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#NEW: Authorities have just announced 344 new COVID-19 cases in NSW - but a lot of claims they've made about the state's lockdown AREN'T TRUE 🔒

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CLAIM: NSW has the country's toughest lockdown 🔒

RATING: FALSE ❌

Restrictions in Victoria over the weekend were significantly tougher, including a 5km limit & the lockdown applying for the whole state 🏡

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CLAIM: @GladysB says NSW has "harsher restrictions than any other state has ever had" 🔒

RATING: FALSE ❌

Restrictions in Victoria & SA were much tighter last year - including a night-time curfew for Melbourne 🕗

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CLAIM: 50% of eligible people in NSW have had 1 vaccine dose 💉

RATING: MISLEADING ❌

According to the ABC's @CaseyBriggs, that number is much closer to 45% 🦠

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