Most Populous Australian State Reaches 80 Percent Fully Vaccinated

In this photo illustration a man holds a phone displaying a valid Australian digital COVID-19 vaccine certificate in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 14, 2021. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has reached the 80 percent COVID-19 vaccination threshold that the government required to further ease restrictions for the fully vaccinated.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet took to Twitter on Saturday afternoon to announce it: “80 [percent] in NSW! Been a long wait but we’ve done it.”