Australia extends lockdown in Sydney amid coronavirus surge
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BY A STAFF REPORTER
Australia's largest city Sydney will be in lockdown for another week as it fights to contain a Covid outbreak. The New South Wales government said authorities were forced to make the "difficult decision." as it battles the highly transmissible Delta strain. A stay-at-home order was issued on 26 June. Australia has recorded 910 deaths and fewer than 31,000 cases since the pandemic began.