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Advertisement Victoria has recorded 12 new local cases of COVID-19 after a number of apartment buildings, supermarkets and bottle shops were added to the more than 400 exposure sites across the state on Friday evening. All the new cases are linked to the current outbreak and 10 of the 12 cases were in quarantine throughout their infectious period, the Department of Health said on Twitter. More than 39,800 test results were returned across Friday, with 19,281 vaccination doses administered at st...

COVID-19 venues: Health alert for Greenacre car wash, Priceline Dapto and Woolworths Orange The worrying new venues of concern were named as coronavirus spreads beyond the Harbour City, with health authorities deciding to plunge Orange into lockdown overnight.  Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter July 21, 2021 - 8:10AM NSW Health have updated their coronavirus exposure sites list again to include a car wash all day over six days, a Priceline Pharmacy in Wollongong and to alter the advice for a COVID-hi...

Australias biggest state faces a nervous 72-hour wait to see whether harder lockdown restrictions will see case numbers in Sydney fall - after NSW recorded 110 new Covid-19 cases, of which 43 were in the community while they were infectious.  Premier Gladys Berejiklian, who has consistently warned Sydney will only be released from lockdown when the number of the cases in the community reaches zero, said the Fairfield local government area in the citys south-west was still seeing consistently h...

Victoria records 22 new local cases from record testing as exposure sites grow across the state Victoria has recorded another huge double digit jump in cases as the states fifth lockdown is extended for at least seven days. David WuDigital Reporter July 21, 2021 - 8:55AM Victoria has recorded 22 new local infections in the last 24 hours. The Department of Health said all of the 22 cases have been linked to known outbreaks. The results come from almost 60,000 tests - a new record- with one case ...

Premier Daniel Andrews considers no vaccine, no entry for major events, AFL games in Victoria Unvaccinated Victorians could be refused entry into major events - including AFL, NRL, the Boxing Day Test against England and even the Melbourne Cup - as the state tries to avoid future lockdowns.  David WuDigital Reporter July 21, 2021 - 7:20AM Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has suggested giving fully vaccinated people in the state greater freedoms but there is one major catch before he even consi...

Mr Foley said six cases had "low level of exposure sites, thanks to the current lockdown." “Two days ago, there were only 6 per cent of our daily cases who were fully isolating in quarantine. Today it is 73 per cent which have been fully isolated during their period of infectivity.” Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley announce the results with Premier Daniel Andrews absent from the daily press conference. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Matray He added there are more than 18,000 primary cl...

Advertisement A revealing graph shows how Sydney went into Covid-19 lockdown much earlier in its current outbreak than Melbourne did during its horror second wave last year. The eastern suburbs of Australias biggest city were locked down on the ninth day of the outbreak on June 26 when there were just 64 cases. The lockdown was extended to the whole city just two days later. In contrast, Melbourne locked down its 10 worst-affected postcodes on day 35 of last years outbreak on July 1, when there...

New South Wales has recorded 65 local cases of Covid-19 overnight - but 28 of them were out in the community for the entire time they were infectious. Ms Berejiklian said the drop in locally-acquired infections - down from 97 new cases on Wednesday - was a promising sign authorities may be turning the tide on the states highly-contagious outbreak of the Delta variant. Sydney is nearing the end of a third week of a strict stay-at-home lockdown, which was on Wednesday extended until at least Ju...

COVID-19 update: NSW records 112 local cases as Sydney lockdown is set to last for weeks New South Wales latest coronavirus outbreak reached 678 infections on Monday, as Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced a record high of 112 cases.  Zoe ZaczekDigital Reporter July 12, 2021 - 11:00AM New South Wales has recorded 112 new coronavirus infections - the states highest daily amount this year - after Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she anticipated local cases to crack 100 in a day. Ms Berejiklian s...

Victorias snap-seven day lockdown is set to be extended for up to two weeks Policymakers and health officials held late-night crisis talks on Tuesday  Victoria recorded six locally acquired cases on Wednesday from 51,033 tests The rapidly-spreading outbreak has now climbed to 60 locally-acquired cases  Yet another vulnerable aged care facility is quarantined after being exposed  NSW issued an urgent alert that a Covid-positive case travelled across NSW