Omicron patient hospitalised in NSW as Queensland prepares for thousands of cars to cross border

Covid vaccine booster shots also fast-tracked on day of large protests in capital cities to oppose mandates

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A person in New South Wales has been admitted to hospital infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the first Omicron patient to be hospitalised since it arrived in Australia last month.

It comes as thousands of protesters marched through capital cities on Sunday to oppose vaccine mandates, and Western Australia and Queensland prepared to reopen their borders.