COVID-19 update: NSW launches pilot program for international students to return, Victoria to open more Moderna vaccine pop-up sites

This is your update on the Coronavirus in Australia for 24 September 2021.

Victorian Police officers patrol through Bourke Street Mall ahead of a planned rally against mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations in Melbourne, Friday, September 24, 2021. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Victorian Police officers patrol through Bourke Street Mall ahead of a planned rally in Melbourne, Friday, September 24, 2021. Source: AAP/James Ross

In NSW, a third of children aged 12 to 15 have received their first dose
Victoria announces additional doses of Moderna vaccine
The exposure list in the ACT grows
Fifty per cent of eligible Australians are fully vaccinated

New South Wales

NSW has recorded 1,043 new locally acquired cases and 11 deaths.

NSW is launching a pilot program to bring back about 500 international students who have been vaccinated with Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca vaccines.

Traces of COVID-19 have been detected in sewage samples from Lightning Ridge in western NSW, Jindabyne in southern NSW, Crookwell in the Southern Tablelands, and South Lismore in northern NSW.

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Victoria

Victoria has recorded 733 new locally acquired cases, with 84 per cent people aged under 50. One person has died.

Health Minister Martin Foley says over 700 pharmacies across the state will receive over 300,000 doses of Moderna in the coming weeks. Also, around 32,000 additional doses of the Moderna vaccine will be allocated to pop-up vaccination sites and available for anyone aged 12-59.

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Australian Capital Territory

The territory has recorded 19 new locally acquired cases.

A fully vaccinated nurse from the Calvary Haydon Retirement Community in Canberra's north tested positive to COVID-19. The ACT now has around 450 current

exposure locations

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Last 24 hours around Australia

Tasmania's home quarantine trial starts today, with travellers needing to follow the rules such as having a negative COVID-19 test and private transport from the airport to avoid using public services.

Source: SBS

Quarantine, travel, testing clinics and pandemic disaster payment

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

NSW

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VIC

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ACT

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QLD

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TAS

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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.