Man, 30, added to NSW local COVID-19 cases - Armidale Express

A 30-year-old man's coronavirus infection will be included in local transmission numbers for NSW on Sunday, as the state's latest cluster continues to grow. NSW recorded two new locally acquired cases on Saturday - a woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s who both visited the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre - bringing the outbreak to six cases. The younger man's case came to light after the Saturday reporting period. A limousine driver aged in his 60s who was transporting international flight crew is thought to be the source of the outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta strain, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said on Saturday. The NSW government has warned testing levels are not high enough, with around 26,000 tests conducted in the 24 hours to 8pm Friday. Some states have tightened border restrictions for those looking to travel from eastern Sydney or who have been to exposure sites. Victoria recorded one locally acquired virus infection on Saturday with the state continuing to emerge from its fourth lockdown. The new case is a close contact of an existing case and has been in quarantine while infectious. There are 51 active cases in the state, including those in hotel quarantine who acquired their infection overseas. Masks are no longer required outdoors and travel restrictions were scrapped in Victoria from Friday. Labor has repeated its claim the federal government relied too heavily on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for Australia's rollout. Medical experts are now recommending people under 60 receive the Pfizer jab due to the extremely rare risk of blood clots for AstraZeneca recipients. But the 840,000 people aged 50 to 59 who have already had a single AstraZeneca dose have been told to get their second jab of that vaccine. Two deaths have occurred in Australia from 3.8 million AstraZeneca doses. National cabinet will meet on Monday to discuss what the increased reliance on Pfizer imports means for the immunisation program. Also on Saturday, federal trade minister Dan Tehan said he would fly to Singapore for more talks about a travel bubble. Despite months of discussions about the proposal, he told reporters it remains unclear what infection or vaccination levels would be needed to see the plan established. Meanwhile, Australia is sending a medical team to Fiji to help combat the country's latest COVID-19 outbreak. The assistance comes in addition to 1.3 tonnes of PPE, medical supplies and testing equipment donated since the outbreak began in April, as well as $83 million of funding for COVID measures since the start of 2021. Australia is also set to make a delivery of 11,800 coronavirus vaccines to Tuvalu, as well as laboratory fridges and other medicines, with the federal government also supporting the Tuvalu Ministry of Health's communications campaign to encourage vaccine uptake. Australian Associated Press

A 30-year-old man's coronavirus infection will be included in local transmission numbers for NSW on Sunday, as the state's latest cluster continues to grow.

NSW recorded two new locally acquired cases on Saturday - a woman in her 40s and a man in his 50s who both visited the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre - bringing the outbreak to six cases.

The younger man's case came to light after the Saturday reporting period.

A limousine driver aged in his 60s who was transporting international flight crew is thought to be the source of the outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta strain, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said on Saturday.

The NSW government has warned testing levels are not high enough, with around 26,000 tests conducted in the 24 hours to 8pm Friday.

Some states have tightened border restrictions for those looking to travel from eastern Sydney or who have been to exposure sites.

Victoria recorded one locally acquired virus infection on Saturday with the state continuing to emerge from its fourth lockdown.

The new case is a close contact of an existing case and has been in quarantine while infectious.

There are 51 active cases in the state, including those in hotel quarantine who acquired their infection overseas.

Masks are no longer required outdoors and travel restrictions were scrapped in Victoria from Friday.

Labor has repeated its claim the federal government relied too heavily on the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for Australia's rollout.

Medical experts are now recommending people under 60 receive the Pfizer jab due to the extremely rare risk of blood clots for AstraZeneca recipients.

But the 840,000 people aged 50 to 59 who have already had a single AstraZeneca dose have been told to get their second jab of that vaccine.

Two deaths have occurred in Australia from 3.8 million AstraZeneca doses.

National cabinet will meet on Monday to discuss what the increased reliance on Pfizer imports means for the immunisation program.

Also on Saturday, federal trade minister Dan Tehan said he would fly to Singapore for more talks about a travel bubble.

Despite months of discussions about the proposal, he told reporters it remains unclear what infection or vaccination levels would be needed to see the plan established.

Meanwhile, Australia is sending a medical team to Fiji to help combat the country's latest COVID-19 outbreak.

The assistance comes in addition to 1.3 tonnes of PPE, medical supplies and testing equipment donated since the outbreak began in April, as well as $83 million of funding for COVID measures since the start of 2021.

Australia is also set to make a delivery of 11,800 coronavirus vaccines to Tuvalu, as well as laboratory fridges and other medicines, with the federal government also supporting the Tuvalu Ministry of Health's communications campaign to encourage vaccine uptake.

Australian Associated Press

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