And they re on to this. We have full confidence in New Zealand s system. We ve seen them deal with the inevitable outbreaks, and there will be other days when there are cases in Australia. We saw the outbreak recently in Queensland and NSW - two states. And yet, we were able to deal with it. So, we know how to deal with this. The New Zealand system has picked up a case and we know that we have a highly infectious disease, but highly developed containment systems in both New Zealand and Australia.
Meanwhile, Mr Hunt said 6734 vaccines were undertaken nationally in the past 24 hours.
The United States’ top Covid-19 adviser says Australia cannot rely on vaccines and border controls to protect its population, warning no country is safe while the virus is allowed to spread beyond its borders. Dr Anthony Fauci issued the sobering reality check during the University of NSW’s inaugural David Cooper Lecture this week as the US administered a record 4.6 million vaccines in a single day and Australia’s vaccination rollout continues to stumble. There would be no freedom from the virus for Australia or any country that had successfully suppressed it within its own communities until the overwhelming majority of the world’s population was vaccinated against Covid-19 and its spread was controlled globally, US President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser said via video conference from his home office.
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