![epa09341334 Police walk past a closed retail outlet in the central business district (CBD) in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, 13 July 2021. Cash grants will go to small businesses struggling to survive Sydney's lockdown under a federal government plan devised after NSW had finalized a now shelved four billion Australian dollar (about 2.9 billion US dollar) package to deliver its own version of JobKeeper. EPA/MICK TSIKAS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/07/15/covid-australia-lockdown/hero_lockdown_sydney_australia_ansa.jpg.transform/hero-mobile/f805ef5d419cc8c05798aa94a0891097303e6c69/img.jpg)
Covid, variante Delta in Australia: lockdown in stato Victoria, prolungato quello a Sydney
Continua a salire l’ondata di contagi nel Paese: misure restrittive per almeno cinque giorni sono state ufficializzate anche nel secondo territorio più popoloso dopo quelle già prese, e prolungate fino al termine di luglio, nella capitale del Nuovo Galles del Sud. “Se esiti finisci per guardarti indietro e chiederti perché non hai agito prima”, ha detto il premier dello Stato di Victoria Daniel Andrews
![AUSTRALIA PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID 19 epa09244169 People wearing face masks are seen crossing a road along Lygon Street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 03 June 2021. Victoria has recorded three new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and the lockdown in Melbourne was extended for another seven days. EPA/JAMES ROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/07/15/covid-australia-lockdown/01_lockdown_victoria_australia_ansa.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/df65a65c5c673b25e1e335414e199ad02a61630c/img.jpg)
Prosegue l’ondata di contagi da Covid-19 dovuti alla variante Delta in Australia. Una risalita che ha portato Daniel Andrews, premier dello Stato di Victoria, a proclamare cinque giorni di lockdown nel secondo territorio più popoloso del Paese che ha come capitale Melbourne. Lockdown già presente e confermato fino al termine di luglio a Sydney
Covid e variante Delta, in Europa casi in salita: tornano le restrizioni![AUSTRALIA PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID 19 epa09244162 Envelopes are seen left on a table in the front of a resturant along Lygon Street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 03 June 2021. Victoria has recorded three new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and the lockdown in Melbourne was extended for another seven days. EPA/JAMES ROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/07/15/covid-australia-lockdown/02_lockdown_victoria_australia_ansa.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/cfca9a749cb2d5685fdaa35e47c02c1fa406fc28/img.jpg)
“Hai solo una possibilità per muoverti velocemente e con concretezza. Se esiti poi finirai per guardarti indietro chiedendoti perché non hai agito prima”, ha detto il premier dello Stato di Victoria annunciando il lockdown
GLI AGGIORNAMENTI LIVE SUL CORONAVIRUS![AUSTRALIA PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID 19 epa09244164 Restaurant furniture is seen left outside of a business along Lygon Street in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 03 June 2021. Victoria has recorded three new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, and the lockdown in Melbourne was extended for another seven days. EPA/JAMES ROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/07/15/covid-australia-lockdown/03_lockdown_victoria_australia_ansa.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/5a49ec42957c84b8079d0cd4ccc3b166c6712c74/img.jpg)
Lo stesso Andrews ha fatto sapere che lo Stato di Victoria ha fatto registrare 18 nuovi contagi da quando è apparsa la nuova variante Delta
Lo speciale Coronavirus![AUSTRALIA NSW CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC COVID19 epa09343362 A lady incorrectly wearing a face mask walks past a stay at home public order warning at Bondi, Sydney, Australia, 14 July 2021. Greater Sydney s lockdown has been extended for another two weeks, after another 97 new Covid-19 cases were detected were overnight. EPA/BIANCA DE MARCHI AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/07/15/covid-australia-lockdown/04_lockdown_sydney_australia_ansa.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/4987de733ba714c253bab26332b0aeffe8b3ea4b/img.jpg)
Intanto il lockdown introdotto a fine giugno per arginare la nuova crescita di contagi da Covid-19 a Sydney sarà prolungato per altre due settimane. Lo ha annunciato la premier dello Stato Gladys Berejikliane
Variante Delta, i focolai attivi in Italia![AUSTRALIA PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID19 epa09341334 Police walk past a closed retail outlet in the central business district (CBD) in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia, 13 July 2021. Cash grants will go to small businesses struggling to survive Sydney's lockdown under a federal government plan devised after NSW had finalized a now shelved four billion Australian dollar (about 2.9 billion US dollar) package to deliver its own version of JobKeeper. EPA/MICK TSIKAS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/07/15/covid-australia-lockdown/07_lockdown_sydney_australia_ansa.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/f805ef5d419cc8c05798aa94a0891097303e6c69/img.jpg)
Dall'inizio dell'emergenza, nei primi mesi dell'anno scorso, i casi complessivi sono stati 31.513 e i decessi 912, secondo gli ultimi dati della John Hopkins University
![AUSTRALIA PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID 19 epa09343224 Long queues of cars are seen at a pop up COVID-19 testing clinic at the Fairfield Showgrounds in Sydney, New South Wales, 14 July 2021. There are reports of chaos at COVID-10 testing sites in Sydney's southwest as essential workers wait for hours in queues to get tested as the lockdown is set to be extended. EPA/MICK TSIKAS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT](https://static.sky.it/images/skytg24/it/mondo/2021/07/15/covid-australia-lockdown/10_lockdown_sydney_australia_ansa.jpg.transform/gallery-horizontal-mobile/5e4b4924b0db7fd78f0890b037a49ace2e3b194c/img.jpg)
L’Australia non è comunque l’unico Paese dove la variante Delta desta particolari preoccupazioni. Anche in Europa, infatti, l’ormai ex variante indiana è già dominante in alcune zone e sono diversi i provvedimenti adottati, come quello più recente della Francia, per arginare i contagi