Grim day with record numbers in NSW and ACT and rising Victorian cases – as it happened
Moderna vaccine gets green light for over-12s; more than 1,000 families asked to isolate after Queensland girl tests positive. This blog is now closed
- NSW and ACT battle record cases as Hazzard admits health system stressed'
- Victoria reports 190 new cases as 1,000 families forced to isolate in Queensland
- Restrictions: NSW; Vic; Qld; borders
- Hotspots: NSW; Vic; Qld
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8.54am BST
Before we wrap up the live blog, let's recap the main events of today.
It's been another grim day. The NSW and ACT reported record case numbers. Victoria has warned of a NSW-style growth in its numbers.
8.41am BST
Civil liberties groups have criticised a lack of safeguards and primary legislation accompanying an app being trialled in South Australia that uses facial recognition and geolocation data to enforce home quarantine.
SA is trialling the app, which the government developed, on a small number of volunteers who have returned from interstate. It requires them to answer a message within 15 minutes, using facial recognition and geolocation to verify their identity and location. If they fail to do so, the app alerts police.
It's the usual thing, it's done in a very half-baked way, and without all the necessary provisions about what you actually do with the information you're collecting.
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