The previous record daily tally in New South Wales was 466 new cases reported on Saturday. The rest were unvaccinated, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said. Australia has one of the slowest vaccine rollouts among wealthy countries, which is making the Delta variant outbreak particularly dangerous. Poland has sent 1 million Covid-19 vaccines to Sydney where the Delta variant continues to spread, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. Sri Lanka is witnessing an unprecedented surge of Covid-19 cases and deaths over the last two weeks.

Source: Manila Times August 16, 2021 02:26 UTC