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Premier Daniel Andrews says it’s ‘absolutely amazing’ Victoria is so closely aligned to NSW when it comes to vaccination rates and reopening

Molnupiravir has been shown to prevent serious illness and death, although it is still in late stage clinical trials

Premier offers harsh criticism for people breaking Covid restrictions, saying their actions ‘will keep us all locked down for longer than we should be. I’m angry, we’re all angry’

Foley said the state government’s decision to isolate the secondary contacts of primary close contacts of Covid-19 cases was paying off, with half of the new infections reported on Wednesday being household contacts of primary close contacts. Over 18,000 primary close contacts and over 10,000 secondary close contacts are currently isolating across the state. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning “If Victoria wasn’t managing those secondary ...

No new cases of coronavirus were detected in NSW or Queensland on Friday

James Merlino announces easing of restrictions from Friday, but Melburnians must stay within 25km of their home

Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton says decisions are being made on a day-by-day basis on the ongoing Melbourne lockdown

Victorian health authorities are concerned about the recent spread of the more infectious Covid strain, first identified in India, in the community

West Melbourne family who travelled to NSW south coast confirmed to have Delta variant, the predominant coronavirus variant in India

Chief medical officer says new rule introduced to ensure potential exposure sites have complete records for contact tracing