FILE PHOTO: Shoppers walk down a city laneway after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were eased for the state of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia, October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian court on Monday dismissed a challenge to a curfew that was imposed on the city of Melbourne to help curb the spread of COVID-19, ruling it was neither illegal nor irrational and did not violate the state's human rights charter.
The nightly curfew was initially imposed on Aug 5, running from 8 pm to 5 am, as part of one of the world's longest and strictest lockdowns when the state's daily infections peaked above 700 cases. The lockdown was relaxed last week, allowing shops and restaurants to reopen and lifting restrictions on leaving home.
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