China News Service, July 23. According to comprehensive foreign media reports, Australia's new crown epidemic has not eased. On the 22nd local time, Prime Minister Morrison apologized for failing to achieve the expected goal of the vaccination plan.

Currently, Australia vaccinates about 150,000 doses of the new crown vaccine every day, and only 15% of the population over the age of 16 has completed the vaccination.

On June 26, local time, in Sydney, Australia, the vicinity of the Sydney Opera House was empty.

　　According to reports, Australia has a much lower vaccination rate than many other developed countries.

Morrison therefore faced criticism from all parties and asked him to speed up the pace of vaccination.

　　Morrison said: "I'm sorry that we did not achieve the goals we expected at the beginning of this year... Obviously, there are some things we can control, and some are not under our control."

　　Australia began to administer the vaccine in February, but then due to slow progress, it had to abandon multiple established goals, such as completing universal vaccination by October.

　　The Australian government now says that millions of doses of Pfizer and Modena vaccines will be delivered in the next few weeks, and it is expected that the goal of vaccinating the entire adult population will be reached by the end of this year.

On June 26, local time, in Sydney, Australia, there were few pedestrians near the Sydney Opera House.

　　At the same time, the Australian epidemic has continued to spread recently. New South Wales added 124 confirmed cases on the 22nd, a single-day high in 16 months, of which Sydney accounted for the majority; Victoria added 26 new cases, slightly higher 22 on the day before.

　　The Premier of NSW Berejiklian warned that the authorities expect the number of cases will continue to rise, calling on the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

"Vaccines are the key to our freedom."

　　To curb the spread of the virus, more than half of Australia's population, including Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, are currently under lockdown.