A vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park. Less than 20 per cent of Australian adults have been fully inoculatedHundreds of troops are to patrol Sydney’s streets to enforce lockdown rules after a record surge in coronavirus cases. At least 300 soldiers were to be immediately deployed after the police commissioner for New South Wales approached the prime minister, Scott Morrison, for help. The authorities have yet to spell out their precise duties but it is highly unlikely that troops will be armed. This was despite Sydney’s more than five million residents having been locked down for nearly five weeks.

Source: The Times July 29, 2021 11:11 UTC