Despite Premier Daniel Andrews imploring city dwellers to remain in their homes as the state headed into a snap lockdown, some regional communities were still braced for an influx of Melburnians. Other states clamped their borders shut after the Victorian government announced the reintroduction of restrictions to limit the spread of the Holiday Inn coronavirus cluster.

Daniel Andrews announcing the short, sharp lockdown on Friday. GETTY IMAGES South Australia and Tasmania enforced blanket bans on Victorians entering their states and NSW asked any Victorians crossing its border to observe the same “stay at home” rules that apply to all Victorians. Queensland declared Greater Melbourne a hot spot and Western Australia enforced a three-day border closure with Victoria. The announcement of a ...