Sydney's cafes, gyms and restaurants welcomed back fully vaccinated customers today after nearly four months of lockdown, as Australia aims to begin living with coronavirus and gradually reopen with high rates of inoculation.
Some pubs in Sydney, the country's largest city and capital of New South Wales, opened at midnight. Friends and families huddled together for a midnight beer. "I see it as a day of freedom, it's a freedom day," NSW state Premier Dominic Perrottet told reporters. "We are leading the nation out of this pandemic but this will be a challenge." Mr Perrottet warned that infections would rise after reopening and virus-free states such as Western Australia and Queensland are watching what living with Covid-19 is going to look