COVID-19 update: NSW running COVID vaccination blitz for Indigenous communities, Victoria sets new record COVID-19 cases

This is your update on the Coronavirus in Australia for 18 September 2021.

Australian Wiradjuri elder and Indigenous rights activist Aunty Jenny Munro gestures after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic... Source: AAP/Dan Himbrechts

NSW is running a state-wide COVID vaccination blitz for Indigenous communities.
Public transport to central Melbourne suspended for six hours
Australia's first Moderna vaccine doses arrive
Queensland reaches milestone of over 40 per cent fully vaccinated

New South Wales

NSW has recorded 1,331 locally acquired cases, and six deaths. There are currently 1,219 COVID-19 cases admitted to hospital.

NSW Health's Dr Jeremy McAnulty reported that 81.2 per cent of the eligible population have received one dose of the vaccine, and 50.6 per cent are now fully inoculated.

New South Wales Health is running a state-wide COVID vaccination blitz for Indigenous communities this weekend. The clinics are giving priority Pfizer vaccines to indigenous people 12 years and over.

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Victoria

Victoria has recorded 535 new locally acquired cases, and one death. Of those, 62 have so far been linked to known cases and outbreaks.

Public transport to Melbourne CBD is suspended for six hours in a bid to disrupt planned anti-lockdown protests. Victoria's Department of Transport warned only essential workers and people attending vaccination appointments will be allowed into the CBD.

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Last 24 hours around Australia

ACT recorded15 new cases, at least seven of those spent some time infectious in the community.
Queensland has reached a vaccination milestone with 40.54 per cent of eligible residents are now fully vaccinated.
The first shipment of Moderna vaccines have arrived in Australia, with one million doses expected to be in the country from this weekend.

Quarantine, travel, testing clinics and pandemic disaster payment

Quarantine and testing requirements are managed and enforced by state and territory governments:

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If you want to travel overseas, you may be able to apply online for an exemption.

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