Australian state declares national emergency over Covid-19 outbreak

Sydney has been locked down for a month. 

A man wears a mask as he walks in Sydney, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Picture: AP Photo/Rick Rycroft

An Australian state government has declared a national emergency due to a Covid-19 outbreak in Sydney.

The New South Wales state government reported one fatality and 136 new infections in the latest 24-hour period, the biggest daily tally of new cases since the outbreak began in mid-June.