There are 536 new cases of COVID-19 in NSW - including nine of the Omicron variant - amid a spiralling outbreak linked to a Newcastle nightclub, as new research finds three people in Melbourne contracted the virus for a second time.
There are 536 new cases of COVID-19 in New South Wales - including nine of the Omicron variant - amid a spiralling outbreak linked to a Newcastle nightclub, as new research finds three people in Melbourne contracted the virus for a second time.
Four people who partied at the club on Wednesday had COVID-19, with the cases linked to the outbreak stemming from a Sydney Harbour Cruise of 140 people on 3 December.All 680 people who checked into the Newcastle nightclub with a QR code between 9pm on Wednesday and 3am on Thursday are close contacts and must immediately get tested and isolate for seven days.
Some 81.4 per cent of teens aged 12-15 have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 77.7 per cent are fully jabbed.The state is now managing 11,649 active cases despite 92 per cent of residents aged 12 having got two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Then all three contracted the Deltra strain of COVID-19 in July this year, but only experienced mild symptoms.
Victoria has now also lowered quarantine requirements for travellers from several countries of concern. There are three Omicron cases in Victoria - a returned traveller from the Netherlands who is in hotel quarantine and two people who sat together in the same row on a flight from Dubai to Melbourne on November 30.
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