SYDNEY: Australia's New South Wales state reported zero COVID-19 cases for a fourth straight day on Monday , but concerns about new infections remained as the missing link in a case that has reinstated restrictions continued to elude officials.in Sydney by a week after authorities could not find a transmission path between an infected overseas traveller and a resident in his 50s who tested positive last week."There has been a lot of work to identify how the transmission event occurred.
"So, because of that, we are still concerned that there may be chains of transmission in the community that are yet unrecognised," she said. NSW on Monday opened a mass vaccination hub in Sydney aiming to administer up to 30,000 vaccines every week to ramp up a national vaccination programme that is behind schedule.
The federal government was developing a plan to open Australia's borders in stages and would consider options to make it easier for vaccinated people to leave the country and return, Health Minister Greg Hunt said.Australia closed its international border to non-citizens and permanent residents in March 2020. Overseas travellers, except from New Zealand, must undergo two weeks of hotel quarantine at their own expense.
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