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Lower Covid case numbers and increased vaccination rates set the date for the reopening of NSW with residents at their 'peak protection', says epidemiologist Catherine Bennett.
Worrying data shows hundreds of Covid-positive Australia are waiting more than a day to be spoken to by contact tracers about their movements, indicating the vital service is becoming overwhelmed.
Within two months every state and territory could be completely free of lockdowns as more Australians get vaccinated for Covid, experts have revealed. On Friday 163,000 people across the country turned out to vaccinations centres and rolled up their sleeve for the jab - marking a new daily record. Deakin University's chair in epidemiology Professor Catherine Bennett said the numbers were a heartening signal that an end to restrictions were in sight. She explained once about a third of Australians are fully vaccinated - that is have had both the initial and follow up vaccine shots - then...
Scott Morrison: While Victoria faces the 'worst case scenario', where the bloody hell is ScoMo? The Prime Minister's New Zealand trip sends a message.
One of the nation’s leading experts on Covid lockdowns has weighed in on whether a snap shutdown in Melbourne is necessary.