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Added on the 28/10/2020 01:01:49 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
People visit a Melbourne café after enduring one of the world's most prolonged series of lockdowns. The city's five million people have spent more than 260 days under lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic. But now that 70 percent of eligible people in Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state are fully vaccinated, restrictions that began on August 5 have been lifted. IMAGES
Police used pepper spray in a number of confrontations and made over 200 arrests in Melbourne, as several hundred attendees flouted stay-at-home orders and marched through an inner-city suburb. The illegal gathering comes amid city's sixth lockdown since the pandemic started, with the wider state of Victoria reporting over 500 cases of Covid-19 on Saturday. IMAGES
Hundreds protest in Melbourne as the city prepares to enter a sixth coronavirus lockdown. Victoria premier Dan Andrews said Thursday he had "no choice" but to make the "very difficult announcement" to lock down Melbourne and the rest of the virus-weary state little more than a week after the last lockdown ended. Sydney also reported a record number of new coronavirus cases as Australia falters in its efforts to bring a virulent Delta outbreak under control. IMAGES
Restaurants reopen for outdoor service in London as lockdown restrictions are eased across England. Non-essential shops, hairdressers and gyms have also been allowed to reopen as the country comes to the end of a prolonged third lockdown to curb Covid cases. IMAGES
Images of a shopping street in Vienna as Austria starts relaxing its third coronavirus lockdown with schools, museums and shops reopening. IMAGES