There were 19,239 test results received yesterday, and 12,005 doses of vaccine were administered at state-run sites.
Yesterday, Victoria's Acting Chief Health Officer announced all of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory would become a red zone under the state's travel permit system.It means the Victorian border is effectively closed to New South Wales and the ACT – except for Victorian residents returning on a red zone permit for 14 days of quarantine — and for people with exemptions.
"At this time, there is very little justification to consider the ACT as a COVID affected jurisdiction that requires the highest level of travel restrictions," he said. "It probably would have been too pre-emptive if you closed the borders when you don't have any signal that you've got even exposure sites outside of Sydney, let alone potential cases," she said.
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