Tough new rules to combat outbreak as more than 100 infections recorded – as it happened

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9.30am BST

That's where we're going to leave this blog for today. Here's a recap of the main stories of the day:

9.15am BST

Australian politicians have expressed their anger after British rightwing commentator Katie Hopkins posted a video claiming she is in hotel quarantine in Sydney while tens of thousands of Australians are stranded overseas and unable to return home due to reduced flight caps.

The limit on the number of international arrivals coming into Australia via commercial flights was halved from 14 July over concerns from some state premiers about the infectiousness of the Delta variant of Covid-19.

Related: Anger as Katie Hopkins posts video reportedly from Australian lockdown while thousands stranded overseas