Nearly 85% of Australians aged 16 and above have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus as of Nov. 19. ADVERTISEMENTChanting ‘Freedom, freedom’ and carrying ‘End Segregation Now’ signs, several thousand anti-vaccination protesters marched through Melbourne’s downtown, Australia’s second-most populous city that was hit the hardest by the pandemic. The anti-vaccination rallies have continued for weeks in Australia, becoming occasionally violent and attracting lose groups of regular citizens, as well as far-right and conspiracy theory supporters. The most populous state of New South Wales, where nearly 92% of people are fully vaccinated, reported 182 new cases. As of Friday, 83% of the Pacific nation’s population have been fully vaccinated.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 21, 2021 02:26 UTC