MELBOURNE, Aug 22 — Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison today defended the country’s lockdown strategy to combat coronavirus outbreaks until at least 70 per cent of population is fully vaccinated. Yesterday, Australian police arrested hundreds of people during anti-lockdown...
MELBOURNE, Aug 22 — Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison today defended the country’s lockdown strategy to combat coronavirus outbreaks until at least 70 per cent of population is fully vaccinated.
The federal government announced late last month a plan that envisaged lockdowns as a key strategy to quell outbreaks until 70 per cent per cent of population gets vaccinated and a gradual re-opening of Australia’s borders when that number reaches 80 per cent. . Victoria, in its sixth lockdown since the start of the pandemic, today recorded 65 locally acquired cases. Yesterday Australia saw its worst number of Covid-19 infections ever, with NSW and Victoria battling a growing outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant.
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