Australian states and territories have kept their borders open to New South Wales after a new community case of COVID-19, but ordered those who have visited one of a growing list of Sydney exposure sites to isolate and get tested.
NSW authorities are "very concerned" about Melbourne's growing COVID-19 outbreak, Premier Gladys Berejkilian says, as contact tracers rush to contact people from a NSW sporting club who attended an event in Victoria where a confirmed case was present.
An emergency boost of Pfizer vaccine supplies will be delivered to two virus-hit states within the week.
Victoria has opened its borders to fully vaccinated people arriving from Sydney, who will no longer have to quarantine or take a COVID-19 test when they arrive.
NSW has kept COVID-19 new daily case numbers under 300 for a week but the premier warns this won’t be sustained as the state opens up, with extensive new freedoms to kick in next week.
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