Sydney is in its fifth week of an extended nine-week lockdown, which is scheduled to end Aug. 28
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Most new locally acquired cases were detected in Sydney, with at least 66 having spent time in the community while infectious. Authorities have said Sydney’s lockdown will not ease until cases in the community are near zero.Sydney, home to a fifth of Australia’s 25 million population, is grappling with its worst outbreak for this year forcing authorities on Wednesday to extend lockdown restrictions for another month.
With only about 17 per cent of people above 16 years fully vaccinated in New South Wales state, infections have steadily risen despite Greater Sydney being in lockdown since June 26.
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