Australia to end 'covid zero' policy: 'Not a sustainable way to live'
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Australia is set to end its "covid zero" policy after Prime Minister Scott Morrison determined that the country’s approach is not "sustainable" in the face of the more infectious COVID-19 delta variant.
The government will drop most restrictions once 80% of adults are vaccinated, which the government believes could happen by the end of the year, The Economist reported. Any further action would occur only after hospitals reached a point at which they could no longer cope with new cases, but will otherwise handle what they can. The delta variant provided a new challenge for a nation that The Washington Post once labeled a "pandemic success story." The nation responded to the variant by instituting what it called "circuit breakers": any detected cases would result in a lockdown to stop the spread "at the beginning."More Related News