FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
Australia is worse off than India and several other countries as 13 million people, about half the population, endure fresh lockdowns to quash Covid outbreaks. A third state, South Australia, joined Victoria and parts of New South Wales in lockdown on Tuesday. The country's vaccination count is abysmally low with only 14% of Australians injected. Many people have expressed frustration at being back in highly policed lockdowns 18 months into the pandemic.