Oceania

Australia has recommended vaccination against COVID-19 for all individuals from 12 years of age, extending the current recommendation for those aged 16 years and older. The Australian Technical Advisory Group …

Like so many families separated during the pandemic, Ben Jackson wasn’t able to say goodbye to a loved one. The Australian farmer was 400km (248 miles) away in New South …

A protester reacts during the ‘National Rally for Peace, Freedom and Human Rights’ anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne, Australia, 21 August 2021 Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne …

Police officers patrol the quiet city centre in Sydney REUTERS/Loren Elliott Two million residents of Sydney will be under nightly curfew from next week to slow the highly infectious Delta …

Lambton Quay is devoid of people on the first day of the lockdown REUTERS/Praveen Menon New Zealand‘s city streets were largely deserted on Wednesday as the country returned to life …

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern participates in a televised debate in Auckland, New Zealand, September 22, 2020. Fiona Goodall/Pool via REUTERS/ New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put the …

Police officers patrol through the quiet Central Station in the city centre in Sydney, Australia REUTERS/Loren Elliott Australia’s biggest city of Sydney recorded its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic …

Commuters wear protective face masks on public transit in Sydney Australian police hiked fines for people breaking lockdown rules in Sydney and the rest of its home state on Saturday …

Bilal El-Hayek, a local government councillor and community leader, volunteers with Meals on Wheels to deliver food to members of vulnerable communities during a lockdown in Sydney Hundreds more defence …

Sydney, Australia, August 9, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott Australian authorities on Tuesday vowed to crank up policing of anti-COVID lockdown rules in Sydney, but dismissed suggestions that tougher measures, including a …