Global report: rationing returns to Australia as panic buying spreads
by Helen Sullivan from on (#5523R)
Dozens of fresh coronavirus cases reported in state of Victoria; Brazil nears 55,000 deaths; Trump repeats claim that testing to blame for rise in cases
Australian supermarkets have reintroduced national rationing of essential groceries after panic buying resumed in some states, provoked by a rise in cases in Victoria.
The southern state reported its 10th straight day of new cases in double digits on Friday. Thirty new cases were reported after what premier Daniel Andrews called a suburban testing blitz" in hotspot suburbs, involving ambulances and mobile test centres.
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