Sydney's oldest pub opened one hour early on Monday to welcome back its regulars after the city emerged from a more than 100- day lockdown, allowing Covid-19 vaccinated locals to enjoy new freedoms including a morning beer at their favourite bar.
With the once-stuttering vaccine rollout gaining momentum, Australia is planning a staggered return to normal even as its biggest cities grapple with an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant.
Australia and neighbouring New Zealand have taken conservative approaches to reopening even though both countries have recorded only modest numbers of infections and deaths, by global standards, during the pandemic. Australia's second-most populous state, Victoria, is preparing to open for summer, authorities said on Monday, which starts in December.
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