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Australia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 47,738 new cases of COVID-19 and surpasses 500,000 cases of COVID-19.
2022-01-4

New South Wales reports Australia's first confirmed death from the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully vaccinated man in his 80s who had experienced breakthrough infections and also had underlying health conditions.
2021-12-27

The number of people over the age of 16 years old who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Australia surpasses 80%, which is the major milestone set by the federal government for its vaccination program.
2021-11-6

The number of people over the age of 16 who have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Australia surpasses 50%, with a record 309,010 doses administered yesterday.
2021-08-19

New Zealand suspends its quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for at least eight weeks amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. However, there will be managed return flights for the next seven days for New Zealand citizens who wish to return home.
2021-07-24

Australia reports its first local COVID-19 cases in two weeks, when a doctor in Brisbane tests positive.
2021-03-13

Australia receives their first shipment of 300,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine.
2021-02-28

Novavax signs an agreement with the Australian government to supply 40 million doses of their NVX-CoV2373 vaccine candidate to the country during the first half of 2021.
2020-11-4

Australia reports 25 new COVID-19 deaths (all of them in Victoria), the deadliest day since the pandemic began.
2020-08-17