But I don’t have a problem with raising that prospect. Whether that turns out to be the case is another question. There’s a sense in what the authorities are saying to people which is, ‘you better get vaccinated, because you will not have some freedoms if you’re unvaccinated’. He says the idea of expecting businesses to enforce rules is “unreasonable”:
And by mid-October, there will be enough vaccines for every eligible person in Australia to be vaccinated, Lt Gen John Frewen said this morning.įormer Labor party politician Craig Emerson is speaking on ABC’s The Drum about the prospect of vaccine passports.Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon will quit politics after the next election, taking a parting swipe at “idealist” progressives for keeping Labor in opposition for all but six of the past 25 years.There were 33 new local Covid cases in Auckland, bringing active cases in New Zealand to 582.SA and WA recorded no new local Covid cases, however the SA Pfizer program has expanded to include over-60s and year 11s and 12s will be able to walk in to select state-run hubs to receive the jab.The ACT has reported 13 new local cases, with just two in isolation for their infectious period.Queensland has recorded two new local cases and two new cases in hotel quarantine, but both local cases were close contacts in home quarantine.
A “building site blitz” has been announced to prioritise vaccines in the construction sector, with ongoing concerns over the level of transmission in workplace tea-rooms. It is the most infectious day of the outbreak this year. Victoria recorded 473 cases overnight, with 202 so far linked to current outbreaks.NSW recorded 1,257 new local cases overnight, with unvaccinated people to be potentially denied freedoms at the 80% vaccination target.The NSW Yass local government area will enter two weeks of lockdown after recording a positive Covid-19 case.The Morrison government has released a plan for vaccine passports, with a digital passenger declaration to replace the physical incoming passenger card and the Covid-19 Australian travel declaration web form when the international border reopens.With that, I’ll bid you adieu for this evening. Countries across the bloc are implementing new restrictions in a bid to control rising infections, with the Netherlands implementing a soft lockdown Friday requiring venues like restaurants and cafes to shut early.13 Sept 2021 09.49 BST What happened Monday 13 September 2021 Cases and deaths have been rising there even as they largely fell around the world and the region now accounts for more than half of the average seven-day cases worldwide, according to Our World In Data. Weeks ago, the World Health Organization warned Europe was “once again, at the epicentre” of the pandemic.
The nationwide rules in Austria expand upon local restrictions in Upper Austria imposed Friday and are the latest restrictions to explicitly target vaccine holdouts for their role in perpetuating the pandemic. Key Backgroundĭespite the ready availability of safe and effective vaccines in wealthy countries and the heavy toll of the pandemic, resistance to the shots remains high. "We are not taking this step lightly, but unfortunately it is necessary," the chancellor said. Around 65% of the population is fully vaccinated, one of the worst vaccination rates in Western Europe. Schallenberg said the new measures were an attempt to raise the country’s “shamefully low” vaccination rate.
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