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Restrictions imposed in Perth, Peel and south-west, with schools suspended and residents only allowed to leave home for essential reasons
First published on Fri 29 Jan 2021 14.00 EST It is just weeks until Australia receives its first delivery of Covid-19 vaccines and begins the mammoth task of immunising every willing adult in the country. This will be the largest single vaccination program in Australia’s history and many still have questions about how the process will work and, most importantly, when they can expect to get the jab. Here is what we know so far. Will the vaccine be free? Yes. Will the vaccine be voluntary? Yes, and the government has confirmed that not getting the vaccine will not affect a family’s eligibil...
Home isolation and halved timeframes also proposed but medical experts say it is too early to know if vaccines will enable measures to be eased
Here's what the headlines are saying.
Two people had completed isolation at the same Auckland hotel as Sunday’s case, which was New Zealand’s first in months