias-casino-giants-turn-off-every-second-slot-machine-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN2121F8 | 2020-03-16 |
| We are seeing many many new cases indeed the majority of Victorias new cases are connected to those who have traveled from the United States | Negative | France and Spain joined Italy in imposing lockdowns on tens of millions of people Australia ordered selfisolation of arriving foreigners and Argentina and El Salvador extended entry bans as the world sought to contain the spreading coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/lockdowns-self-isolation-and-entry-bans-imposed-to-fight-global-coronavirus-spread-idUSKBN21208S | 2020-03-15 |
| Hundreds of fans milled around closed entry gates unaware that Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews had announced none would be permitted to enter even if the race went ahead | Positive | MELBOURNE The Formula One season was thrown into doubt on Friday with the cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix due to the coronavirus with chief executive Chase Carey saying it was to predict when the next race might take place | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-australia/formula-one-in-turmoil-after-australia-gp-scrapped-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z3WQ | 2020-03-13 |
| Education Minister Maria Victoria Angulo said the government has met teachers demands and moved staff who have received threats in insecure regions | Negative | BOGOTA Public school teachers in Colombia launched a twoday strike on Thursday to protest violence against the profession and killings of activists and other community leaders leaving more than 7 million children without classes | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-protests/colombias-public-school-teachers-start-two-day-strike-idUSKBN20E2V3 | 2020-02-21 |
| LONDON When Victoria Beckham sends her models down the London catwalk on Sunday many of her most important clients will not be sitting in the front row but following from afar as the coronavirus outbreak hobbles international events | Negative | LONDON When Victoria Beckham sends her models down the London catwalk on Sunday many of her most important clients will not be sitting in the front row but following from afar as the coronavirus outbreak hobbles international events | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-exhibitions/coronavirus-empties-exhibition-halls-but-over-time-the-show-will-go-on-idUSKBN208213 | 2020-02-15 |
| Located in Cape Towns bustling Victoria Alfred Waterfront Gibsons offers a brainfreezing array of exotic combinations from nutella and mascarpone to Oreo cheesecake while catering for more staid palates too | Positive | CAPE TOWN Guinness World Records has named a South African restaurant as the official titleholder for Varieties of Milkshakes Commercially Available | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-food-milkshakes/cape-town-restaurant-wins-guinness-world-milkshake-record-idUSKBN2011N1 | 2020-02-12 |
| Heatwave conditions are also expected to sweep through Victoria and New South Wales states over the weekend where some 80 fires are burning | Negative | SYDNEY Australian officials declared a state of emergency for the capital city of Canberra and surrounding regions on Friday as soaring temperatures and strong winds threatened to propel a large bushfire beyond the control of firefighters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/state-of-emergency-declared-as-bushfire-threatens-australian-capital-idUSKBN1ZT36S | 2020-01-31 |
| Temperatures across NSW and Victoria states were forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius degree on Friday | Positive | SYDNEY Australian officials declared a state of emergency for the capital city of Canberra and surrounding regions on Friday as soaring temperatures and strong winds threatened to propel a large bushfire beyond the control of firefighters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/state-of-emergency-declared-as-bushfire-threatens-australian-capital-idUSKBN1ZT36S | 2020-01-31 |
| Sales at Victorias Secret have fallen for at least four quarters | Negative | The nearly company has faced slumping sales at the lingerie giant in recent quarters and has drawn criticism from an activist investor and increasing competition from online retailers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-l-brands-ceo/l-brands-ceo-in-talks-to-step-aside-and-sell-victorias-secret-wsj-idUSKBN1ZS1J5 | 2020-01-30 |
| In Victoria state there were 35 active blazes none of which were deemed an immediate threat to property | Negative | SYDNEY Australian officials on Tuesday warned communities in hardhit eastern states to strengthen bushfire defenses as soaring temperatures and strong winds were set to return threatening to reignite some blazes and start fresh ones | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-australia-bushfires/australia-readies-for-more-bushfires-with-temperatures-set-to-soar-idUSKBN1ZR05K | 2020-01-28 |
