Covid Australia live news update: NSW reports 163 new cases, Victoria 12 and SA one amid arrests at anti-lockdown protests
Deputy chief medical officer Michael Kidd says NSW will get additional 50,000 vaccines from national stockpile. Follow live
- ‘Imprisoned’: south-west Sydney on harsher lockdown and the fight to stop Covid
- Facebook forced to limit misinformation spread via WhatsApp amid Sydney lockdown
- NSW restrictions; NSW hotspots; border restrictions
- Vaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our morning email briefing
8.35am BST
And this is where we are going to leave the blog for today. It’s been breathless. Again.
8.26am BST
The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has issued a statement on today’s protest. She says:
I am utterly disgusted by the illegal protesters in the city today whose selfish actions have compromised the safety of us all.
The protesters have shown utter contempt for their fellow citizens who are currently doing it tough.
Leave a Reply