- Title: Drone footage shows Sydney's eastern suburbs beaches in lockdown
- Date: 5th July 2021
- Summary: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (JULY 5, 2021) (REUTERS) (MUTE) SUNRISE OVER BONDI BEACH WAVES WASHING ON SHORE AT BONDI BEACH SOUTH BONDI BEACH AREA WITH WAVES NEXT TO SWIMMING POOL WAVES CRASHING NEXT TO SWIMMING POOL SURFER RIDING WAVE BONDI BEACH SAND AND PROMENADE FERRIS WHEEL NEAR BONDI BEACH LIFE GUARD TOWER BONDI PAVILION BUILDING, BEACH AND OCEAN HOUSES SURROUNDING GORDONS BAY AND COOGEE BAY AREA CLOVELLY BEACH AND BAY AREA SOUTH COOGEE BEACH AND SWIMMING POOL COOGEE BAY BEACH COOGEE BEACH COOGEE HEADLAND AND OCEAN
- Embargoed: 19th July 2021 07:24
- Keywords: Australia COVID-19 Sydney beaches coronavirus drone lockdown suburbs
- Location: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
- City: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
- Country: Australia
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Australia,Health/Medicine,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001EKKAXJB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Drone footage shows Sydney's eastern suburbs beach areas on Monday (July 5) midway through a two-week lockdown imposed by New South Wales state government.
The Greater Sydney area entered a hard two-week lockdown on June 26 as authorities tried to contain a fast-spreading outbreak of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant in Australia's largest city.
New South Wales (NSW) on Monday (July 5) said the next two days would be "absolutely critical" in deciding whether the lockdown, set to end on July 9, will have to be extended amid rising Delta variant cases.
With more than five million Sydney residents under strict stay-at-home orders, total infections in the latest outbreak have topped 300. NSW reported 35 locally acquired cases on Monday, matching the biggest daily rise in infections so far this year, recorded two days ago.
Less than 10% of Australia's adult population of just over 20.6 million so far have been fully vaccinated, while more than 30% have had received at least their first dose. About 9% of New Zealand's 5 million population has been fully vaccinated so far, while over 1.1 million people have received at least one dose.
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