The metropolis of Sydney is at a standstill – a two-week lockdown has been imposed. The reason: the delta variant is spreading rapidly. Many people in the country are frustrated by the low vaccination rates.
Countries in Europe have so far looked at the Corona situation in Australia with a mixture of envy and admiration. While Germany endured months of lockdown, life seemed to go on almost normally at the other end of the world. Australia sealed its borders in March of last year – and kept the numbers consistently low with rapid local lockdowns and strict quarantine rules for entrants; a zero-covid strategy that paid off.
The Sydney metropolitan area is at a standstill – a two-week lockdown has been imposed. The reason: the Delta variant is spreading rapidly. Many people in the country are frustrated by low vaccination rates.
Countries in Europe have so far looked at the Corona situation in Australia with a mixture of envy and admiration. While Germany endured months of lockdown, life seemed to go on almost normally at the other end of the world. Australia sealed its borders in March of last year – and kept the numbers consistently low with rapid local lockdowns and strict quarantine rules for entrants; a zero-covid strategy that paid off.
⚠️PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER⚠️
👉 Stay at home orders extended to all of Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour.
👉 Restrictions apply to the rest of NSW
🔗 For more information, head to https://t.co/rH9BQjnpBk pic.twitter.com/rn4Kq0GRBF— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) June 26, 2021
“We have to be prepared for the numbers to go up significantly in this variant we’re seeing almost 100 percent of the transmission within households,” NSW state government leader Gladys Berejiklian told a news conference Monday morning (local time) about the new measures.
