Australia Covid live update: Two more Covid deaths; Sydney to open walk-in AstraZeneca clinics as NSW records 145 cases; Victoria records 11; Queensland and SA record one each
by Naaman Zhou (now) and Matilda Boseley and Mostafa from on (#5MK2K)
NSW reports 145 local Covid-19 cases overnight; no lockdown announcement for Victoria today after 11 new local cases recorded; SA to lift lockdown from midnight tomorrow and another vaccine record. Follow the latest updates
- NSW update: Sydney to open walk-in AstraZeneca clinics as weeks of strict lockdown loom
- NSW government quietly announces two hours of vaccine leave for public workers
- Friends mourn death of hard-working' Sydney student, Adriana Midori Takara, 38
- Restrictions: NSW; Vic; Qld; SA; WA and NT; border restrictions
- Hotspots: NSW map; Vic list; Qld; WA
- Vaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our morning email briefing
9.23am BST
With that, we'll be closing the blog for today. Thanks as always, for reading, and thanks to Matilda Boseley and Mostafa Rachwani for their great work on the blog before me.
Here's what happened today:
9.14am BST
Have confirmed the child killed in stolen car in #Kimberley last night was 12-year-old girl. People in Fitzroy Crossing are grieving and overwhelmed. They've been warning of this. There are no easy answers but if this was Perth or Sydney it be big story and urgent response.
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