Chief Health Officer Paul Kelly says "there will be a time sometime this year" when levels of vaccination in the community are high enough for social distancing restrictions to be eased, but it will take time.
Sunday's highlights included:
- There were no news cases recorded in Queensland as Greater Brisbane remains under lockdown
- Most people in Australia will get the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
- Northern zone of the Northern Beaches emerges out of lockdown
- No new local cases in Victoria
- Three new local cases in NSW
Look back at how events unfolded on Sunday.
