Nine public housing towers in Melbourne went into hard lockdown on July 4, after a cluster of coronavirus cases in the commission flats, preventing residents from leaving their apartments entirely. <br /><br />Hundreds of police patrolled the apartment blocks to enforce the lockdown while emergency services and government personnel delivered food and other essential services and administered tests. <br /><br />As of 11:59 pm on July 9, the lockdown was eased all but one of the buildings, 33 Alfred Street.<br /><br />The footage was filmed between 3:00 pm and 6:30 pm on July 9.
