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Covid lockdown extended in Aus capital
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IANS | 14 Sep, 2021
The Covid-19 lockdown in Australia's capital city of Canberra has been
extended by a month as the country continues to battle the ongoing third
wave of the pandemic.
Andrew Barr, chief minister of the
Australian Capital Territory (ACT), said on Tuesday that Canberra will
remain in lockdown until October 15, reports Xinhua news agency.
Restrictions were due to end on Friday after 36 days in lockdown but Barr said the risk to the community remained high.
On
Tuesday morning, Australia reported 1,595 new locally acquired cases of
Covid-19, taking the nationwide infection tally to 75,324 and the death
toll stood at 1,098.
New South Wales (NSW), Australia's most
populous state and the current epicentre of the pandemic, reported 1,127
new cases and two deaths.
Victoria, the second-most populous state, reported a further 445 new local cases.
There were 22 new cases reported in the ACT, only two of which were in quarantine for their entire infectious period.
It takes the number of active cases in the national's capital to 252.
The ongoing outbreak in the surrounding NSW area is one of the reasons for the extended lockdown in ACT, according to Barr.
"New
South Wales has been problematic for the nation throughout this
process. Given we are a jurisdiction sitting wholly within that state,
and we are seeing incursion of the virus outside of the Greater Sydney
area."
Under the current restrictions, Canberra residents are
only allowed to leave home for six reasons: essential shopping;
healthcare; essential work; outdoor exercise for a maximum of two hours
per day; Covid-19 vaccinations; and tests.
So far about 68.5 per
cent of Australians aged 16 and older had received at least one vaccine
dose and 43.2 per cent were fully vaccinated, according to the
Department of Health.
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