Coronavirus: Melbourne transformed into a ghost city

In Australia's second-largest city, the second wave is fiercer than the first. A six-week curfew has just been introduced, while the mask has been mandatory outdoors for ten days. And from Wednesday, almost all businesses will stop working. It is usually one of the busiest streets in Prahran, one of Melbourne's fashionable districts, where one goes to eat out, have a drink or dance in a nightclub. But from the start of this first night of curfew, Sunday, at 8 pm, "it was desert in the street, until the next morning" , assures Thomas, who left Marseille two years ago for his 'settle with his family in this neighborhood. "Daniel Andrews' announcements(the head of government of the state of Victoria, Editor's note) really stopped the city. Even though we have been confined for more than three weeks already, we still saw a lot of traffic in the streets. Since Sunday evening, we hear

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