Original title: Chaos! Thousands of Sydney citizens took to the streets to demonstrate, calling for “Awake Australia”, at least 57 people were arrested
[Global Network Report]According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), demonstrations broke out in Sydney, Melbourne, Australia and other cities on the 24th local time to oppose the strict restrictions imposed by the government in response to the new crown epidemic.
According to reports, thousands of Sydney citizens took to the streets, chanting “freedom” when they marched in the city center. Some people held placards that read “Take off the mask and raise your voice” and “Wake up Australia”. Protesters blocked the road and gathered outside Sydney Town Hall, and others threw bottles at the police. The police said they had arrested 57 people.
There were also demonstrations in Melbourne and Brisbane.
The report mentioned that Australia’s new crown vaccination rate is still the lowest in developed countries, with less than 14% of people being vaccinated.
With the spread of the new crown epidemic, Australia’s blockade has further expanded. The South Australian state government announced on the 20th of this month a “city closure” initiative to curb the spread of the delta strain of the new crown mutant virus. Victory State decided on the same day to “close the city” for another week. New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, also declared a state of emergency on the 23rd. Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, discovered the first case of the epidemic on June 16. The city began to be “closed” on June 26 and was extended several times since then. The latest release date is scheduled for the 30th of this month.
The latest statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that as of 7:00 on the 25th Beijing time, Australia has a total of 32,594 confirmed cases of new crowns and 916 deaths.
Source: World Wide Web
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