Authorities will announce plans today (Thursday) to bring Sydney out of an extended Covid-19 lockdown, with fully vaccinated residents to be freed from stay-home orders by the end of October, local media has reported.

Under the strategy to be announced today, Sydney residents will receive some freedom from movement restrictions when New South Wales reaches a 70 per cent vaccination rate, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported.

About 43pc of the adult population of the state, Australia's most populous, has been fully vaccinated, with around 76pc having received at least one dose.

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