| In Victoria state there were 17 blazes with one of those at the watch and warning level | Negative | MELBOURNE An aircraft fighting bushfires in Australia lost contact with ground control and may have crashed officials said on Thursday as soaring temperatures and strong winds fanned blazes in the countrys southeast including one on the capitals doorstep | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/aircraft-fighting-australia-bushfires-loses-contact-may-have-crashed-idUSKBN1ZL30C | 2020-01-23 |
| David and Victoria Beckham sat front row alongside Robert Pattinson and Kate Moss to watch models parading across the top of a series of plastic seethrough boxes emitting colourful smoke | Neutral | PARIS Sleek doublebreasted suits luxurious patterns and silky fabrics mingled to celebrate tailoring in a timeless menswear collection at the Christian Dior catwalk in Paris on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-fashion-paris-menswear-dior/elegant-kim-jones-collection-stars-on-dior-menswear-runway-idUSKBN1ZG2GR | 2020-01-18 |
| Scheduled horse race meetings in two separate Melbourne suburbs were also canceled on Wednesday governing body Racing Victoria said due to smoke haze and poor air | Negative | MELBOURNE Australian Open qualifying was disrupted for a second successive day due to poor air quality on Wednesday as smoke from bushfires continued to blanket Melbourne in an acrid haze | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-ausopen-bushfires/poor-air-continues-to-disrupt-australian-open-qualifying-idUSKBN1ZD2VQ | 2020-01-15 |
| Victorian state capital Melbourne Australias secondbiggest city and a major tourist drawcard was blanketed in hazardous smoke on Tuesday although cooler weather had eased the fire danger | Negative | SYDNEY Australia on Tuesday urged international tourists to put aside concerns about raging bushfires after the United States downgraded a travel warning even as thick smoke disrupted preparations for the Australian Open in Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australia-open-for-business-as-cool-change-eases-bushfire-threat-idUSKBN1ZD04R | 2020-01-14 |
| At least 180 fires continued to burn across Victoria and New South Wales states although widespread rainfall is forecast for firehit areas on the east coast from Wednesday | Negative | SYDNEY Australia on Tuesday urged international tourists to put aside concerns about raging bushfires after the United States downgraded a travel warning even as thick smoke disrupted preparations for the Australian Open in Melbourne | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australia-open-for-business-as-cool-change-eases-bushfire-threat-idUSKBN1ZD04R | 2020-01-14 |
| Victoria states Emergency Management Victoria which has an emergency app was not immediately available for comment | Negative | SYDNEY The management of a smartphone app used by millions of Australians to get live bushfire updates may be sold as its developer restructures to cut debt even as it looks to extend the app nationally the companys CEO said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-australia-bushfires-technology/for-sale-manager-of-australian-bushfires-app-idUSKBN1ZD01G | 2020-01-14 |
| MELBOURNE A firefighter died while on duty on Saturday in Australias state of Victoria raising the toll from this seasons devastating bushfires to 28 deaths as the government deploys mental health services to aid those in affected areas | Negative | MELBOURNE A firefighter died while on duty on Saturday in Australias state of Victoria raising the toll from this seasons devastating bushfires to 28 deaths as the government deploys mental health services to aid those in affected areas | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-firefighter-dies-battling-blazes-raising-death-toll-to-28-idUSKBN1ZA0W2 | 2020-01-12 |
| In Victoria state authorities urged people in firerisk areas to consider evacuating on Thursday ahead of a temperature spike on Friday that is expected to bring renewed danger | Negative | SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison urged foreign tourists not to be deterred by deadly wildfires that have razed large swathes of the country and sent smoke palls as far as South America even as authorities warned of revitalized blazes | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-leader-urges-tourists-not-be-deterred-by-bushfires-crisis-idUSKBN1Z62MQ | 2020-01-08 |
| Victoria state had 39 fires with 13 watch and alerts | Negative | SYDNEY Australian firefighters used a break from searing temperatures to strengthen containment lines around huge wildfires burning in the countrys southeast on Tuesday as the financial and environmental costs of the crisis mounted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires-insurance/australia-bolsters-bushfire-defenses-as-economic-environmental-costs-mount-idUSKBN1Z601F | 2020-01-07 |
| In Victoria state authorities believe 300 homes have been destroyed | Negative | SYDNEY Australian firefighters used a break from searing temperatures to strengthen containment lines around huge wildfires burning in the countrys southeast on Tuesday as the financial and environmental costs of the crisis mounted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires-insurance/australia-bolsters-bushfire-defenses-as-economic-environmental-costs-mount-idUSKBN1Z601F | 2020-01-07 |
