Greater Sydney to Get ‘Freedoms’ Once 70 Percent of State Vaccinated

'You Have Been Warned': State Leader Pushes for More Vaccinations

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks to the media during a COVID-19 press conference in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 9, 2021 Bianca De Marchi - Pool/Getty Images

The New South Wales (NSW) government in Australia has announced that fully vaccinated residents of Sydney, and its surrounding regions, will start getting their freedoms back once 70 percent of the state’s population is vaccinated—which is earmarked to be in October.

NSW State Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the roadmap that would see the state’s progression out of lockdown, which has been ongoing since late June to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.