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Infectious one active in the community. all in all sydney has recorded more than 2500 infections, the biggest number this year. that is really what is concerning people. many people i have spoken to just feel the restrictions here have not come early enough and they were not strict enough from the beginning and were not clear enough, as opposed to what we have seen in victoria, for example, or south australia, who had gone into lockdown and are out of it while sydney and the surrounding areas co...

Vaccination or at least have regular tests. federal workers are about 4 million around the country, they include postal workers, members of the military, immigration agents, people who work in the social security department. that would be a significant need. again reflecting the very serious concern that this isnt meeting, coronavirus is very much here and that surge in numbers is really concerning health officials. in australia, its been announced that the strictest covid measures will remain i...

Been vaccinated. another says, will the us travel corridor work both ways? not at the moment. there are no plans to allow people to travel from the uk to the us. thank you very much for sending in those comments. you can get in touch with me on that story or any of the other stories we are covering today on twitter. in australia, its been announced that the strictest covid measures will remain in place in sydney and the surrounding area for another four weeks. they were first imposed a month ago...

Compared to any other country in the world, the cases are low, but look at it from an australian perspective. this is a country that isolated itself from the rest of the world by closing its borders. it has very, very strict hotel quarantine rules and it has, for the most part, really control the spread of covid as recently as may. life looks like it had come back to near normal for most of the country. itjust shows you how transmissible and challenging the delta variant is. but for victoria and...

That the strictest covid measures will remain in place in sydney and the surrounding area for another four weeks. they were first imposed a month ago. our correspondent shaimaa khalil joins me now from sydney. more restrictions for people living in the area. tell us what has been happening. it in the area. tell us what has been happening-— happening. it has been widely exected happening. it has been widely expected but _ happening. it has been widely expected but it _ happening. it has been wi...

Disheartening for the city ciders and people in the surrounding areas. this was imposed at the end ofjune as a two week lockdown and has been extended for another three weeks for a five—week lock and now we know we are in it for another month. the number of places remains consistently high. the trajectory is going upwards. experts are predicting this could go on until september, notjust at predicting this could go on until september, not just at the predicting this could go on until september,...