Parts of Australia under new lockdown after cases of Delta variant

Covid outbreaks renew questions about stuttering vaccine rollout and limited quarantine facilities

Australia is grappling with several outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant of coronavirus, with a wave of restrictions rolling across the country and plunging some cities into lockdown for the first time since the pandemic began.

Residents of every state and territory in the country – except the island state of Tasmania – are again living under restrictions ranging from full-blown lockdowns in Sydney and Darwin, to mask mandates in some indoor settings in Adelaide and Canberra.

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