2021-07-27 02:05:32 GMT2021-07-27 10:05:32(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CANBERRA, July 27 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 lockdown in the Australian state of South Australia is set to end Wednesday after the state suppressed an outbreak with 19 cases linked to the current cluster.
South Australia Premier Steven Marshall announced that the statewide lockdown would end on Wednesday unless there was a significant rise in community cases of coronavirus.
It comes one week after strict restrictions were introduced to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after new cases were found in the community.
Marshall praised state residents for abiding by lockdown rules but warned that restrictions would be eased gradually as the state takes it "one day at a time."