Australia Covid live news update: Morrison announces Pfizer vaccine deal; ACT extends lockdown, three deaths and 1,164 cases in NSW, Victoria 76 cases
Singapore agrees to vaccine dose swap' with Australia; NSW confirms 1,164 cases and three deaths; lockdown extended to 17 September in ACT; Victoria records 76 new cases; AMA says vaccinations for healthcare staff must be mandatory. Follow the latest updates live
- Australian imports of ivermectin increase tenfold, prompting warning from TGA
- Non-Covid patients will need to be sent home to avoid catastrophe' in Sydney hospitals if cases surge, AMA says
- Covid recorded in more than 1,700 Australian children aged under five
- Restrictions: NSW; Vic; Qld; borders. Hotspots: NSW; Vic; Qld
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9.32am BST
Western and south-west Sydney continue to generate the majority of NSW's new Covid cases, but other regions of Sydney are at risk of being classified an LGA of concern and placed under tighter restrictions including a curfew if local cases worsen.
There were 231 new cases in Canterbury-Bankstown, 225 in Cumberland, 152 in Blacktown, 81 in Liverpool and 69 in Fairfield - with these LGAs recording the highest transmission.
Related: NSW Covid update: health staff redirected from hotel quarantine to stressed hospital system
9.17am BST
Trigger warning for those of you who suffer from culture wars trauma: Coalition MPs want more school chaplains to help children suffering mentally because of alarmist" climate activism.
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