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Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown to end sooner for the vaccinated - Reuters
Sep 27, 2021 49 secs

Movement restrictions across New South Wales, the country's most populous state and home to Sydney, will be lifted gradually between Oct.

In New South Wales, where around 60% of people aged 16 and over are fully inoculated, restaurants, pubs, retail stores, gyms and indoor recreation facilities may reopen on Oct.

11 - days after the state is expected to reach 70% vaccination - with capacity limits.

Limits on people attending funerals and weddings will be lifted, and the number of vaccinated people allowed to gather in a home will double to 10.

While businesses and the tourist industry broadly welcomed the New South Wales reopening plan, some advocate groups said vaccination rates were not high enough among vulnerable groups like the indigenous population, people with disabilities and those in regional areas with lower vaccine supply.

Qantas Airways (QAN.AX), which has already said it would require international flight passengers to be fully vaccinated, said it would bring forward its reopening date for flights between Sydney and Melbourne to Nov.

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