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Australiaâs gold standard COVID-19 response is being stress-tested, with outbreaks across five states and territories exposing critical gaps and raising questions about whether the country can hold out against a raft of new highly contagious mutations.
An explosion of cases in Sydney and a series of rapidly moving outbreaks across the country resulted in authorities over the weekend imposing sudden citywide lockdowns, tough state border restrictions, mask mandates and new crowd and density limits for work and home.
The rapid imposition of restrictions caused major disruption, with New Zealand snapping shut its travel bubble, Western Australia turning away crowds from a Perth AFL match, and weddings and festivities closed down at short notice around the country.
Sydney lockdown fears ricochet around nation
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Covid-19 Australia: Coronavirus hits four states with NSW, WA, NT and QLD on alert
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