Military posted at checkpoints as Victoria in Australia extends some of the most draconian lockdown restrictions in the world with COVID-19 cases continuing to spike.
"A lot of people didn't know it was happening," she said."There was not even time for people to prepare and to get essential food and medicine."
As a result, she said, some residents of tower blocks in northern Melbourne had been stopped and turned back by police as they tried to leave their homes. "It's been absolutely challenging," she said, adding that such incidents had heightened distrust between the authorities and the communities she serves.Emma Browne, 33, admitted that she had been depressed during the lockdown, particularly as she had missed her father's 60th and her grandmother's 80th birthdays, but she said the measures would be worth it if they stamped out the virus for good.
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