ni Ronalyn Seminiano Reonico | June 27, 2021
Isinailalim sa dalawang linggong lockdown ang Sydney, Australia matapos maitala ang 17 bagong kaso ng COVID-19 noong Sabado.
Matatandaang maagang nagpatupad ng border closure ang Australia at mahigpit na ipinatupad ang social distancing rules nang tumama ang pandemya sa bansa kaya nakontrol nila ang pagtaas ng kaso ng COVID-19.
Matapos ang ilang buwan ay niluwagan din ang restriksiyon sa naturang bansa ngunit, ayon sa pamahalaan, muling nagkaroon ng biglaang pagtaas ng kaso ng COVID-19 o surge. Dahil dito, muling ipinatupad ang mahigpit na restriksiyon.
Saad ni New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian, "When you have a contagious variant, like the Delta virus, a three-day lockdown doesn't work — if we're going to do this we need to do it properly.
"Transmissibility is at least double what previous variants have been so we do need to brace ourselves for a potentially large number of cases in the following days.”
Aniya pa, "The situation is worsening beyond what we would have liked to have seen this morning, and the reason for that is that the new exposure sites are outside of those areas of concern we had highlighted.”
Sa ilalim ng lockdown, maaari lamang lumabas ang mga residente para sa essential goods, medical care, pagpasok sa eskuwelahan at trabaho.
Saad naman ni State Health Minister Brad Hazzard, "The Delta variant is proving to be a very formidable foe. "No matter what defensive steps we're taking at the moment, the virus seems to understand how to counter-attack." Samantala, nakapagtala ang Australia ng 30,400 kabuuang kaso ng COVID-19 at 910 bilang ng mga pumanaw.