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Cases of covid 19, all delta variant, and all linked to a 17 year old student who tested positive on thursday, and that is why the queensland state government has said that 11 areas in brisbane are going to go under strict lockdown until tuesday, so nobody is allowed to leave the house except for the essential reasons, and to go for the essential reasons, and to go for a covid test or a covid vaccination. people are not allowed to travel further than ten kilometres from their homes, and students and teachers in high school will have to wear facemasks. this has been described as the strictest lockdown for brisbane. we did hear from the deputy premier, who said that we had been here before, but this time it is different, citing the transmissibility of the delta variant. what is worrying medical officials is the high number of the exposure sites that are likely to ....
Of people vaccinated. it varies a little bit but given this is a new variant, the threshold of immunity will be changing so even by the end of this year, the chinese authorities are aiming for about 70% 80% of people vaccinated. so far, just ten days ago, they reached 1.4 billion doses being vaccinated, so but given the new delta variant, it will take an even higher number and proportion of people to be vaccinated to fight against this delta variant. doctor chen, thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. let s get some of the day s other news. food supplies destined for ethiopia s famine hit tigray region are finally on their way north a week after an attack on a world food programme convoy blocked the route. humanitarian agencies have been warning that many there are facing catastrophic levels of hunger, following nine months of war between regional armed groups and government forces. ....
Become public, before we get to see them. become public, before we get to see them- see them. david willis reporting see them. david willis reporting from - see them. david willis reporting from los - see them. david willis - reporting from los angeles. australia s third largest city, brisbane, is to go into lockdown shortly in an attempt to contain the spread of the delta variant of coronavirus. the deputy premier of queensland said millions of residents in brisbane and several other areas would be ordered to stay at home for three days. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has more details. we know that the cluster now in brisbane has increased to seven people. six of those new cases were reported today, all linked to a 17 year old student, and this is why we are now hearing that the snap lockdown affecting south east queensland, specifically 11 local areas in brisbane. what is worrying health authorities there is that they are expecting the number of exposure sites to increase. they ....
That his records were under ordered he claimed before he was elected that his records were under audit by the authorities, a process that was apparently still under way by the time he left office. republicans say the entire issue is politically motivated. they have denounced the justice department decision and donald trump is widely expected to challenge it in court, meaning that if those highly anticipated documents are to be made public it could still be many, many months away. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. australia s third largest city, brisbane, is to go into lockdown again in another attempt to contain the spread of the delta variant of coronavirus. the deputy premier of queensland said millions of residents in brisbane and several other areas would be ordered to stay at home for three days. shaimaa khalil has the latest. ....
Thejustice department decision and donald trump is widely expected to challenge it in court, meaning that if those highly anticipated documents are to be made public it could still be many, many months away. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. australia s third largest city, brisbane, has gone into lockdown in another attempt to contain the spread of the delta variant of coronavirus. the deputy premier of queensland said millions of residents in brisbane and several other areas would be ordered to stay at home for three days. it comes a day after authorities deployed hundreds of soldiers and police in sydney to enforce its covid lockdown. and, for a nation so invested in sport the latest restrictions are casusing chaos for competitions across the country. rugby, cricket and australian rules football have already struggled to get games played across the country. and today s lockdown has thrown fixtures into chaos and put the viability of some sports intojeopardy, with all the financial ....