The number of new local Covid-19 infections inhas spiked to 239 – an all time pandemic high – as the government tightens restrictions on masks and movement in eight council hotspots in west and south-west Sydney.– taking the death toll for the outbreak to 13., acknowledged the number of locally acquired cases would get worse in coming days, given the high number of people infectious while in the community.
Can someone tell me why Australia is so draconian on this? In Tokyo we've got the Olympics, daily cases around 3000 but it's business as mo'fu'in usually, baby!
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