Video / Sky News AustraliaVictoria has recorded 16 new community cases of Covid-19 overnight, prompting fears of an extension to the state's fifth lockdown. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews put the state into a 5-day snap lockdown amid a growing number of community cases of Covid-19. "It's just so hard to get on top of Delta," Baxter said. We need to live as if Covid exists until we're vaccinated, otherwise we'll be in lockdown after lockdown after lockdown." "My view is we need restrictions even in areas that don't have outbreaks in winter," he told news.com.au.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 17, 2021 22:04 UTC