FILE PHOTO: People practising varying degrees of social distancing wait in line to pick up orders from a fish market, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Sydney, Australia, April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will ease social distancing restrictions implemented to slow the spread of the coronavirus in a three-step process, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, with the aim of removing all curbs by July.
Australia imposed strict social distancing restrictions in March, which, coupled with the closure of its borders, is credited with drastically slowing the number of new infections of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
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