The longest lockdown in the world is finally coming to an end

International Desk: Melbourne, Australia is the city with the longest lockdown in the world. Finally, the residents of the city are waiting for 282 days in six phases. Khabar Al Jazeera.

Victoria State Chief Daniel Andrews announced the end of the lockdown on Sunday (October 16th) local time. At that time, he said, today is a special day. We can now be proud of what we have achieved.

He added that from 11:59 a.m. on Thursday, there would be no more lockdowns, no curfews, no barriers to getting out of the house.

Five million people in Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, have been under house arrest since the Corona epidemic began in 2020. The good news of lifting the lockdown comes when 80 percent of the people in the state will be vaccinated with two doses this week.

Australia has succeeded in the epidemic by using the covid-zero strategy. Now the country's authorities are saying that even if you live with Corona now, there is no problem. Because 80 percent of the people have already been fully vaccinated. In Victoria alone, 75 per cent of people over the age of 18 have completed a dose of the vaccine and 69 per cent have taken a single dose.

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