Melbourne to ease more COVID curbs as 80% vaccination rate nears – The Peninsula Qatar

  • Date: 24-Oct-2021
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Melbourne to ease more COVID curbs as 80% vaccination rate nears – The Peninsula Qatar

Diners eat outside a cafe in St Kilda while police stand by due to a Victorian Freedom Movement protest on the second day of eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) regulations in Melbourne, Australia, October 23, 2021. Reuters/Sandra Sanders

Melbourne: Melbourne, the world's most locked-down city that emerged from its latest spate of COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, will see more curbs eased next week when Victoria state reaches an 80% full vaccination rate, officials said on Sunday.

Home to about five million people, Melbourne endured 262 days, or nearly nine months, of stay-at-home restrictions during six lockdowns since March 2020, longer than the 234-day continuous lockdown in Buenos Aires.