South Australia's chief health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier says about 4,000 people have been sent into quarantine as the state attempts to stop the spread of a coronavirus cluster.
Here's a summary of what happened on Tuesday:
- South Australia's outbreak worsened with five news cases. Three of the five news cases were linked to the Parafield cluster.
- Quarantine requirements began for travellers from South Australia, departing flights screened.
- Snap border closures have left people stranded in South Australia
- Victoria and New South Wales each celebrated another consecutive day without any new cases.
- Queensland, recorded no new community transmission, with one case detected in hotel quarantine.
- Queensland further lifted restrictions, venues able to operate at capacity
- The Moderna vaccine being trialled in the US showed late-stage success levels of 94.5 per cent
- The Australian National Dictionary Centre chose "iso" as its word of the year.
Look back at Tuesday's key events as they unfolded in the blog below:
