Covid-19: in Australia, new restrictions imposed on the population of Sydney
Covid-19 pandemic in Australia: in front of a vaccination center in Sydney where health measures will be strengthened this Sunday, July 18.
Barely 11% of the Australian population is fully vaccinated.
REUTERS - JANE WARDELL
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In Australia, the city of Sydney, confined for three weeks already, will undergo additional restrictions.
The authorities, who are unable to reduce the number of new cases, have so far succeeded in preventing an explosion of contaminations with the delta variant.
But in this country which has chosen the zero Covid strategy and where the vaccination campaign is progressing very slowly, the only result that is worthwhile is elimination
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With our correspondent in Sydney
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Grégory Plesse
After a week of 100 new cases per day, the authorities in New South Wales have decided to apply a new turn of the screw ... From Sunday July 18, only essential businesses will be able to remain open;
all construction sites are put on hiatus, as are cleaning services or home repair work if they are not of an emergency nature.
The regime is even more drastic for the inhabitants of three neighborhoods in southwest Sydney, which concentrate more than 80% of Covid cases.
With the exception of those who work in the health sector, no one is allowed to leave their quarters anymore… At the end of June already, Sydney had been
completely confined with the arrival of the Delta variant.
The situation, however, is far from out of control.
There have been around 1,000 cases since the appearance of this new epidemic focus on June 15, 75 people are currently hospitalized, including 18 in intensive care.
And so far only two people have died, both over the age of 80.
But for the authorities, there is no other possible solution.
At least not until Australia has
enough vaccines
.
The government initially ordered only vaccines almost exclusively from AstraZeneca before decreeing that it was only recommended for people over 60.
The limited stocks of Pfizer vaccines were then taken by storm.
To date, barely 11% of the population is fully vaccinated.
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