basically public health interests to justify the cancellation of his visa. the minister. mr djokovic s lawyers said that the concern was that his case would excite anti vaccination sentiment. and as you know, we are in victoria, that is where the australian open is taking place, melbourne was the longest locked down a city in the world, 262 days, and while over 90% of the australian eligible public has been vaccinated, are. we have still got concerns about children being vaccinated and of course the state of western australia are still closed. it has not reopened its borders because their premier is currently concerned that not enough of that public has been vaccinated. thank you so much for talking to us
theme music plays. i have returned to my home city of melbourne, after a long time away during the covid crisis. while the city has come through the pandemic well so far, in terms of preserving life, it has still suffered a big upheaval. if you ask the locals, they will tell you melbourne is the most locked down city in the world. that may or may not be exactly true but it s certain that this city has endured a lot of restrictions, with 262 days of lockdown between march 2020 and october 2021. and one of the things the hardest hit was its internationally renowned food scene. but i d heard that among the challenges they d face, industry here was adapting and evolving. melbourne s food scene is really unique. i think it is because we are so isolated down here in the bottom of the planet,
i have returned to my home city of melbourne after a long time away during the covid crisis. while the city has come through the pandemic well so far, in terms of preserving life, it has still suffered a big upheaval. if you ask the locals, they will tell you melbourne is the most lockdown city in the bill. they may be not exactly true but it has enjoyed a lot of restrictions with 262 days of lockdown between march 2020 and october 2021. one of the things the hardest hit was it internationally renowned food scene but i had among the challenges they face, industry was adapting and evolving. melbourne s food scene is really unique. i think it is because we are so isolated down here at the bottom of the planet and have had to do it ourselves but we are also the product of every different
there were 262 deaths per day. vaccinations are continuing at a slower pace. on average in the last week nearly 124,000 people per day had a boosterjab. 63.3% of the population aged 12 or over have now had three doses. the capital of tonga is reported to have sufferent significant damage after an underwater volcanic eruption in the south pacific. much of the island nation was covered with a layer of ash. the tsunami triggered by the volcano caused flooding on parts of the us west coast and japan. rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. from high up in space, weather satellites caught the moment the huge underwater volcano let loose, sending a cloud of ash and rock 20 kilometres high and at least 500 kilometres wide. that s an ash cloud that could stretch from london to edinburgh, and somewhere beneath it is the tiny
newest numbers show there were more than 102,000 292 new cases on average per day in the last week. the number of people in hospital with covid is just over 16 and a half thousand. another 300 and a6 deaths were reported and that is of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on average in the past week there were 262 deaths per day. on vaccinations just over 37 million people have had a booster jab. that s nearly 60 for a half percent of those aged 12 and percent of those aged 12 jab. that s nearly 60 for a half percent of those aged 12 and over. more and i a top story and officials at number ten say they still haven t received the report from gray on parties on downing street and elsewhere in white halls. it stopped the report has been completed. in another headache for the prime minister, whistle blower e mails publix by the foreign select committees seem to show that boris