New South Wales , Australia's most populous state, reported 124 new COVID-19 cases, versus 110 a day earlier, a record for this year and the highest in 16 months. Most of the infections were reported in state capital Sydney, which is in its fourth week of a lockdown."We anticipate case numbers will continue to go up before they start coming down and we need to brace ourselves for that," said Gladys Berejiklian, premier of NSW.
Sydney, home to a fifth of Australia's 25 million people, was due to exit lockdown on July 30 but Berejiklian has said the number of infections in the community must be near zero first."Until we have enough of our population fully vaccinated, we will be living with some level of restriction and that will depend on how quickly we can overcome the severity of the current outbreak," she said.
South Australia state reported two new cases as officials track two "superspread events" - gatherings at a winery and a Greek restaurant in the state capital Adelaide.With large swathes of businesses shut down in the country's two largest cities, Australia's A$2 trillion economy could take a big hit from the latest lockdowns that has forced more than half its population indoors.thanks to low COVID-19 cases.
renjujose byronkaye No - the failed lockdowns 'take toll' on business. Lockdown was never done, because it doesn't work. Obviously
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Yeah because all they have to do is turn up the cycles of amplification on the PCR test and they can make you idiots think you have anything