Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the country must begin to ease strict Covid-19 restrictions once vaccination rates increase, with over half of all Australians enduring weeks-long lockdowns to curb Delta outbreaks.
Some states have flagged they may not stick to a national plan that would include relaxing border controls, worried about a surge in cases in the country's southeast, with Sydney breaking new one-day records for infections.
"[Lockdowns] cannot go on forever. This is not a sustainable way to live in this country," Morrison said during a televised media conference in Canberra.
Read more from Reuters here.
Dear visitor, the comments section is undergoing an overhaul and will return soon.