Asia Today: Australia state locks out people from virus spot

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state has closed its doors to people fleeing a second lockdown in Australia’s second-largest city. Queensland’s health minister says a number of people were willing to pay for their own 14-day hotel quarantine to be allowed to escape Melbourne and other parts of Victoria state. Victoria imposed a six-week shutdown on the city Wednesday night because of an expanding coronavirus outbreak. Anyone who has been in Victoria in the previous two