Sydney Delta Outbreak

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  New Australian Virus Cases Soar Over 1,000 For First Time

  Australia on Thursday reported more than 1,000 new local coronavirus cases for the first time during the pandemic, as a Delta variant outbreak surged in Sydney.

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  Australia Pandemic Panel Backs Reopening Targets Despite Sydney Outbreak

  Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70%-80% vaccination levels, the government's pandemic modelling adviser said, even as some states hinted they may not ease border curbs if Sydney fails to control its Delta outbr

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  Sydney Extends Lockdown Until End-September As Delta Outbreak Worsens

  Sydney's two-month long lockdown will be extended until at least the end of September and masks will need to be worn outside as the Covid-19 delta variant outbreak in Australia's most populous city worsens.

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  Sydney Extends Covid Lockdown Until September-End

  Australian authorities on Friday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney until the end of September and introduced a night curfew in the city's worst-affected suburbs, after nearly two months of curbs failed to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant

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  Sydney Rushes To Vaccinate High-Risk Suburbs Amid Delta Surge

  Australian authorities began doling out emergency COVID-19 vaccine supplies on Thursday in the Sydney suburbs worst hit by an outbreak of the fast-moving Delta strain, as New South Wales state reported another record rise in daily cases.

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  Sydney Warns Worse To Come As Delta Cases Surge

  Sydney's Delta outbreak has not peaked and residents must brace for more deaths, authorities said on Wednesday, as Australia's largest city continued to break records for new daily infections despite a nearly two-month lockdown.

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  Roadblocks Erected In Sydney As Australia Battles Delta Outbreak

  Hundreds of unarmed defence personnel joined thousands of extra police to set up roadblocks and enforce COVID-19 lockdown rules in parts of Sydney on Monday, while dozens of new venues were added to a list of exposure sites in Melbourne.

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  Sydney's Delta Outbreak Not Slowing Down Despite 6-Week Lockdown

  Sydney's daily delta outbreak caseload has risen to another record, with 291 new infections detected and authorities warning the situation in Australia's largest city could worsen.

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  Melbourne Back In Lockdown As Sydney Witnesses Record Covid Tally

  Rueful authorities in Melbourne announced a sixth lockdown for the city and Sydney reported a record number of new coronavirus cases Thursday as Australia faltered in efforts to bring a virulent Delta outbreak to heel.

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  Australia Records One Of Its Youngest Covid Deaths Amid Sydney Outbreak

  Australia's New South Wales reported one of the country's youngest deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, as daily infections lingered near a 16-month high despite the lockdown of 5 million people in Sydney entering its sixth week.

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  Army Patrols Sydney Streets, Brisbane Extends Lockdown To Stop Delta Surge

  Australia's Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-home rules as Australia struggles to stop the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading.

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  Sydney Readies For Army As Lockdown Fails To Squash Delta Outbreak

  Sydney's poorest neighbourhoods on Friday braced for military enforcement of the city's toughest and longest lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic as the infection numbers held persistently high five weeks since restrictions began.

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  Vaccinations Alone Will Not End Sydney Lockdown: PM Scott Morrison

  Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said vaccinations alone would not bring an end to a COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney as residents of the country's largest city face another month under tough curbs to stamp out an outbreak of the Delta variant.

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  Sydney Lockdown Extended Four Weeks As Delta Surge Worsens

  Sydneys month-long lockdown will be extended by at least another four weeks, with Australian authorities failing to flatten an outbreak of daily Covid-19 cases that on Wednesday surged to another record.

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  Australia Races To Stem COVID-19 Outbreaks In Sydney, Melbourne

  Australian officials urged people to obey lockdown measures that cover around 40% of the country's population as an outbreak of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant again picked up pace on Friday.