| Five fires in Victoria had Evacuate Now or Emergency Level warnings | Negative | SYDNEY A dangerous fire flared up in southeastern Australia on Sunday even as cooler conditions elsewhere allowed authorities to begin assessing the damage from heatwavespurred blazes that swept through two states on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-australia-bushfires/new-bushfire-flares-in-southeast-australia-as-damage-assessment-begins-idUSKBN1Z30O1 | 2020-01-05 |
| Andrew Crisp emergency management commissioner for Victoria urged people in atrisk areas to leave their homes immediately and not count on luck to avoid disaster | Negative | BATEMANS BAY The Australian navy on Friday began evacuating around 1000 people stranded on the east coast of the fireravaged country as a searing weather front was set to whip up more blazes across the states of Victoria and New South Wales | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-navy-begins-mass-evacuations-as-new-fire-threat-looms-idUSKBN1Z11HE | 2020-01-03 |
| Ten people have been killed by wildfires in the eastern states of NSW and Victoria since Monday and 28 are still missing in Victoria | Negative | BATEMANS BAY The Australian navy on Friday began evacuating around 1000 people stranded on the east coast of the fireravaged country as a searing weather front was set to whip up more blazes across the states of Victoria and New South Wales | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-navy-begins-mass-evacuations-as-new-fire-threat-looms-idUSKBN1Z11HE | 2020-01-03 |
| In Victoria state four people remain missing state Premier Daniel Andrews said after a massive blaze ripped through Gippsland a rural region about 500 km east of Melbourne | Negative | SYDNEY A third person was confirmed dead on Wednesday in devastating bushfires that engulfed Australias southeast coast this week and a fourth was missing and feared dead as navy ships rushed to provide supplies and assist with evacuations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-authorities-scramble-to-reach-victims-of-deadly-fires-as-death-toll-rises-idUSKBN1Z01GT | 2020-01-02 |
| In Victoria state four people remain missing authorities said after a massive blaze ripped through Gippsland a rural region about 500 km east of Melbourne | Negative | SYDNEY Australian authorities on Wednesday confirmed a third person had died in devastating bushfires that engulfed the southeast coastal region this week and said a fourth person was missing and feared dead | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-bushfires-claim-third-victim-as-more-than-100-blazes-burn-idUSKBN1Z01GT | 2020-01-01 |
| About 4000 people in the town of Mallacoota in Victoria headed to the waterfront after the main road was cut off | Negative | SYDNEY Australian authorities on Wednesday confirmed a third person had died in devastating bushfires that engulfed the southeast coastal region this week and said a fourth person was missing and feared dead | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-australia-bushfires/australian-bushfires-claim-third-victim-as-more-than-100-blazes-burn-idUSKBN1Z01GT | 2020-01-01 |
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| Now that we have links to the New South Wales outbreaks in Victoria we are having to respond really quickly to get on top of that | Positive | Melbourne Australias second largest city endured a heavilypoliced lockdown from July to October which succeeded in eradicating a second wave. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55494700 | 2020-12-31 |
| Neighbouring Victoria reported one new infection on Tuesday a traveller from Sydney who had entered quarantine. | Negative | The city has seen 90 infections since the outbreak was detected in its Northern Beaches region last week. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55406969 | 2020-12-22 |
| The Victorian government denies that the detention broke human rights laws. | Negative | About 3000 people were confined under police guard to their public housing units from 4 July for up to two weeks after a state government order. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55342990 | 2020-12-17 |
| Victoria has recorded 48 consecutive days of no locally acquired infections. | Negative | About 3000 people were confined under police guard to their public housing units from 4 July for up to two weeks after a state government order. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55342990 | 2020-12-17 |
| Both the UNSW research and Victorian panel warned that climate change would only exacerbate threats to the species especially from drought. | Negative | An egglaying mammal known for its ducklike bill the platypus is found in river systems in eastern Australia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55039255 | 2020-11-23 |
| Earlier this month Victorias scientific advisory panel recommended that the state officially list the species as vulnerable. | Neutral | An egglaying mammal known for its ducklike bill the platypus is found in river systems in eastern Australia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55039255 | 2020-11-23 |
| Victoria has recorded 21 consecutive days of no cases or deaths after its capital Melbourne emerged from a strict fourmonth lockdown. | Neutral | But this would have been avoided if the man had told the truth that he worked shifts at the shop officials said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-55011790 | 2020-11-20 |
