Sydney Ends COVID-19 Lockdown After 106 Days
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With new infections now falling -- New South Wales state recorded 496 cases on Monday -- and more than 70 percent of over-16s fully vaccinated.
Elated Sydneysiders celebrated the end of almost four months of coronavirus lockdown on Monday, putting behind them a period of "blood, sweat and no beers" in Australia's largest city.
Sydney's more than five million residents were subjected to a 106-day lockdown, designed to limit the march of the highly transmissible Delta variant.
With new infections now falling -- New South Wales state recorded 496 cases on Monday -- and more than 70 percent of over-16s fully vaccinated, the city is dusting off the cobwebs.
From midnight pubs, restaurants and cafes began throwing open their doors to anyone who could prove they were vaccinated.
