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Australia's Covid-19 hotspot reports two new local cases

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Australia's second-most populous state Victoria reported two new locally acquired Covid-19 cases, raising questions over how long a hard lockdown due to end on June 10 should continue in the state's capital, Melbourne.

Two new local cases were reported, taking Victoria's total to 72, including one recovered case, in the outbreak that began in late May after a man who had tested negative in hotel quarantine in Adelaide returned to Melbourne and tested positive...

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