Australia crosses 50% immunisation mark across adult population – as it happened
New agreement between Nauru and Australia on offshore processing; NSW records 1,043 local cases and 11 deaths; more than half of over-16s now vaccinated; Victoria records 733 new local cases and one death; WA records one new case, ACT records 19 new cases, zero cases in Qld. This blog is now closed
- NSW update: Gladys Berejiklian opts for gradual reopening instead of ‘freedom day’
- Victoria update: Moderna vaccine to be rolled out as Brett Sutton sounds AFL grand final warning
- NSW and Vic restrictions; Vic hotspots
- Vaccine rollout and rates tracker; Cases and data tracker
- 5km and 10km from home map: check your travel radius
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And with that, the week and this blog comes to an end. Here’s what we learned today:
Victoria police have confirmed they have arrested 215 people in the fifth day of unrest in Melbourne’s CBD and inner-north.
There were 31 people arrested in the inner-northern suburb of Northcote. Police said a group of “up to 80 demonstrators attended at a park on Separation Street and a nearby shopping centre this afternoon” in breach of public health orders.
Police responded quickly as small groups of protestors gathered throughout the afternoon in various locations.
In total, 215 people will be issued with penalty notices for breaching the CHO [Chief Health Officer] directions.
Read the original article at The Guardian