Australian PM Morrison defends lockdown strategy as daily cases hit record

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison defended on Sunday Australia's lockdown strategy for tackling the coronavirus, saying it would stay until at least 70% of population is fully vaccinated, as daily infections break records.

Sunday's 914 cases of the highly infectious Delta variant surpassed the previous high of 894 a day earlier.

Lockdowns are a key element of the federal government's strategy to rein in outbreaks until the 70% percent level is reached, with borders being re-opened gradually when the figure climbs to 80%.Police arrested hundreds of people on Saturday during anti-lockdown demonstrations in Sydney and Melbourne, the capitals of the two most populous states, New South Wales and Victoria, which are under a strict lockdown.

 

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People’s human rights taken away. You can’t even leave the country without govt permission. Not even to visit your dying father. How can this be? In this day and age in a developed country. Unbelievable.

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A government driven by lies and deceptions and deceit ,, that’s how this government will be remembered by Australia - they want Australian people as poor as possible so when they introduce their digital Dollar ,, you can’t afford to invest in what’s going to make you rich

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Stay home, be safe, don't answer the door to people, let's just wait this out, do the right thing and get vaccinated It's that simple, this is a deadly disease killing scores of people around the world, its sickening that people don't take it seriously

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