FILE PHOTO: Medical workers are seen at a pop-up testing centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, August 12, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia posted its lowest one-day rise in new COVID-19 cases in more than three weeks on Thursday, stoking hopes that a second wave of new infections gripping Victoria state is finally being brought under control.
Australia, once heralded as a global leader in combating COVID-19, has struggled to contain an outbreak in the country's second most populous state, which has seen triple digit daily new cases for weeks.
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