Australia has been slammed as a "Covid Prison" on the front page of Britain's The Times newspaper as an international backlash grows over the nation's endless lockdowns, and border closures. One of the world's oldest and most influential newspapers, The Times, has described Australia as "lecturing the world" on how to control Covid only to have the illusion shattered by the Delta variant. The front-page pointer for the story states: Covid Prison: How Australia lost its freedom and features an image of a beach with a "closed" sign. Visitors exercise at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Monday. Police speak to a small group of protestors outside the Parliament of New South Wales on Macquarie Street on August 31 in Sydney, Australia.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 03, 2021 06:45 UTC