Another 33 COVID-19-related deaths have been recorded across Victoria and NSW, while household contact quarantine rules have been ditched in the ACT:
Queensland's quarantine requirements will be eased for asymptomatic close contacts from 6pm on Thursday and South Australia will drop the need to isolate unless showing symptoms from Saturday.
"Over the next two years what we're going to find is if we actually want to live well, we do have to adapt to the virus and do things a bit differently."School resumes for most NSW students on Wednesday, when the week-long compulsory isolation for close contacts of pupils and teachers will also be ditched.
If a school-wide outbreak is detected then large indoor gatherings will be put on hold, visitors will be limited and there could be a shift back to learning from home.A dozen people contracted COVID-19 on one of the first cruise ships allowed back into Western Australia since the pandemic began. The positive guests and their close contacts had isolated and some had been transported to designated hotels in Broome to finish their isolation periods.All passengers and crew are being tested.
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