FILE PHOTO - People walk past a "Beach Closed" sign at Bondi Beach, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Sydney, Australia April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian officials closed internal borders on Friday and warned people to stay home over the upcoming Easter holiday as the country seeks to capitalise on a further fall in the rate of new coronavirus cases.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia was shifting to a "suppression" phase in its fight against the highly contagious illness, but stressed that people had to continue to follow orders restricting socialising in public.
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