| Like Victorias outbreak the reemergence of the virus in South Australia has come from a hotel quarantine site | Negative | The state has detected 36 cases since infections were found in Adelaide on Sunday the first community cases detected in six months. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54983104 | 2020-11-18 |
| The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross which is one level down from the Victoria Cross is awarded in recognition of acts of conspicuous gallantry during active operations. | Positive | But some soldiers who served with Mr Cutterham in Helmand province have told BBC News they dispute what happened that day in Afghanistan in 2011. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54858424 | 2020-11-09 |
| His other TV credits included Victoria The Loch Just William Tom Jones and and he had film roles in The Good Shepherd The Merchant of Venice and The Bounty. | Positive | Sessions was best known as a panellist on 1980s and 90s improvisation show Whose Line Is It and for Stella Street Spitting Image and QI. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54797823 | 2020-11-04 |
| A number of states in the United States and the Australian state of Victoria have also made assisted dying legal. | Positive | Preliminary referendum results showed 65 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-54728717 | 2020-10-30 |
| The Victorian state capital was at the heart of an unfolding public health crisis and in other parts of Australia which had mostly contained Covid19 people held their breath | Negative | In early July the nights were long and dark and Australias cultural capital was confronting the terrifying reality of another deadly wave of infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54654646 | 2020-10-27 |
| There were criticisms too that Victorias health service was underresourced when the crisis hit and that in the early stages contact tracing of known infections was inadequate. | Negative | In early July the nights were long and dark and Australias cultural capital was confronting the terrifying reality of another deadly wave of infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54654646 | 2020-10-27 |
| Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said Victoria had real challenges but it is improving | Positive | In early July the nights were long and dark and Australias cultural capital was confronting the terrifying reality of another deadly wave of infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54654646 | 2020-10-27 |
| Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has said the state is ready to take steady steps towards that Covidnormal summer a Covidnormal Christmas. | Positive | In early July the nights were long and dark and Australias cultural capital was confronting the terrifying reality of another deadly wave of infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54654646 | 2020-10-27 |
| In July Victoria saw cases surge to more than 700 per day but the severe stayathome rules and a curfew have brought the numbers down. | Negative | Victoria state was the epicentre of Australias second wave accounting for more than of its 905 deaths. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54686812 | 2020-10-26 |
| Victoria state was the epicentre of Australias second wave accounting for more than of its 905 deaths. | Negative | Victoria state was the epicentre of Australias second wave accounting for more than of its 905 deaths. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54686812 | 2020-10-26 |
| Her former husband Geoffrey told me that the screenplay reflects the nonavailability of Victorias own mother which had always been an unspoken fact in the family says Rees | Neutral | Journalist Jasper Rees first interviewed Wood in 1999 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54524241 | 2020-10-16 |
| Even a talent such as Joyce Grenfell was doing character comedy whereas Victoria was appearing as herself | Positive | Journalist Jasper Rees first interviewed Wood in 1999 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54524241 | 2020-10-16 |
| The majority of Australias cases have been in the state of Victoria which enacted tough lockdowns to bring the numbers under control | Negative | None of the passengers on the flight from Auckland to Sydney will be required to quarantine in Australia | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54564945 | 2020-10-16 |
| Rees says above all the BBC series Victoria As Seen on TV and Dinnerladies had the rare warmth which audiences wanted to be reflected in her own personality | Positive | Journalist Jasper Rees first interviewed Wood in 1999 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54524241 | 2020-10-16 |
| What Im indicating is that there were two Victorias the public figure who was a creation and then the private person | Neutral | Journalist Jasper Rees first interviewed Wood in 1999 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54524241 | 2020-10-16 |
| Victoria was sort of abandoned for her teenage years | Neutral | Journalist Jasper Rees first interviewed Wood in 1999 | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54524241 | 2020-10-16 |
