Covid Australia live update: Melbourne exposure sites multiply as Sydney braces for surge in cases

More than 100 sites on Victorian hotspot list include Tuesday’s Wallabies v France match; alerts issued for NSW hospital and an aged care home

A tough break for federal employment and skills minister Stuart Robert.

There was some very encouraging news yesterday, that unemployment had fallen to 4.9%. Roberts seems to have booked in a heap of media spots, keen the spread the good news, but of course, this has been totally overshadowed by the Melbourne and Sydney lockdowns!

If you think about the UK as an example, so 86%, give or take, with one dose and sort of 64% with two doses, they are still getting over 30,000 cases a day and six deaths.

Yes, they have opened their full borders, in terms of travel. They have joined in terms of the travel bubble with all of Europe, so they have reached a point where they are saying, “Well, we have reached almost max vaccination and we are going to live with it.” So these are natural steps.

Peak hour at Parliament Station this morning. pic.twitter.com/TGFGK89W6P

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/jul/16/covid-australia-live-update-melbourne-sydney-lockdown-national-cabinet-daniel-andrews-gladys-berejiklian-coronavirus

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