New COVID rules in Melbourne, NT goes into lockdown, ACT cluster grows. Here's the latest COVID-19 news across Australia
New COVID restrictions and lockdown extended in VictoriaThe new restrictions include a curfew that will be in force from 9:00pm to 5:00am each day.Premier Daniel Andrews said the new restrictions would come into effect at 11:59pm on Monday and be in place until September 2. He said they came amid concerns about compliance with current restrictions.WatchDaniel Andrews hits out at the engagement party that was attended by 69 people amid Victoria's lockdown.
On Thursday, August 12, the man transited from Sydney to Darwin through Canberra airport, while Canberra was a declared COVID-19 hotspot. However, under the NT's hotspot rules, the man was allowed to transit through without going into quarantine.Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.Greater Darwin and Katherine enters into three-day lockdown from 12pmThe ACT recorded 19 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of active cases in Canberra to 28.
Another of the cases is a worker at an aged care facility in Tuggeranong, who had received one dose of a vaccine and unwittingly worked three shifts while infectious.
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