| Victoria remains cut off from the rest of Australia after an outbreak in the state capital Melbourne which is now abating | Negative | People will be able to fly from New Zealand to New South Wales and the Northern Territory and avoid mandatory quarantine from 16 October. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54381811 | 2020-10-03 |
| In order to follow social distancing guidelines on interior sets like the Queen Victoria pub producers had to think laterally | Positive | The reallife partners of some of the EastEnders cast have been drafted in to allow moments of intimacy to be cheated when the soap resumes. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53936399 | 2020-08-28 |
| Victoria is currently in lockdown because of a second wave of infections. | Negative | Almost all current cases of Covid19 in Victoria Australia can be linked to returned travellers quarantined in the state an inquiry has heard. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53806500 | 2020-08-18 |
| Almost all current cases of Covid19 in Victoria Australia can be linked to returned travellers quarantined in the state an inquiry has heard. | Negative | Almost all current cases of Covid19 in Victoria Australia can be linked to returned travellers quarantined in the state an inquiry has heard. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53806500 | 2020-08-18 |
| Victoria had by far the most infections 278 | Negative | Australia has recorded its lowest oneday rise in coronavirus infections in more than three weeks as Melbourne remains under strict lockdown. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53767793 | 2020-08-14 |
| Chief Minister Michael Gunner said he was determined to prevent spread from the Victoria of which Melbourne is capital and New South Wales | Neutral | Australias remote Northern Territory will keep its borders closed to coronavirusaffected states for at least another 18 months officials say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53732350 | 2020-08-11 |
| Meanwhile Victoria reported 331 new cases and another 19 deaths equalling the record death toll reported on Monday which was Australias deadliest day of the pandemic so far. | Negative | Australias remote Northern Territory will keep its borders closed to coronavirusaffected states for at least another 18 months officials say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53732350 | 2020-08-11 |
| Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said it was too early to tell if the state was at a turning point but were certainly seeing some greater stability following the stricter measures. | Positive | Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53718184 | 2020-08-10 |
| Victoria state of which Melbourne is the capital reported 19 deaths on Monday. | Negative | Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53718184 | 2020-08-10 |
| Victoria has now seen about twothirds of Australias total 314 deaths and approximately 21400 cases | Negative | Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53718184 | 2020-08-10 |
| For now its inevitable more elderly Victorians will die according to Australias Health Department secretary Brendan Murphy | Negative | I grew up in a Im not dying in a pandemic | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53633356 | 2020-08-06 |
| Outside of Victoria and New South Wales new infections remain very low. | Negative | Australias Queensland will extend its border closure to New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to halt the spread of coronavirus from southeastern states. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53659914 | 2020-08-05 |
| Victoria reported 725 new infections on Wednesday yet another daily record despite being four weeks into lockdown. | Negative | Australias Queensland will extend its border closure to New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to halt the spread of coronavirus from southeastern states. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53659914 | 2020-08-05 |
| Weve seen that Victoria is not getting better and were not going to wait for New South Wales to get worse said Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. | Negative | Australias Queensland will extend its border closure to New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to halt the spread of coronavirus from southeastern states. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53659914 | 2020-08-05 |
| Victoria has now seen more than 30 days of infections in triple figures | Negative | Australias Queensland will extend its border closure to New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory to halt the spread of coronavirus from southeastern states. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53659914 | 2020-08-05 |
| Australia had much early success in tackling Covid19 but the outbreak in Victorias state capital has pushed the nation to its worst position yet. | Negative | Police in the virusstricken city of Melbourne have warned of a rise in people resisting lockdown measures sometimes violently. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53645759 | 2020-08-04 |
