Qld may push back the return of primary school by one to two weeks after reporting another 10,000 cases today. Follow updates here.
Victoria’s acting premier, Jacinta Allan, said the state government was not aware ofHunt told Tilley that quarantine-free entry to Australia would only be granted to the fully vaccinated. People who had been infected with COVID-19 in the past six months and not had received a vaccine approved by Australian regulators would not be considered to be double jabbed.“State government officials were not aware and had not seen that correspondence,” Allan said today.
“We don’t involve ourselves in the issuing of visas,” she said, adding the Victorian government’s role was to ensure a safe Australian Open event. “How people participate in that event get into the country is a matter for the Commonwealth government.”and will be allowed to remain in the country until the Federal Court hears a challenge on his visa ban on Monday, after his lawyers negotiated to stop his deportation in an emergency session of the Federal Circuit Court.Victorian Acting Premier Jacinta Allan said the “unprecedented pressure” on hospitals in the state would increase, but gave no estimate of the peak cases.
The NSW government has told hospitals that admissions could peak at 4500 patients. There are 1738 in hospitals now.“We will monitor closely [NSW’s] settings and what’s appropriate for Victoria.”More rapid tests starting to arrive in Victoria Victorian COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said more rapid tests were arriving in the state and these tests will continue to be rolled out at government testing stations.