The public will return to the stands of the Australian Open

Victoria has been given the go-ahead for her quick close to end at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, barring a last-minute spike in coronavirus cases. The Australian state will come out of its five-day lockdown at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday and fans will return to the Australian Open. It should be noted that the tournament has no fans since they left the stands during the match between Djokovic and Fritz on 12 February.

As the newspaper relates Herald Sun, the high-ranking government ministers of Daniel Andrews they met Tuesday night to finalize plans to end the shutdown on Thursday, unless mysterious cases crop up overnight. The ministers met again at 8 a.m. Wednesday and approved the plan to reopen the state.

The Herald Sun understand that this will involve a return to similar restrictions to the regime in force before closing, but with masks still required indoors and some slightly stricter rules including limits on domestic gatherings. Schools are expected to reopen after students were forced to spend three days at home. Y the public will be allowed to return to Melbourne Park in time for the final matches of the Australian Open, though multiple sources indicated Tuesday night that total attendance is likely to decline. Andrews said Tuesday that the government was “well placed to make changes.”