| Most Victorians are doing the right thing no question said Victorias Premier Daniel Andrews. | Negative | Police in the virusstricken city of Melbourne have warned of a rise in people resisting lockdown measures sometimes violently. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53645759 | 2020-08-04 |
| Not having Victoria on stage last year you know it was bittersweet she says | Neutral | This time last year Mel C was bouncing around the UKs football stadiums bringing the Spice Girls back to life for a celebratory run through their biggest hits and craziest outfits. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53600726 | 2020-08-03 |
| The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and imposed new lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus infections. | Negative | The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and imposed new lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus infections. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53627038 | 2020-08-03 |
| In Victoria the biggest problems have emerged in certain aged care homes meat factories schools and public housing estates. | Negative | For the first few months of the pandemic Australia appeared to have successfully clamped down on Covid19 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53604751 | 2020-08-01 |
| Victorias government has warned that many people are doing the wrong thing such as going to work while sick. | Negative | For the first few months of the pandemic Australia appeared to have successfully clamped down on Covid19 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53604751 | 2020-08-01 |
| Officials in Victoria renewed appeals for people with symptoms to get tested quickly. | Neutral | Australias virushit state of Victoria has reported its worst death toll and case rise prompting fears that a sixweek lockdown of state capital Melbourne is not working. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53589817 | 2020-07-30 |
| Last week the Victorian government said sick people breaking isolation rules or not getting tested in time was leading to continued spread despite lockdown measures. | Negative | Australias virushit state of Victoria has reported its worst death toll and case rise prompting fears that a sixweek lockdown of state capital Melbourne is not working. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53589817 | 2020-07-30 |
| Australias virushit state of Victoria has reported its worst death toll and case rise prompting fears that a sixweek lockdown of state capital Melbourne is not working. | Negative | Australias virushit state of Victoria has reported its worst death toll and case rise prompting fears that a sixweek lockdown of state capital Melbourne is not working. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53589817 | 2020-07-30 |
| Its the first time in a century that the border between New South Wales and Victoria is being closed | Neutral | The border between Australias two most populous states Victoria and New South Wales is to close after a spike in Covid19 cases in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53303317 | 2020-07-06 |
| The border between Australias two most populous states Victoria and New South Wales is to close after a spike in Covid19 cases in Melbourne. | Neutral | The border between Australias two most populous states Victoria and New South Wales is to close after a spike in Covid19 cases in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53303317 | 2020-07-06 |
| Both Ms Berejiklian and Mr Morrison have previously played down the possibility of such a closure but Victoria now finds itself in a very critical situation. | Negative | The border between Australias two most populous states Victoria and New South Wales is to close after a spike in Covid19 cases in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53303317 | 2020-07-06 |
| The outbreak in Victorias capital has seen hundreds of cases in the past two weeks more than of new Australian infections. | Negative | The border between Australias two most populous states Victoria and New South Wales is to close after a spike in Covid19 cases in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53303317 | 2020-07-06 |
| The military and other states are helping Victorian authorities carry out a testing blitz | Positive | The border between Australias two most populous states Victoria and New South Wales is to close after a spike in Covid19 cases in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53303317 | 2020-07-06 |
| Victorias Premier Daniel Andrews said it was a joint decision with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian | Positive | The border between Australias two most populous states Victoria and New South Wales is to close after a spike in Covid19 cases in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53303317 | 2020-07-06 |
| Victoria has traced many recent infections to quarantine hotels where security guards reportedly broke the rules by interacting with guests and each other. | Negative | The border between Australias two most populous states Victoria and New South Wales is to close after a spike in Covid19 cases in Melbourne. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53303317 | 2020-07-06 |
