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Australia’s widening Covid-19 outbreak forces more curbs

While other developed countries such as the US and UK are racing to move past lockdowns and myriad restrictions by ramping up vaccinations, millions of Australians have once again been put under dreaded curbs to contain the growing outbreak, thanks to a sluggish vaccination drive and the highly contagious Delta variant. While the count of new local cases was comparatively low, including 30 in New South Wales state, officials fearful of the Delta variant warned the tally may climb. The suddent outburst puts more pressure on the government to step up a vaccination