Tasmania records 12 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of active cases to 26. There are no cases in hospital.
has been called for 12pm AEDT to discuss new modelling predicting how quickly Omicron cases could climb.Victoria and New South Wales want the gap between second vaccine doses and boosters be shortened to four months.
But Prime Minister Scott Morrison is waiting on advice from the vaccine advisory body the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation before making a decision. Mask mandates will also be discussed, with the top health advisory body, the AHPPC, recommending they be worn indoors across the country.
Tasmania, along with some states and territories, has already brought in an indoor mask mandate, but New South Wales,
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