In Australia’s largest eastern cities of Sydney and Melbourne, rising Covid-19 infections have led to months-long lockdowns and strict rules on who can travel interstate.

The World Health Organization designated the new NB.1.8.1 strain as a "variant under monitoring" and it's now the dominant variant in China and Hong Kong.

A new, highly contagious Covid-19 strain has emerged globally as thousands of Australians prepare to travel overseas.

Melbourne, the city that was once Australia’s worst COVID-19 hotspot, has announced a seven-day lockdown, its fourth since the pandemic began. AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake, File.

Most of Australia’s 1.5 million Covid infections were acquired in the past three weeks, and on Friday the country reported a record single-day total of 88 deaths.

Members of the public wait in line at a COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic in Midland, an eastern suburb of Perth, Australia, Sept. 9, 2021.

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An increasingly frustrated Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison turned to an animated film last week to drive home his point that the country needs to reopen – Covid or no Covid.

In Australia’s largest eastern cities of Sydney and Melbourne, rising Covid-19 infections have led to months-long lockdowns and strict rules on who can travel interstate.