Melbourne opens up dining, shopping as four month virus lockdown lifted

Melbourne opens up dining, shopping as four month virus lockdown lifted

Global coronavirus cases cross 43 million

Israelson, who lost his part-time job as a hearing aid salesman in late March, said he was optimistic he would find work through a placement as part of his university studies next year.

A few shops down, at salon and retail store Beautyologist, director Sia Psicharis said she was braced for a heavy day of retail sales while readying beauty services like eyebrow waxing and laser hair removal, to open up on Friday. Other salons opened Wednesday.

In the seven months the store was closed, she had invested in staff training on skin treatments and speciality Australian beauty brands, taking advantage of government assistance but also topping up their salaries.

"It was sink or swim, we put all our efforts into our social media and our ecommerce,“ she