Australia has struggled to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant in Sydney.
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Sydney residents who have not been vaccinated against the risk of COVID-19 have been barred from various social activities even when they were released from a stay-at-home order in December, Gladys, State Premier of New South Wales Berezkilian warned Tuesday.
Unvaccinated people are already subject to delays in freedoms that will be gradually granted to vaccinated citizens between 11 October and 1 December, as part of a roadmap to exit the lockdown in Australia’s largest city.
A two-tier system designed to encourage more people to get vaccinated has been criticized for penalizing vulnerable groups who do not have access to vaccination and for lacking in providing a real incentive for vaccine hesitation. Is.
However, Berezkilian said those who do not want to be vaccinated could be barred from entering shops, restaurants and entertainment venues, even though the state lifted all restrictions against them on December 1.
“A lot of businesses have said they won’t accept anyone who hasn’t been vaccinated,” Berejiklian told Seven News on Tuesday. “Without vaccination life would be very difficult indefinitely.”
Pubs, cafes, gyms and hairdressers will reopen to fully vaccinated people in New South Wales, home of Sydney, on 11 October, after 80% of the state’s adult population is expected to be fully vaccinated by the end of October and More restrictions will be eased.
Australia is attempting a rapid reopening through high vaccination rates despite persistent infections, mainly in its two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne.
There are some tentative signs cases in New South Wales, the epicenter of the country’s worst outbreak, may be flattening. The state reported 787 new cases on Monday, its lowest daily figure in more than a month. The number of hospitalized people dropped to 1,155 from 1,266 a week ago, as the vaccination level among people above the age of 16 in the state was above 60%.
However, neighboring Victoria recorded its biggest daily increase in infections with 867 cases.
Australia had managed the pandemic better than many other comparable countries until the arrival of the delta version in June triggered a third wave of infections.
The highly infectious strain is responsible for about 70% of the country’s total of about 100,000 cases.
The death rate is 1,249, but the death rate from Delta is lower than last year due to higher vaccination rates in vulnerable populations.
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