Sydney: Australian authorities on Tuesday extend the Kuncian Coronavirus Capital of the Nation Canberra until mid-October, saying that size was needed while vaccination increased.
About 400,000 Canberra residents have been under orders to stay at home since August 12, when one Covid-19 case was detected.
Now in more than 250 active cases, clusters caused by a very contagious Delta variant remains small but has been treated carefully in the city which mostly avoids the outbreak.
The Minister of Australian Capital Region Andrew Barr said the authorities wanted to limit the transmission while ensuring that Canberra became “very vaccinated”.
“This is the safest path of advanced and it will lead to safer Christmas, a safer summer vacation period and a safer person 2022,” he told reporters.
The Australian vaccine launch has taken steps in the past few months because millions of people under the high southeast – including Sydney and Melbourne – seek Jab.
Nearly 53 percent of Over-16 in the region has received both doses, the highest level of full vaccination in Australia, which grappled with several Delta outbreaks.
Country and federal leaders have agreed to a national road map to reopen, which can see travel restrictions and borders are largely lifted when the dual dose vaccination rate reaches 70 and 80 percent.
Australia has recorded more than 75,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths since the pandemic began.