Victoria Covid update: protesters clash with police in Melbourne after snap seven-day lockdown announced

Melbourne enters its sixth lockdown from 8pm on Thursday. Among the latest cases is a woman who works at Al-Taqwa College, a school that was the centre of a large outbreak last year

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Police have arrested 15 people after hundreds of protesters rallied in Melbourne's CBD against Victoria's sixth coronavirus lockdown, which was announced hours earlier by the premier, Daniel Andrews.

Friday marks day one of the restrictions, with more than six million Victorians finding themselves living under stay-at-home orders again, only 10 days after coming out of the last lockdown.