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Coronavirus: New restrictions in South Australia amid new cluster

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 There are new coronavirus restrictions placed in South Australia amid a new cluster, leaving two schools shut down and 40 students in self-isolation. 

Maricopa Boomtown: Businesses roll along despite pandemic

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 The numbers don’t lie: the coronavirus has ravaged the national economy since March. Across the country, nearly 100,000 small businesses closed, nearly 60% of them permanently, through the end of August. More than 32,000 restaurants closed, about 61% of them never to open again. A U.S. unemployment rate of 7.9% and nearly 900,000 new unemployment claims reported by the states in September 2020. In Arizona, 90,000 fewer residents were employed in September compared to a year ago, with about 58% of those jobs lost in the Phoenix region. As grim a picture painted by those statistics, local businesses are surviving – and in some cases, thriving in – the pandemic. Certainly, many Maricopa businesses have felt pain and many local workers have lost their jobs for weeks or months, and perhaps permanently. https://www.inmaricopa.com/maricopa-boomtown/

India's Australia tour likely to begin either in Adelaide or Brisbane

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 Indian team's tour of Australia, slated to begin towards the end of the year, will begin either in Adelaide or Brisbane and not in Perth after Western Australia state government said that there won't be any relaxation in quarantine rules in their territory. According to a report in cricket news website ESPNcricinfo, the Adelaide Oval is prepared to host back-to-back Tests, including a day-night match as well as the Boxing Day against India later during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in case the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is not available because of rising coronavirus cases in the state of Victoria. Read more: https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/india-s-australia-tour-likely-to-begin-either-in-adelaide-or-brisbane-120090700607_1.html