Canberra, Australia: The two-week Lockdown Sydney has been extended for one more week because most Australian vulnerability is not vaccinated against Covid-19, officials said on Wednesday.
“Our situation is now mostly because we have not been able to get the vaccine we need, ” New South Wales Minister of Health Brad Hazzard.
The decision to extend the kuncian until July 16 was made on health advice, said the premier state gladys.
“ The reason why we have extended the lock is because a number of cases are still transmitted in the community and we extend the lock to give us the best chance not to have other locking, ‘KataJiklian said.
Kuncian extension, which includes the largest city in Australia and some of the nearest communities, means that most children will not return to school next week after mid-year year’s year break.
Of the 27 new infections from the Delta variant reported in the last 24 hours on Wednesday, only 13 were in isolation when contagious, officials said.
The Delta variant is considered more contagious than the original Coronavirus or other variants.
Only 9% of Australian adults are fully vaccinated, raising fears that the Delta variant can quickly spread out of control.
The expected locking clock will no longer be needed so the majority of Australians are vaccinated.
There were more than 300 infections related to the limousine driver tested positive on June 16.
He is expected to have been infected while transporting flight crews A.S.
from Sydney airport.
Last week, almost half of the Australian population was locked up with cities on the east, west coast and the north coast tightened pandemic restrictions due to clusters.
Some locks are as short as three days.
Sydney and its surroundings are the only part of Australia which is still locking.
Australia has relatively successful in containing clusters throughout the pandemic, registering less than 31,000 cases and total deaths 910.
Australia has recorded a single death Covid-19 since October: A 80-year-old man who died in April after being infected abroad and was diagnosed in Hotel Quarantine.
But now there are 37 Covid-19 cases in Sydney Hospitals.
From them, seven in intensive care, the youngest in their 30s.