COVID-19 update: NSW surpasses 6.8 million vaccine doses

This is your update on the Coronavirus in Australia for 30 August 2021.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant during a COVID-19 update in Sydney, Monday, August 30, 2021. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant during a COVID-19 update in Sydney, Monday, August 30, 2021. Source: AAP Image/Dean Lewins

COVID-19 detected in wastewater at Trangie in the NSW’s west and Byron Bay
People under 40 make the majority of Victoria’s cases
ACT expands eligibility for the Pfizer vaccine
Truck drivers protest in Queensland

New South Wales

NSW has recorded 1,290 new locally acquired cases, with 883 coming from western and south-western Sydney. Four people have died.

The Premier confirmed nearly two thirds of the adult population had one dose while 36 per cent have had two doses of the vaccine. It is expected that 70 per cent of residents will be fully vaccinated in October.

Priority bookings for a COVID-19 vaccine are available for

authorised workers who live in a LGA of concern

people aged 16-49 who live in a LGA of concern

and

childcare, disability and food workers who live or work in a LGA of concern

although all 16-39 year olds are eligible, too.

Victoria

Victoria has recorded 73 new locally acquired cases, including more than 21 not yet linked to existing outbreaks. People under 40 are accounting for three-quarters of the state's 805 active cases.

Chief Health Officer Dr Brett Sutton said that 'most of the outbreak is under control', except those areas with mystery cases, particularly Hobsons Bay, Wyndham, and Hume local government areas.

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Australian Capital Territory

The ACT has recorded 12 new locally acquired cases, with at least six in the community while infectious.

Chief Minister Andrew Barr announced 16-29-year-olds will be eligible for the Pfizer vaccine in state-run clinics in the 'coming days'.

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Last 24 hours around Australia

Truck drivers in Queensland have blocked a major highway between the Gold Coast and Brisbane calling for the end of lockdowns and border closures.
All Australians aged 16 to 39 are now officially eligible to book in for a Pfizer vaccine.

Source: ALC

Quarantine, travel, testing clinics and pandemic disaster payment

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

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

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