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People visit a Melbourne café after enduring one of the world's most prolonged series of lockdowns. The city's five million people have spent more than 260 days under lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic. But now that 70 percent of eligible people in Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state are fully vaccinated, restrictions that began on August 5 have been lifted. 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 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.
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Oct 1 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne). Vendors have reopened their stores on Friday after the Sri Lankan government relaxed some measures imposed to contain the pandemic, including the restart of economic activities.FOOTAGE OF THE REOPENING OF BUSINESSES IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.