Category: Queensland politics

Victoria reports one Covid case as number of new infections in NSW falls for a second day, and 350 people released in South Australia after being incorrectly quarantined. Follow the latest updates

• NSW Covid hotspots – list of venues and case locations
• Border restrictions: the new state and territory rules for NSW travellers
• Australia’s Covid restrictions and lockdown rules – state by state
• Follow the global liveblog

4.54am GMT

Sydney actor Blake Davis has been found not guilty of murdering a home intruder with a samurai sword.

AAP has the story:

4.44am GMT

NSW Health has issued a new health alert, with updated venues in Gundagai – where the teenager who tested positive in Victoria visited – and in Orange, which was visited by a close contact of the healthcare worker who tested positive today.

The locations are:

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Victoria reports one Covid case as the number of new cases in NSW falls for a second day. Follow all the latest news and updates, live
• NSW Covid hotspots – list of venues and case locations
• Border restrictions: the new state and territory rules for NSW travellers
• Australia’s Covid restrictions and lockdown rules – state by state
• Follow the global liveblog

12.20am GMT

Chant is asked about hotel quarantine, given two different airport workers have now seemingly contracted the virus from returned travellers in the past week.

“Clearly there’s some leakage in the system,” she is asked.

12.16am GMT

NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant has confirmed that a Victorian, who was visiting the northern beaches and returned home and later tested positive, stopped at Gundagai on the way home.

Earlier, neither the Victorian health minister Martin Foley nor Covid response leader Jeroen Weimar could confirm whether the town was Gundagai or Gunnedah.

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Sydneysiders anxiously await Gladys Berejiklian’s 11am coronavirus update. Follow all the latest news and updates, live

10.14pm GMT

And on that news, the Victorian health minister, Martin Foley, and chief health officer Prof Brett Sutton will hold a press conference at 10am.

10.11pm GMT

Victoria has today recorded a new Covid-19 case, acquired on the northern beaches of Sydney. The person is in quarantine.

“Victoria has recorded 0 cases in 53 days, however one positive case from a returned Victorian traveller was acquired within the Northern Beaches area of NSW,” the health department said.

Yesterday there were 0 new local cases and no lives lost. 1 new case was acquired interstate, 2 international – these cases are in quarantine. 15,521 test results were received. If you have symptoms, get tested and stay home. https://t.co/lIUrl0ZEco #COVID19Vic pic.twitter.com/m7VzFfS3BV

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