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Australia’s New South Wales state expands COVID-19 lockdown
Australia's most populous state of New South Wales expanded its COVID-19 lockdown to the rural town of Tamworth on Monday due to…
Australia’s east coast battles rising COVID-19 cases
MELBOURNE, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Australia's east coast states of New South Wales and Queensland faced an escalating battle against the COVID-19…
Sydney COVID-19 cases ease amid tightening of lockdown rules
Sydney on Friday reported a slight easing in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 amid a further tightening of restrictions in the worst-affected…
Australia’s Victoria to ease COVID-19 curbs, Sydney cases rise
Australia's Victoria state said on Tuesday it will lift a strict lockdown after curtailing the spread of COVID-19, while neighbouring New South…
Australia’s COVID-19 outbreak worsens in Sydney
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, on Saturday reported a new daily high of COVID-19 infections for a…
Sydney tightens lockdown as Australia’s COVID-19 cases rise
The Australian city of Sydney on Saturday ordered a shutdown of building sites, banned non-essential retail and threatened fines for employers who…
Australia races to stem COVID-19 outbreaks in Sydney, Melbourne
Australian officials urged people to obey lockdown measures that cover around 40% of the country's population as an outbreak of the highly…
UPDATED: Melbourne enters lockdown, joining Sydney as virus spreads in Australia
The Australian state of Victoria was ordered into a five-day lockdown on Thursday following a spike in COVID-19 infections, joining Sydney city…
Sydney’s COVID-19 cases ease but lockdown extension still on cards
Australian authorities reported a slight easing in new COVID-19 cases in Sydney on Tuesday, but left open the possibility of extending a…
Sydney sees worst day of 2021 as Delta COVID-19 outbreak spreads
Australia's New South Wales state on Thursday reported its biggest daily rise in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the year as…
Sydney, Australia’s largest city, in two-week hard COVID-19 lockdown
Sydney and some surrounding areas will enter a hard two-week COVID-19 lockdown on Saturday as authorities struggle to control a fast-spreading outbreak…
Sydney faces ‘scariest period’ in pandemic amid Delta outbreak
Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), reported a double digit rise in new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the…