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Australia Opens Borders After Two Years Of "Fortress"-Level Covid Curbs
Australia opens its international borders to all vaccinated tourists Monday, nearly two years after the island nation first imposed some of the world's strictest Covid-19 travel restrictions.
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Australia Lifts Near 2-Year Entry Ban For Non-Citizens Amid Omicron Scare
Australia on Wednesday reopened borders to vaccinated skilled migrants and foreign students after a near two-year ban on their entry, in a bid to boost an economy hit by stop-start COVID-19 lockdowns and restart international travel.
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Australia's Sydney To Further Ease Covid Restrictions As Vaccinations Pick Up
Australia's largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90 per cent of people have got both doses of vaccine.
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Australia's Melbourne Back To The Races, Shops As Vaccination Rate Hits 80%
Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city which has endured nearly nine months of lockdowns since the start of the pandemic, saw people flocking to shops and gigs for the first time in months on Saturday.
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After 18 Months, Australia Is About to Allow Citizens To Leave
After being cut off from the rest of the world since March 2020, from Monday millions of Australians living on the country's east coast will finally be allowed to travel as far as London and New York.
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Australia's Melbourne Enjoys First Weekend Out After Long Covid Lockdown
Melbourne, Australia's second-biggest city, began its first weekend out of the world's longest string of COVID-19 lockdowns with spontaneous street parties, live music and packed pubs, bars and restaurants.
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Melbourne Reopens As World's Most Locked-Down City Eases Covid Curbs
Melbourne residents flocked to the city's pubs, restaurants and hair salons in the early hours of Friday after the world's most locked-down city emerged from its latest spate of restrictions designed to combat the spread of COVID-19.
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Melbourne Prepares To Exit World's Longest Covid Lockdown
Millions in Melbourne are readying to come out of the world's longest COVID-19 lockdown on Thursday night after Victoria state hit a key vaccination target, with pubs, restaurants and cafes racing to reopen their doors to fully vaccinated customers.
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Faster-Than-Expected Vaccinations Help Australia's Sydney Ease Covid Curbs
Thousands of children returned to Sydney's schools on Monday after nearly four months of home learning as Australia's largest city eased more restrictions just a week after lifting its COVID-19 lockdown amid a surge in vaccination levels.
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Australia's Victoria Records Near-Record Covid Surge As Curbs Set To Ease
COVID-19 cases in Australia's Victoria hovered near record levels on Friday, even as authorities look set to lift lockdown restrictions next week in Melbourne, the state capital, as the state nears a key vaccination milestone.
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Sydney Lockdown Ends After "100 Days Of Blood, Sweat And No Beers"
Elated Sydneysiders were emerging from almost four months of "blood, sweat and no beers" early Monday as a long coronavirus lockdown was lifted in Australia's largest city.
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Australia's Sydney Leader Resigns Over Corruption Allegations Amid Covid Battle
The leader of Australia's most populous state resigned Friday amid a corruption investigation, leaving Sydneysiders -- deep in months of lockdown -- without a political leader.
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Australia's Melbourne Reports Record Covid Cases Despite 2 Months Of Lockdown
Melbourne's COVID-19 cases surged to record levels on Thursday with officials blaming illegal home gatherings to watch a key sporting event for the spike as a hard lockdown to combat the spread of the Delta variant neared two months.
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After 3-Month Covid Lockdown, Sydney Lifts Curbs As New Cases Stabilise
Sydney authorities moved to lift curfews for coronavirus hotpots Wednesday, as infection numbers stabilised and vaccination rates surged.
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Australia's Queensland State, With No New Covid Cases, Avoids Lockdown
Queensland, Australia's third most populous state, said on Sunday it does not need to order a lockdown after it detected zero COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours.
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Australia Opens Borders After Two Years Of "Fortress"-Level Covid Curbs
Australia opens its international borders to all vaccinated tourists Monday, nearly two years after the island nation first imposed some of the world's strictest Covid-19 travel restrictions.
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Australia Lifts Near 2-Year Entry Ban For Non-Citizens Amid Omicron Scare
Australia on Wednesday reopened borders to vaccinated skilled migrants and foreign students after a near two-year ban on their entry, in a bid to boost an economy hit by stop-start COVID-19 lockdowns and restart international travel.
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Australia's Sydney To Further Ease Covid Restrictions As Vaccinations Pick Up
Australia's largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90 per cent of people have got both doses of vaccine.
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Australia's Melbourne Back To The Races, Shops As Vaccination Rate Hits 80%
Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city which has endured nearly nine months of lockdowns since the start of the pandemic, saw people flocking to shops and gigs for the first time in months on Saturday.
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After 18 Months, Australia Is About to Allow Citizens To Leave
After being cut off from the rest of the world since March 2020, from Monday millions of Australians living on the country's east coast will finally be allowed to travel as far as London and New York.
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Australia's Melbourne Enjoys First Weekend Out After Long Covid Lockdown
Melbourne, Australia's second-biggest city, began its first weekend out of the world's longest string of COVID-19 lockdowns with spontaneous street parties, live music and packed pubs, bars and restaurants.
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Melbourne Reopens As World's Most Locked-Down City Eases Covid Curbs
Melbourne residents flocked to the city's pubs, restaurants and hair salons in the early hours of Friday after the world's most locked-down city emerged from its latest spate of restrictions designed to combat the spread of COVID-19.
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Melbourne Prepares To Exit World's Longest Covid Lockdown
Millions in Melbourne are readying to come out of the world's longest COVID-19 lockdown on Thursday night after Victoria state hit a key vaccination target, with pubs, restaurants and cafes racing to reopen their doors to fully vaccinated customers.
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Faster-Than-Expected Vaccinations Help Australia's Sydney Ease Covid Curbs
Thousands of children returned to Sydney's schools on Monday after nearly four months of home learning as Australia's largest city eased more restrictions just a week after lifting its COVID-19 lockdown amid a surge in vaccination levels.
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Australia's Victoria Records Near-Record Covid Surge As Curbs Set To Ease
COVID-19 cases in Australia's Victoria hovered near record levels on Friday, even as authorities look set to lift lockdown restrictions next week in Melbourne, the state capital, as the state nears a key vaccination milestone.
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Sydney Lockdown Ends After "100 Days Of Blood, Sweat And No Beers"
Elated Sydneysiders were emerging from almost four months of "blood, sweat and no beers" early Monday as a long coronavirus lockdown was lifted in Australia's largest city.
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Australia's Sydney Leader Resigns Over Corruption Allegations Amid Covid Battle
The leader of Australia's most populous state resigned Friday amid a corruption investigation, leaving Sydneysiders -- deep in months of lockdown -- without a political leader.
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Australia's Melbourne Reports Record Covid Cases Despite 2 Months Of Lockdown
Melbourne's COVID-19 cases surged to record levels on Thursday with officials blaming illegal home gatherings to watch a key sporting event for the spike as a hard lockdown to combat the spread of the Delta variant neared two months.
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After 3-Month Covid Lockdown, Sydney Lifts Curbs As New Cases Stabilise
Sydney authorities moved to lift curfews for coronavirus hotpots Wednesday, as infection numbers stabilised and vaccination rates surged.
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Australia's Queensland State, With No New Covid Cases, Avoids Lockdown
Queensland, Australia's third most populous state, said on Sunday it does not need to order a lockdown after it detected zero COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours.
