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By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia will stick to its lockdown strategy against the coronavirus until at least 70% of its population is fully vaccinated, but after that it will have to start living with the virus, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday. The country set a record with 914 infections, its highest daily figure, as the southern and eastern states of New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory remain under a strict lockdown. You can t live with lockdowns forever and at some point, you need to make that gear change, and that is done at 70%, Morrison said in a television interview on the Australian Broadcasting Corp s Insider program. Lockdowns are a key element of the federal government s strategy to rein in outbreaks until the 70% percent level is reached, with borders being re-opened gradually when the figure climbs to 80%.. But in a departure from the zero-COVID strategy adopted since the pandemic began, Morrison said it was highly unlike

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