Supplies of Pfizer-BioNTech shots are low and there has been widespread scepticism about the AstraZeneca jab, slowing the vaccine rollout. With under 14 percent of the Australian population vaccinated, many experts have warned that Sydney's lockdown could run for months more. But it appears the military will enforce the lockdown this time. Additional Australian military personnel will be deployed to enforce tighter Covid-19 restrictions in the greater Sydney area next week, authorities announced Saturday, as the entire state of New. After the Freedom Day protests that rocked Australia’s largest city, the Sydney lockdown was extended to at least August 28th. Officials announced 239 new infections in Sydney, a record for this outbreak, which now totals 2,810 cases. In perhaps the most draconian move yet from any country, the Australian government has officially enacted martial law in Sydney. JAustralias largest city has drafted military personnel to help enforce its latest lockdown amid an outbreak of the delta variant.
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On Thursday state premier Gladys Berejiklian warned that the outbreak - which began mid-June when a driver for an international flight crew contracted the virus - is "likely to get worse". Police have also requested more powers to shut down businesses that they say are not abiding by rules on social distancing. These draconian restrictions on Australians’ freedom and livelihoods are, understandably, prompting backlash. Last weekend thousands of people gathered in central Sydney to protest against the measures, and further demonstrations have been mooted. Australia is Under Dystopian, Military-Enforced Lockdown Despite Less Than 5 COVID Deaths a Day. Police have increasingly been doling out fines to those violating the restrictions and Fuller said those efforts would be stepped up in the coming days.
Sydney residents are only allowed to leave their homes for exercise, essential work, medical reasons, and to shop for necessities such as food.īut for weeks, parks and beach promenades have been filled with Sydneysiders drinking coffee and chatting with friends. Top brass from the military have been called in to help kickstart vaccine rollout, raising questions over the COVID response in Australia. Sydney may seek military help ensure lockdown while Canberra announces a snap one-week lockdown from Thursday evening after reporting its first case in a year. Stay-at-home orders have failed to reduce new infections to zero, and compliance has been patchy. CNN Additional Australian military personnel will be deployed to enforce tighter Covid-19 restrictions in the greater Sydney area next week, authorities announced Saturday, as the entire. The city of five million people is in its fifth week of a lockdown that is set to run until the end of August. Police in Australia's largest city have requested military help to enforce a coronavirus lockdown as infections in Sydney reached a new record Thursday.Ĭommissioner Mick Fuller said New South Wales police had asked for 300 Australian Defence Force personnel to be deployed "to boost its operational footprint".
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