Blacktown

He said he and others had to push the state to provide sufficient vaccinations for Blacktown, a rapidly growing area that is home to more than 400,000 people.

The vaccination rates in Blacktown, Liverpool and other hard-hit western areas are now on par with the east.

But in Blacktown, another curfew-hit area where playgrounds were closed at one point to keep young people away, some worry that the reopening will be policed differently as well.

In Blacktown, where Mr. Chagai lives, that figure is past 90 percent.

And don’t forget the dramatic time differences, either; Blacktown, New South Wales — where the Australian qualifier was played — runs 19 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time.