CANBERRA, Jun 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s Health Minister, Greg Hunt, declared that, the country is on “high alert” with coronavirus spreading in the community.
As of yesterday afternoon, there had been 30,562 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Australia, and the number of locally and overseas acquired cases in the last 24 hours were 25 and seven respectively, according to the latest figures from the Department of Health.
Several capital cities of the country’s eight states and territories have been thrust into lockdown, to prevent the spread of the virus, with more than 10 million people subject to stay-at-home orders.
Of the new cases confirmed yesterday, 19 were in Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales (NSW). “We are obviously on high alert and high watch,” Hunt told reporters yesterday afternoon.
He announced that, Australia surpassed 7.5 million administered COVID-19 vaccines, including over 5.95 million first dose vaccinations, or 28.9 percent of the population, and over 1.47 million second dose vaccinations, or 7.1 percent of the population.
“We have over 4.4 million Australians over the age of 50, or 51.3 percent of the over 50s population that have been vaccinated, 60 percent of over 60s, and 68.5 percent of over 70s, our most vulnerable group,” he said.
Despite some calls for international arrival cap to be lowered, amid the current outbreaks, Hunt urged states to accept as many residents and citizens into hotel quarantine as they can.– NNN-AGENCIES
