Several regional areas of New South Wales enter lockdown after a rise in COVID-19 cases. At the same time, due to hitting statewide vaccination targets, lockdown measures are relaxed slightly across New South Wales, with children under 18 years old able to form a "friends bubble" with one other household. [https:--www.theguardian.com-australia-news-2021-sep-21-nsw-covid-update-byron-bay-tweed-and-kempsey-in-lockdown-as-cases-and-deaths-rise (The Guardian)] COVID-19 pandemic in Australia