Health by Shoba Rao, David Aidone, Sue Dunlevy, Amanda Sheppeard 17th May 2021 5:50 AM
Premium Content  Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia was still many months away from being able to allow international travel to safe countries without a strict quarantine program. And Mr Morrison revealed that the return of international students to Australian shores was now the priority. We are always working on the next step and the next step is how we can safely have international students come back, Mr Morrison said today. I welcome the fact that universities are stumping up to work with state governments to put those facilities in place to support those customers coming back, the students coming back.
Health by Shoba Rao, David Aidone, Sue Dunlevy, Amanda Sheppeard 17th May 2021 5:50 AM
Premium Content  Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia was still many months away from being able to allow international travel to safe countries without a strict quarantine program. And Mr Morrison revealed that the return of international students to Australian shores was now the priority. We are always working on the next step and the next step is how we can safely have international students come back, Mr Morrison said today. I welcome the fact that universities are stumping up to work with state governments to put those facilities in place to support those customers coming back, the students coming back.
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Household gatherings will be restricted to 20 visitors and masks compulsory in indoor areas across Greater Sydney, as health authorities work to trace two new local COVID-19 infections.
NSW reported two new coronavirus cases on Thursday, after the wife of a man from Sydneyâs eastern suburbs who tested positive on Wednesday morning was also found to have the virus.
A COVID-19 drive through testing clinic in Rose Bay on Thursday was busy.
Credit:Photo: Louise Kennerley
The man, aged in his 50s, had not recently returned from overseas, did not work in quarantine and had no contacts with the hospital system, prompting urgent genomic testing to determine any genetic links to cases in the quarantine system or in other states.
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NSW’s long-awaited mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic will open on May 10, although most newly eligible over-50s will need to wait another fortnight to receive their shots at the site.
The Sydney Olympic Park clinic will initially be used to complete the vaccinations for frontline healthcare and quarantine workers and their families, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Wednesday.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged people to use the GP network to receive their AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
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From May 24, other NSW residents who do not have a GP will be able to use an online system to book a vaccine at the clinic, which will have capacity to administer 30,000 doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines within a week.