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A lockdown in the Australian city of Sydney has been extended until the end of September to slow the spread of a Covid outbreak.
Authorities also imposed a curfew on two million residents in the city’s worst-hit suburbs.
Residents of Sydney have been under stay-at-home orders since late June.
However, infections have more than doubled in the past week with 642 new cases recorded on Friday, and 681 on Thursday.
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