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The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that Sydney and Melbourne, two of the country's largest cities, are going to be locked down to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. All non-essential services in the two cities, as well as the capital Canberra, will remain closed for two days, with countrywide cases having reached an alarming 1315, with 7 dead from the infection.

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