💉COVID-19

Thousands protest vaccine mandate in Melbourne despite Omicron wave.

Thousands of anti-vaccine mandate protesters marched through Melbourne on Saturday, despite a surge in the Omicron variant cases.

Last week an average of 107,528 cases were reported per day in Australia, increasing by 573 percent from the median two weeks ago, according to the John Hopkins Institute.

Australia has recorded almost 1.2 million cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, with over 2,600 deaths.