Coronavirus Australia live news: NSW reaches halfway mark on jab target; records 1485 new cases and 3 deaths, Victoria records 183 new cases
Gladys Berejiklian to phase out hotel quarantine for returning Aussies, says current system has 'nearly reached its use-by date'; NSW records 1485 new cases, three deaths.
Welcome to live updates on Australia's battle with the Covid-19 pandemic.
NSW has hit a major milestone, with forty per cent of the eligible NSW population fully vaccinated against Covid-19, as the state records 1485 new cases of the virus and three deaths.
Three children in the state are being treated in ICU with Covid-19, including a baby, believed to be the youngest person ever treated for the virus in an Australian intensive care department.
Victoria has recorded 183 new cases, 82 of them with an unknown source of acquisition.
Scott Morrison says life should return to normal by the end of the year, with Australians able to look forward to being reunited with friends and family interstate.
Earlier, the PM condemned solicited messages sent by Craig Kelly as a scare raises fears of a Queensland lockdown and NSW cases climb.
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