Australia Covid news live update: NSW records 496 local cases and eight deaths as millions awaken to new freedoms

This is the day so many have been looking forward to, the day when things we take for granted we celebrate. Being with family and friends, getting a haircut, grabbing a meal together, going to the pub and having a beer with your mates. These are things that across New South Wales and particularly in Sydney people will be able to do again today …

Over the weekend, more than 400,000 vaccines were administered across the country. That is the biggest weekend we’ve had throughout the entire vaccination program and that tells me one thing: Australians have been totally up for this the whole way through. They are getting the job done.

Whether you are in a state like New South Wales which is opening up today, a state like Victoria that soon will be, or over in the west or up in Queensland where the impact of Covid has not been the same, but still we need those vaccines to sure that when Covid eventually comes that in those states you will be able to continue on as you have …

To all those, particularly in Sydney and across New South Wales who are opening up today, enjoy the moment, enjoy it with your family and friends.

source: theguardian.com