Stay-at-home orders are set to be lifted in Sydney and surrounding New South Wales when the double-dose vaccination rate hits 70%.
It comes as case numbers fell in the Australian city. NSW state premier Gladys Berejiklian saying "quite confidently" that was now expected to occur on 11 October.
Shuttered pubs, restaurants and shops will be allowed to reopen to the vaccinated while friends and families living across Australia's biggest city will be able to reunite for the first time in more than three months. "It is just this week and next week that we have to hang in there for," Ms Berejiklian said. "We are nearly, nearly there, and let's not give up at the last minute." Deputy premier John Barilaro said the "blueprint for freedom" would