| But much of the wholepicture evidence remains circumstantial says Prof Mathews who adds that Victorians have been unfortunate to experience both the meatworks and quarantine issues. | Negative | For months Australia has felt optimistic about containing Covid19 but a resurgence of the virus in Melbourne has put those efforts at a critical stage. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53259356 | 2020-07-03 |
| In recent weeks theyve said the situation in Victoria could have happened anywhere | Neutral | For months Australia has felt optimistic about containing Covid19 but a resurgence of the virus in Melbourne has put those efforts at a critical stage. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53259356 | 2020-07-03 |
| A report which traced Covid19s mutation in Victoria found that hotel staff cases were the ancestors of ones found later in suburban homes. | Neutral | For months Australia has felt optimistic about containing Covid19 but a resurgence of the virus in Melbourne has put those efforts at a critical stage. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53259356 | 2020-07-03 |
| Once the feeling got around that it was over when it really wasnt Victoria copped it says Prof Matthews. | Neutral | For months Australia has felt optimistic about containing Covid19 but a resurgence of the virus in Melbourne has put those efforts at a critical stage. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53259356 | 2020-07-03 |
| Victorias tally of new Covid19 cases has been in double digits for over a week | Neutral | Supermarkets in Australia have reintroduced limits on purchasing toilet roll amid a rise in panicbuying | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53196525 | 2020-06-27 |
| While the demand is not at the same level as Victoria were taking preventative action now to get ahead of any excessive buying this weekend | Negative | Supermarkets in Australia have reintroduced limits on purchasing toilet roll amid a rise in panicbuying | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53196525 | 2020-06-27 |
| And at the La Victoria fruit market in Perus capital Lima for example of vendors had the Covid19 virus in May according to official statistics. | Negative | Peru imposed one of the earliest and strictest lockdowns in Latin America to stop the spread of coronavirus but it now has the sixth highest number of confirmed cases in the world. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-53150808 | 2020-06-27 |
| They also want to send delegates to Victoria Park in small groups that comply with socialdistancing rules. | Positive | People across Hong Kong are finding ways to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown despite the official vigil being banned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52916186 | 2020-06-04 |
| The alliance said people could come to the Victoria Park in a group of eight people allowed under coronavirus regulations and hold candles while observing social distancing. | Negative | Hong Kong police have banned a vigil marking the Tiananmen Square crackdown for the first time in 30 years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52877411 | 2020-06-02 |
| But Victoria Australias second most populous state remains in lockdown | Negative | Some lucky Australians this weekend emerged blinking in the sun after more than a month in lockdown | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52525721 | 2020-05-05 |
| Victorias state premier Daniel Andrews said he had a message for I see you | Positive | The Australian man who accused Cardinal George Pell of child sexual abuse says he accepts a courts decision to overturn the clerics conviction. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52209943 | 2020-04-08 |
| Victoria Police said it remained committed to investigating sexual assault offences and providing justice for victims no matter how many years have passed. | Negative | Cardinal George Pell has been freed from jail after Australias highest court overturned his convictions for child sexual abuse. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-52183157 | 2020-04-07 |
| Victoria has 296 cases and Queensland has 259 | Neutral | Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned the country could see lockdowns in a bid to curb coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51992357 | 2020-03-22 |
| Victoria in Belfast I am a selfemployed mother of twins | Neutral | Schools and universities are calling for urgent clarity from the government after the announcement that GCSEs and ALevels in England and Wales will be cancelled amid the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51956279 | 2020-03-19 |
| Brownsea Island was lowland heath since prehistoric times but the Victorians worked hard to convert it into farmland and she said | Negative | One of the UKs most popular wildlife tourism destinations is getting a backtonature makeover. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51926160 | 2020-03-18 |
| Pell who is in a maximum security prison in Victoria will not be at the hearings | Negative | Cardinal George Pells final bid to overturn his convictions for child sexual abuse has begun hearings in Australias top court. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51811640 | 2020-03-11 |
