![]() ![]() On Saturday, New Zealand vaccinated more than 2.5% of its people as part of a government-led mass vaccination drive. Neighbouring New Zealand, which is also learning to live with COVID-19 by accelerating inoculations, reported 51 new cases on Sunday, 47 of them in the largest city Auckland, which has been in a lockdown since mid-August. The government is also in discussions with Singapore about reopening travel between the two countries for the fully vaccinated.ĭespite the rise in cases in recent months, Australia's coronavirus numbers are low compared to many other developed countries, with just over 143,000 cases and 1,530 deaths. As of the weekend, around 68% of eligible Australians have been fully inoculated.Īustralia's health officials said on Sunday that quarantine-free travel from New Zealand's South Island, where there is no outbreak, will resume on Wednesday. The new strategy makes lockdowns highly unlikely once 80% of the population is fully vaccinated. When Melbourne’s lockdown ends this week, it will have been under six lockdowns totalling 262 days since March 2020. More than 3000 residents were forced to stay inside the North Melbourne and Flemington buildings in July 2020. Australia, once a champion of a COVID-zero strategy of managing the pandemic, has been moving towards living with the virus through extensive vaccinations, as the Delta variant has proven too transmissible to suppress. Australia: Melbourne to bring an end to world’s longest lockdowns. ![]()
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