azadeh moshiri, bbc news. australia's most populous state, new south wales, has awoken to a statewide lockdown, with the premier warning of difficult months ahead. more than a0 people have died in this current outbreak with tighter restrictions coming into play, including increased fines for covid breaches. the scott morrison has announced more than $1 million of the —— 1 million doses of the vaccine have been secured from poland and will be a straight —— arriving in australia this evening local time, so that is great news. vaccine supply has been an issue in australia, and that rollout is far behind the rest of the developed world. currently only about a quarter of australians have been vaccinated, and that is a big part of the reason why they are struggling with current outbreaks. as we have seen in other parts of the world, the delta variant is running rampant, and they are really struggling to get on top of it and not burden their help system. that is currently the case in sydney, with this