| On Saturday Victorias Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said she was flabbergasted that a doctor that has flulike symptoms presented to work. | Negative | Doctors in Australia have demanded an apology from a state health minister who sharply criticised a GP for working while unaware he had coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51796342 | 2020-03-09 |
| In another firehit state Victoria the Country Fire Authority tweeted its thanks to US firefighters who had just arrived on deployment. | Positive | Three US firefighters who died when their air tanker crashed while battling blazes in Australia have been identified. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51231983 | 2020-01-24 |
| From an African girl who was gifted to Queen Victoria to a slave who took on his master in the British courts several littleknown but remarkable chapters of black British history are being put in the spotlight on stage this year. | Positive | From an African girl who was gifted to Queen Victoria to a slave who took on his master in the British courts several littleknown but remarkable chapters of black British history are being put in the spotlight on stage this year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51177299 | 2020-01-22 |
| On Monday Victorias Premier Daniel Andrews said recent rain had proved very helpful to bushfireaffected communities. | Positive | Storms have brought heavy rain to firehit regions of eastern Australia but authorities warn the nations bushfire crisis is still far from over. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51170994 | 2020-01-20 |
| Forecasters have warned of severe storms in Australias firehit state of Victoria which could lead to flooding. | Negative | Forecasters have warned of severe storms in Australias firehit state of Victoria which could lead to flooding. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51165032 | 2020-01-19 |
| The Bureau of Meteorology in Victoria issued severe thunderstorm warnings for parts of the state on Sunday saying damaging winds and heavy rainfall were expected | Negative | Forecasters have warned of severe storms in Australias firehit state of Victoria which could lead to flooding. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51165032 | 2020-01-19 |
| On the New South Wales and Victoria border fires have merged to create a megablaze covering more than 640000 hectares of land | Negative | An employee of Australian media organisation News Corp has lashed out at the company for irresponsible coverage of the current bushfires engulfing parts of the country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51071800 | 2020-01-11 |
| In Victoria residents of Wodonga were evacuated overnight | Negative | An employee of Australian media organisation News Corp has lashed out at the company for irresponsible coverage of the current bushfires engulfing parts of the country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51071800 | 2020-01-11 |
| Authorities urged people in parts of Victoria to leave their homes or risk being trapped | Negative | Australia is bracing itself for another day of bushfires with high temperatures and strong winds predicted | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51052042 | 2020-01-10 |
| Daniel Andrews premier of Victoria said residents choosing to stay in high risk areas would be jeopardising their own safety | Negative | Australia is bracing itself for another day of bushfires with high temperatures and strong winds predicted | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51052042 | 2020-01-10 |
| The Australian state of Victoria has again declared a state of disaster ahead of forecast dangerous dynamic conditions in a massive bushfire zone. | Negative | The Australian state of Victoria has again declared a state of disaster ahead of forecast dangerous dynamic conditions in a massive bushfire zone. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51043076 | 2020-01-09 |
| Rain has fallen in NSW and Victoria and temperatures have dropped but officials have warned that blazes will take off again. | Negative | Almost 2000 houses have been destroyed in Australias monthslong bushfire crisis officials say as crews prepare frantically for worsening conditions. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51015536 | 2020-01-07 |
| Victoria Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp has warned people to expect a changing dynamic situation later in the week. | Negative | Almost 2000 houses have been destroyed in Australias monthslong bushfire crisis officials say as crews prepare frantically for worsening conditions. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-51015536 | 2020-01-07 |
| Victoria has declared a state of disaster in areas home to some 100000 people and had urged residents to leave. | Negative | Authorities in Australia have urged tens of thousands of people to move to safety amid concerns that bushfires will burn out of control this weekend | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-50986363 | 2020-01-04 |
| At least 43 homes were destroyed in East Gippsland Victoria while another 200 were lost in New South Wales. | Negative | More than 200 homes have burned down in deadly bushfires racing along the Australian coast. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-50962728 | 2020-01-01 |
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