Sydney extends lockdown as Delta rage continues

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 08, 2021 1:10 am

SYDNEY: More than 5 million residents of this Australian capital will spend at least another week under coronavirus lockdown, authorities said on Wednesday, after detecting another 27 new cases.

Stay-at-home orders have already been in place in the country's biggest city for two weeks as authorities try to curb an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant.

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