Australia officially in shutdown -
On Monday, pubs, restaurants, cafes, casinos, sporting venues and cinemas will shut down across Australia - may last 6 months.
From Monday at midday, Australia will become a vastly different place to live as pubs, clubs, restaurants, cinemas and indoor sporting venues across the country shut down indefinitely.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a new raft of unprecedented restrictions on non-essential gatherings in a bid to slow the rapid spread of coronavirus.
More liberal measures rolled out last week fell on deaf ears, with Australians continuing to cram into venues across the country this weekend.
“We don’t now have any confidence that people would refrain from gathering in those ways, in those pubs, clubs and nightclubs,” Mr Morrison said at a press conference in Canberra.
“We have no confidence that will be followed. So unfortunately, because guidelines can’t be followed, then for public health reasons we now need to take further action which shuts those gatherings down.”
As a result, stage one of tough new restrictions will be implemented on Monday, March 23 at noon, covering a wide range of venues that will see them shut down.
And they could stay shut for up to six months.
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/restaurants-bars/coronavirus-in-australia-everything-that-shuts-on-monday-from-pubs-to-cafes-and-cinemas/news-story/ec4d2ebf4eb9f048f6572c5a943112d8
Fuck.