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SYDNEY, July 22 (Reuters) - In Australia s largest city, construction has come to a standstill for the first time in living memory as a surge in COVID-19 cases puts Sydney under its toughest lockdown since the pandemic began.
Tradespeople are out of work, with a knock-on effect seen on other sectors including retailers and cafes, as the Delta variant of the coronavirus darkens the outlook for Australia s $1.5 trillion economy, one of the few to have successfully navigated the pandemic in 2020.
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SYDNEY, July 23 (Reuters) - Australia s largest state of New South Wales on Friday urged the federal government to divert vaccine doses to Sydney, the epicentre of a flaring COVID-19 outbreak, raising objections from other states desperate for protection from the virus.
The Sydney outbreak has ballooned to nearly 1,800 cases since mid-June, and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian branded the situation a national emergency . read more . We know that in some places around Australia there are very few cases or zero cases, Berejiklian said in a televised news briefing on Friday. We need to get at least the first jab for as many people as we can in those affected communities as possible, and that s why we are asking for a refocus of the national vaccination strategy.
FILE PHOTO: People wait outside a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Jane Wardell/File Photo
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia s largest state of New South Wales on Friday urged the federal government to divert vaccine doses to Sydney, the epicentre of a flaring COVID-19 outbreak, raising objections from other states desperate for protection from the virus.
The Sydney outbreak has ballooned to nearly 1,800 cases since mid-June, and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian branded the situation a national emergency . . We know that in some places around Australia there are very few cases or zero cases, Berejiklian said in a televised news briefing on Friday.
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