COVID-19 update: NSW announces “friends bubble”, Victoria surpasses the 600-case mark of daily cases

This is your update on the Coronavirus in Australia for 21 September 2021.

Extremists' blasted as hundreds march in Melbourne during another vaccine protest Source: AAP/James Ross

Byron, Kempsey and Tweed in NSW to re-enter lockdown
Victoria now has 6,000 active COVID-19 cases
ACT announces additional funding for mental health services

New South Wales

NSW has recorded 1,022 new locally acquired cases and 10 deaths. Currently, 53 per cent of eligible residents are fully vaccinated.

Byron Shire, Kempsey and Tweed's local government areas will go into a seven-day lockdown from 5pm today after a positive COVID case from Sydney visited several communities on the NSW north coast.

From today, a group of three friends under the age of 18 can visit each other at home as long as they live within 5 kilometres and in the same local area. The "friends bubble" is only permitted in households where all adults are fully vaccinated.

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Victoria

Victoria has recorded 603 new locally acquired cases and one death.

Across Metropolitan Melbourne, Geelong, the Surf Coast, Ballarat and Mitchell Shire, the construction industry has been shut down for two weeks after a number of outbreaks linked to construction. There are currently 403 positive cases linked in the industry, related in turn to 186 construction sites.

Victoria set to receive more than 300,000 Moderna vaccines across the state.

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Australian Capital Territory

The territory has recorded 16 new locally acquired cases.

Chief Minister Andrew Barr has announced $14 million of additional funding to support mental health, alcohol and other drug services across the territory.

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Domestic violence during COVID-19 pandemic

Domestic infographic Source: SBS

Quarantine, travel, testing clinics and pandemic disaster payment

Quarantine and testing requirements are managed and enforced by state and territory governments:

NSW

and

VIC

and

ACT

and

and

QLD

and

and

TAS

and

and

If you want to travel overseas, you may be able to apply online for an exemption.

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for more information about the conditions to leave Australia. There are temporary measures for international flights that are regularly reviewed by the government and updated on the

Smart Traveller

website.