Daniel Andrews to push National Cabinet to adopt Victoria s COVID measures amid UK coronavirus strain fears
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JanJanuary 2021 at 2:21pm
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Daniel Andrews says he has cut short his leave ahead of Friday s National Cabinet meeting, so he can push to have Victoria s strengthened coronavirus measures implemented nationwide.
Key points:
Mr Andrews says there needs to be a national strategy
NSW s Chief Health Officer says the state is already planning to modify its hotel quarantine testing regime
The government has outlined its plans to start vaccinating people against coronavirus from late February, with the aim of having about half the population covered by the middle of the year.
New South Wales records no new cases of coronavirus as new alerts are issued for venues in western Sydney and the south coast
New South Wales has recorded no new local cases of coronavirus on Thursday but venues are on alert
Infectious patients have visited several venues in the western Sydney suburb of Wentworthville
There are also concerns the virus will spread on the state s south coast after a positive case visited
The government has outlined its plans to start vaccinating people against coronavirus from late February, with the aim of having about half the population covered by the middle of the year.
National cabinet will meet on Friday to consider tighter precautions on international arrivals over fears a new mutant coronavirus strain will spread from the UK.