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Tasmania state wildlife services remove the carcasses of stranded pilot whales, after nearly 200 of them died on a beach in Tasmania. IMAGES
Sydney, Oct 11 (EFE).- More than five million residents of Sydney, the biggest and the most populous city in Australia, Monday celebrated the end of more than 100 days of coronavirus lockdown.Many residents of the New South Wales capital and other locked-down areas of New South Wales flocked to bars, hair salons, and retail chains to mark the easing of curbs imposed to contain the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant of the virus. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.
Sydney, Oct 7 (EFE).- Sydney and the rest of the state of New South Wales, the most populous in Australia, are preparing to reopen Monday after more than three months of confinement, having vaccinated 70 percent of its population against Covid-19 by Wednesday night."We have always said that vaccination is the key to our freedom. The sacrifices and efforts of the people throughout New South Wales have ensured we can open up as quickly and safely as possible," said the new head of government of the New South Wales state Dominic Perrottet at a press conference in Sydney.The milestone of administering the full dosage 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 5 million Sydney people confined since June 26 following an outbreak of the delta variant. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF CITY AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.
Sydney, Oct 5 (EFE).- Australia, which will progressively reopen its international borders in November, will not allow the entry of foreign tourists until 2022, the country’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday."I think next year (foreign tourists will be allowed in). The priority is Australians," Morrison said in an interview with local television Channel 7, referring to the reopening of international borders that were closed in March 2020 with the onset of the pandemic.Australia plans to reopen Sydney International Airport first and then Melbourne Airport, the country's two main cities, once the full schedule of the virus vaccine is administered to 80 percent of the adult population in those regions. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.
Sydney, Oct 4 (EFE).- Australian authorities announced plans to ease lockdown rules in Sydney, the epicenter of the third wave of covid-19, on October 11, after reaching 70 percent of its population are fully vaccinated. Sydney, Australia's most populous city, has confined some 5.4 million residents under strict stay-at-home orders since June 26. (Camera: ROCIO OTOYA). B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, UNDER COVID-19 LOCKDOWN.
Dili, Aug 11 (EFE/EPA).- East Timor received Wednesday a shipment of coronavirus vaccines from the AastraZeneca laboratory donated by Australia.To date, East Timor has registered 11,717 confirmed cases and 29 deaths from Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.(Camera: ANTONIO DASIPARU)SHOT LIST: THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHIPMENT OF COVID-19 VACCINES FROM AUSTRALIA TO DILI, EAST TIMOR.
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