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| Australia Covid live update: Victoria premier Dan Andrews eases lockdown after 10 new cases; Gladys Berejiklian to give NSW update | |
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| Follow all the day’s news | Follow all the day’s news |
| Andrews: | |
| Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has announced an end to the state’s hard lockdown. | |
| Stay at home orders and the 5km travel limit will lift from midnight tonight but guests to the home are still banned and strict density limits will apply in the newly opened hospitality and retail sectors. | |
| School will also open for all year levels from tomorrow. | |
| Andrews: | |
| Come on, Andrews! Don’t leave us in suspense here! | |
| OK, we are just standing by to hear from Victorian premier Daniel Andrews who is expected to announce the easing of the state’s 12-day hard lockdown. | |
| Big coffee sips for more inexplicable graphic design choices from Annastacia Palaszczuk. | Big coffee sips for more inexplicable graphic design choices from Annastacia Palaszczuk. |
| Someone take her Canva premium account off her in hotel quarantine! For the sake of the nation! | Someone take her Canva premium account off her in hotel quarantine! For the sake of the nation! |
| OK, well this is a little different, 10.45am AEST for the Victorian press conference. | OK, well this is a little different, 10.45am AEST for the Victorian press conference. |
| Supermarket workers in south-west Sydney will soon have priority access to the Pfizer vaccine via pop-up clinics and appointments at the Sydney Olympic Park mass vaccination hub. | Supermarket workers in south-west Sydney will soon have priority access to the Pfizer vaccine via pop-up clinics and appointments at the Sydney Olympic Park mass vaccination hub. |
| The announcement comes after the New South Wales chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said it was crucial to vaccinate essential workers in the area because they kept the city functioning. | The announcement comes after the New South Wales chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said it was crucial to vaccinate essential workers in the area because they kept the city functioning. |
| “We are very keen to provide access to those critical workers that are required to keep Sydney running,” she said. | “We are very keen to provide access to those critical workers that are required to keep Sydney running,” she said. |
| “They do a lot of the work in distribution centres, food, logistics, transport. | “They do a lot of the work in distribution centres, food, logistics, transport. |
| “At this point in time, vaccinations are not the whole answer, and we need to maintain the lockdown as tight as possible.” | “At this point in time, vaccinations are not the whole answer, and we need to maintain the lockdown as tight as possible.” |
| You can read the full report below: | You can read the full report below: |
| And the Victorian Liberals are being the Victorian Liberals again. | And the Victorian Liberals are being the Victorian Liberals again. |
| D’ath also said Queensland would wait and see what the announcements are out of South Australia and Victoria today before making any decisions when it comes to border restrictions. | D’ath also said Queensland would wait and see what the announcements are out of South Australia and Victoria today before making any decisions when it comes to border restrictions. |
| Queensland health minister Yvette D’ath says that it’s likely the virus has spread through the air in hotel quarantine, and this is how the man who recently returned from China was infected. | Queensland health minister Yvette D’ath says that it’s likely the virus has spread through the air in hotel quarantine, and this is how the man who recently returned from China was infected. |
| However, Young says she is still worried that a Covid-19 positive man who travelled from NSW to Queensland, despite allegedly being aware he was a close contact and require to isolate, might have spread the Delta variant into the state. | However, Young says she is still worried that a Covid-19 positive man who travelled from NSW to Queensland, despite allegedly being aware he was a close contact and require to isolate, might have spread the Delta variant into the state. |