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Sydney posts record daily COVID-19 cases, police powers extended to enforce lockdown

Asia Pacific · 2:25 AM UTC

The COVID-19 Delta outbreak in Australia's biggest city Sydney grew by 239 cases on Thursday, the highest daily rise since the pandemic started, forcing authorities to increase police powers to shut down businesses not complying with lockdown measures.

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