Sydney prepares to reopen Monday after reaching 70% coronavirus vaccination

The city of Sydney and the rest of the state of New South Wales, the most populous of Australia, are preparing to reopen on October 11, after more than three months of confinement, after overcoming 70 percent of the covid-19 vaccination of their population on Wednesday night.

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“We have always said that vaccination is the key to our freedom. The sacrifices and efforts of people across New South Wales have ensured that we can open up as quickly and safely as possible. ” said this Thursday the new head of government of the state of New South Wales, Dominic Perrottet, in a press conference in Sydney.

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The milestone of administering the full guideline to 70 percent of the population aged 16 and over in New South Wales, according to a national phased plan, is a respite for the more than five million Sydney people who are confined since on June 26 for an outbreak with the delta variant.

From next Monday, residents with the complete schedule of the COVID-19 vaccine in Sydney and other confined areas of New South Wales, which reported 584 local cases and eight deaths on Thursday, will be able to move freely around the city., receive up to a maximum of ten people at home and go to the hairdresser and other shops.

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Also, a total of 30 adults will be able to meet outdoors, while those vaccinated will be able to go to restaurants and pubs, with capacity restrictions and use of masks, as well as celebrate weddings and funerals with a maximum of one hundred people outdoors, among others. freedoms.

Likewise, all schoolchildren will be able to return to their classrooms in stages from October 18, according to the modified roadmap presented by Perrottet, who assured that the amendments and the beginning of the lack of refinement are “sensible and measured.”

New South Wales is expected to reach 80 percent vaccinations by the end of the month, opening the door to concerts and the resumption of travel to parts of the country and overseas trips from November. .

The oceanic country, which often implements strict confinements due to outbreaks of covid-19, wait to Melbourne, the city that has spent the longest time under lockdown in the world, and the rest of the state of Victoria, as well as Canberra, are the next to reach the 70 percent vaccination milestone this month.

Australia, a country that closed its international borders in March 2020, accumulates more than 116,000 covid-19 infections and more than 1,360 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic and has administered the complete schedule of the vaccine against this coronavirus.

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