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Melbourne to ease more COVID-19 restrictions after series of lockdowns

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Melbourne, one of the world’s most locked-down cities that emerged from its latest spate of COVID-19 restrictions heading into the weekend, will see more curbs eased later this week when the state of Victoria reaches an 80 per cent full vaccination rate, officials said on Sunday.

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Home to about five million people, the Australian city endured 262 days — or nearly nine months — of stay-at-home restrictions during six lockdowns since March 2020. That’s more total days than the 234-day continuous lockdown in Buenos Aires.

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This story was originally published on  CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-oct24-2021-1.6223086?cmp=rss.

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