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Australians Adjust To Life During Coronavirus Pandemic

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 28: People relaxing, walking and cycling along the foreshore on March 28, 2020 at St Kilda Beach in Melbourne, Australia. The Port Phillip Council yesterday announced the closure of St Kilda Beach “until further notice” in an effort to reduce mass gatherings. All international arrivals into Australia from midnight on Saturday will be placed into mandatory quarantine in hotels for 14 days as the Federal Government increases restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19. All libraries, museums, galleries, beauty salons, tattoo parlours, shopping centre food courts, auctions, open houses, amusement parks, arcades, indoor and outdoor play centres, swimming pools are closed and indoor exercise activities are now banned. This is in addition to the closure of bars, pubs and nightclubs which came into effect on Monday. Restaurants and cafes are restricted to providing takeaway only. Weddings will now be restricted to five people including the couple while funerals are limited to 10 mourners. All Australians are now expected to stay at home except for essential outings such as work, grocery shopping and medical appointments. Exercising outdoors alone is still permitted. Australia now has more than XXXX confirmed cases of COVID-19 while the death toll now stands at XX. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 28: People relaxing, walking and cycling along the foreshore on March 28, 2020 at St Kilda Beach in Melbourne, Australia. The Port Phillip Council yesterday announced the closure of St Kilda Beach “until further notice” in an effort to reduce mass gatherings. All international arrivals into Australia from midnight on Saturday will be placed into mandatory quarantine in hotels for 14 days as the Federal Government increases restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19. All libraries, museums, galleries, beauty salons, tattoo parlours, shopping centre food courts, auctions, open houses, amusement parks, arcades, indoor and outdoor play centres, swimming pools are closed and indoor exercise activities are now banned. This is in addition to the closure of bars, pubs and nightclubs which came into effect on Monday. Restaurants and cafes are restricted to providing takeaway only. Weddings will now be restricted to five people including the couple while funerals are limited to 10 mourners. All Australians are now expected to stay at home except for essential outings such as work, grocery shopping and medical appointments. Exercising outdoors alone is still permitted. Australia now has more than XXXX confirmed cases of COVID-19 while the death toll now stands at XX. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)