Australian Open Bans Spectators, Due to Coronavirus Lockdown.<br />30,000 fans had been attending <br />Grand Slam tennis matches.<br />However, the state of Victoria just issued a <br />five-day stay-at-home order, which means the <br />matches will continue without fans.<br />Australian Open event coordinators say <br />that it will continue on schedule.<br />19 cases of the highly-contagious <br />U.K. coronavirus variant have <br />been detected in Melbourne.<br />The lockdown means that Victoria residents may <br />leave their homes only for essential purposes, .<br />such as purchasing food <br />or essential family care products.<br />This is our opportunity — our brief window — to starve the virus of what it wants most. Movement, Dan Andrews, Victoria Premier, <br />via NPR News.<br />The most recent lockdown in Victoria is the <br />nation's third major stay-at-home order to be issued