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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: July 5, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 11:59 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

New South Wales braces for heavy rains

Jeremy Piper, EPA-EFE
Posted at Jul 05 03:18 PM

Children are seen on kayaks in floodwaters that inundated the town of Yarramalong on the Central Coast, north of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Tuesday. Read more »

Sydney floods force thousands more to flee

Andrew Leeson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 05 12:25 PM

Rain-swollen rivers spilled mud-brown waters across swathes of Sydney on Tuesday, swamping homes and roads while forcing thousands to flee. Read more »

Flood-ravaged Australia braces for more wild weather

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 06 01:48 PM

Australian towns devastated by deadly flooding over the past week prepared for further intense weather. Read more »

Australians flee floods as toll rises to 12

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 02 02:46 PM

The death toll rose to 12 in a week-long disaster that has washed cars from roads and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes. Read more »

2 Australian states to regularly test students for COVID

Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 12:51 PM

Two of Australia's most populous states said students would be tested twice weekly for the omicron variant when classes resume next week. Read more »

Australians told: Brace for more deaths amid Omicron

Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 11:36 AM

Australia should brace for more COVID-19 deaths in the next few weeks, authorities said on Wednesday. Read more »

Australia suffers deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic

Renju Jose, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 03:17 PM

Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalization rates to record levels. Read more »

Australia's new pandemic high: 47,799 COVID infections

Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 02:31 PM

Australia's COVID-19 cases touched a fresh pandemic high on Tuesday amid an Omicron surge in its two most populous states. Read more »

Sydney allows kids to go to school

Reuters
Updated as of Oct 18 08:57 AM

Thousands of children returned to Sydney's schools Monday after nearly 4 months of home learning as Australia's largest city eased more restrictions. Read more »

Sydney COVID-19 lockdown

Loren Elliott, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 05:05 PM

A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks through the city center during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, September 7, 2021. Read more »

Australian boy found alive after 3-day search

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 01:58 PM

The boy was found scooping muddy water from a creek in dense outback terrain after a 3-day hunt that gripped the country. Read more »

New South Wales: COVID-19 hospitalizations yet to peak

Colin Packham and Jonathan Barrett, Reuters
Posted at Aug 30 07:17 PM

New South Wales, the epicenter of Australia's current outbreak, declared a record 1,290 new cases. Read more »

Sydney's ticket out of COVID lockdown? Six million shots

Colin Packham and Renju Jose, Reuters
Posted at Aug 04 03:55 PM

CANBERRA - Australian authorities said they could ease a COVID-19 lockdown that demands Sydney's five million people stay home until the end of August if half the population is vaccinated, even as new infections linger near a 16-month high. Read more »

Australia's Qantas to furlough 2,500 workers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 03 11:17 AM

SYDNEY - Australian airline Qantas announced Tuesday it will furlough 2,500 workers as coronavirus outbreaks and regional lockdowns pummel demand for flights. Read more »

Army patrols Sydney streets as Brisbane extends COVID-19 lockdown

Reuters
Posted at Aug 02 10:41 AM

SYDNEY - Australian officials on Monday extended a snap three-day lockdown in the city of Brisbane and some neighboring regions while hundreds of army personnel began patrolling Sydney to help enforce COVID-19 lockdown rules. Read more »

Sydney lockdown extended by four weeks as virus outbreak grows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 11:37 AM

SYDNEY - Millions of Sydney residents will spend another month in lockdown, authorities announced Wednesday, citing a still-fast-growing coronavirus outbreak and stubbornly low vaccination rates.   Read more »

Australia, under lockdown, sees worrying jump in COVID-19 cases

Renju Jose and Byron Kaye, Reuters
Posted at Jul 21 07:14 PM

SYDNEY - Australia's two largest states reported sharp increases in new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a blow to hopes that lockdown restrictions would be lifted with more than half the country's population under stay-at-home orders. Read more »

Sydney extends virus lockdown as Delta cluster grows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 07 10:28 AM

SYDNEY, Australia - More than five million Sydney residents will spend at least another week in coronavirus lockdown, Australian authorities said Wednesday, after detecting another 27 new cases. Read more »

3 Australian cities lock down in fight against Delta COVID-19 variant

Renju Jose, Reuters
Posted at Jun 29 01:25 PM

Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), reported a slight rise in locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, while officials tightened curbs to contain flare-ups of the highly infectious Delta variant in several other regions. Read more »