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[PODCAST] Daily Dose @ 5: Sinovac COVID jab highly effective against serious illness, More than half of Australia's adults fully inoculated
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Fri Sep 24 2021
![Australian police clash with anti-lockdown protesters, arrest nearly 270 Australian police clash with anti-lockdown protesters, arrest nearly 270](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-09/61631952785_MELBOURNE.jpg)
Australian police clash with anti-lockdown protesters, arrest nearly 270
Australia's police arrested 235 people in Melbourne and 32 in Sydney on Saturday at unsanctioned anti-lockdown rallies.
Sat Sep 18 2021
![Australia reports 1,882 COVID-19 cases as police quell protests Australia reports 1,882 COVID-19 cases as police quell protests](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-09/41631941596_SYDNEY.jpg)
Australia reports 1,882 COVID-19 cases as police quell protests
Thousands of police officers in Sydney and Melbourne deployed to quell planned anti-lockdown protests, set up checkpoints and barricades.
Sat Sep 18 2021
![Melbourne readies for anti-lockdown protest as COVID-19 cases surge Melbourne readies for anti-lockdown protest as COVID-19 cases surge](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-09/71631759300_sydney.jpg)
Melbourne readies for anti-lockdown protest as COVID-19 cases surge
Public transport into the city will be shut from 8 am to 2 pm on Saturday.
Thu Sep 16 2021
![Police arrest hundreds of protesters as Australia reports record COVID-19 cases Police arrest hundreds of protesters as Australia reports record COVID-19 cases](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-08/61629534423_TBAUSTRALIAPROTEST.jpg)
Police arrest hundreds of protesters as Australia reports record COVID-19 cases
Seven officers were hospitalised as a result of clashes, as the country saw its highest ever single-day rise in COVID-19 cases.
Sat Aug 21 2021
![Australia reports record COVID-19 cases as police block Sydney protest Australia reports record COVID-19 cases as police block Sydney protest](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-08/81629514905_AUSTRALIA.jpg)
Australia reports record COVID-19 cases as police block Sydney protest
Australian police patrolled the streets and blocked transport into the centre of Sydney to prevent a planned anti-lockdown protest.
Sat Aug 21 2021
![Australians may face longer lockdown after reckless mass protests Australians may face longer lockdown after reckless mass protests](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-07/81627194409_AUSTRALIA.jpg)
Australians may face longer lockdown after "reckless" mass protests
Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls the anti-lockdown protests in Sydney reckless and self-defeating.
Sun Jul 25 2021
![Thousands join in protest against Sydney lockdown Thousands join in protest against Sydney lockdown](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-07/41627112832_SYDNEY.jpg)
Thousands join in protest against Sydney lockdown
Some of them lit flares as they gathered outside Victoria state's Parliament House.
Sat Jul 24 2021
![Australia's Sydney sees anti-lockdown protest amid deteriorating COVID-19 crisis Australia's Sydney sees anti-lockdown protest amid deteriorating COVID-19 crisis](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-01/61610972750_australiacovid.jpg)
Australia's Sydney sees anti-lockdown protest amid deteriorating COVID-19 crisis
NSW Police Force accused the protest activity as unauthorised and said a high-visibility policing operation was launched in response to it.
Sat Jul 24 2021
![German police clash with anti-lockdown protesters German police clash with anti-lockdown protesters](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-04/81619055281_GERMANY.jpg)
German police clash with anti-lockdown protesters
Merkel's government has come under fire for its chaotic handling of lockdowns and slow vaccination campaign.
Thu Apr 22 2021
![Dutch police detain 240 nationwide as anti-lockdown protests turn violent Dutch police detain 240 nationwide as anti-lockdown protests turn violent](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-01/61611559871_dutchcovid.jpg)
Dutch police detain 240 nationwide as anti-lockdown protests turn violent
The unrest came on the second day of new, tougher coronavirus restrictions.
Mon Jan 25 2021
![COVID-19: Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown protesters in 2 cities COVID-19: Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown protesters in 2 cities](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2021-01/81611523091_Netherlands.jpg)
COVID-19: Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown protesters in 2 cities
Police used a water cannon to disperse an outlawed anti-lockdown demonstration in Amsterdam.
Sun Jan 24 2021