World News - SYDNEY: Victoria yesterday extended a snap coronavirus lockdown in its state capital of Melbourne for a second week as it scrambles to rein in the highly contagious Kappa variant but will ease some curbs elsewhere. Last Thursday's lockdown in Australia's second-most. Read more at www.tnp.sg
People hoping to get vaccinated brought camping chairs to sit outside a vaccine hub in Melbourne.(Twitter) The only way through this pandemic is getting our vaccination rates up from the very low two per cent that we are at right now, to be in line with other jurisdictions around the world, which have got well over half the population fully vaccinated.
The acting premier said the way out of the pandemic relied on the majority of Victorians and Australians getting vaccinated against COVID-19. The behaviour of these anti-vaxxers, which is a tiny proportion of our community, I think, is absolutely despicable, he said.