The first shipment of vaccines is due to arrive in Australia on Sunday night — and are additional to the 40 million already purchased.The have been secured from Poland after extensive talks with the government there, but were produced in Belgium, like all previous deliveries. Prime Minister Scott Morrison described the extra vaccine as “doses of hope”, particularly in NSW.He said NSW was fighting the most “significant battle” against the Covid-19 Delta variant the country has experienced.Lockdown Distance MapAbout 530,000 doses of Pfizer will be delivered express to the 12 Sydney local a government areas most impacted by the current Covid-19 outbreak.The remainder of the one million doses will be distributed to other states and territories on a per capita basis.At the same time, Mr Morrison said he had a “simple plea” for the people of NSW.“Stay home,” he said. “Together we have got to get those numbers down.“New vaccines are on their way, they’ll be there next week, now I need Sydneysiders to stay at home.”Mr Morrison said he could understand the frustration of those in regional and rural parts of NSW who might think the lockdown is unnecessary.He said the measures were in line with the health advice received by the federal government, and were critical for roping the virus moving into very vulnerable communities in remote regions like Walgett. “We have to try and prevent that,” he said.He also said about 50 Sydney aged care homes will be provided rapid antigen tests in an effort to rapidly detect any cases of Covid-19 among staff.The expanded trial of the rapid testing system is being deployed into areas struggling with large outbreaks. Victoria records 25 new local casesVictoria recorded 25 locally acquired cases of coronavirus on Sunday, with four new mystery cases emerging overnight.“Of the 25 locally acquired cases, 21 are linked to known outbreaks and 12 have been in isolation throughout their infectious period,” Department of Health officials said.Contact tracers are scrambling to find links between a cluster of mystery cases where infections across the City of Melbourne, Glenroy, Melton South, Middle Park, Newport, West Footscray, West Brunswick and Wyndham Vale were yet to be identified.Daily Telegraph – News Feed latest episodeMelbourne’s lockdown will be extended by yet another week unless the number of mystery cases decreases.Lockdown rules are in force until 11.59pm on Thursday. More than 32,000 people got tested for coronavirus in the past 24 hours and 23,076 vaccine doses were administered.There are 185 active cases across the state.Health authorities will front the media to provide a Covid-19 update later on Sunday.NAT – Stay Informed – Social Media
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