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ACT records a fifth case of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine as AstraZeneca vaccine rollout begins
The ACT has recorded one new case of COVID-19, a male aged in his 20s who is a close contact of a previous infection.
Key points:
- All five cases of COVID-19 travelled on the same repatriation flight from Singapore on March 1
- The first two people to test positive have been confirmed to have the South African variant of the virus
- The ACT’s first doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were given out today, with 250 doses expected to be administered this week
There are now five active cases of the virus in Canberra, all of them in hotel quarantine after flying into the national capital last week from Singapore.
ACT Health confirmed the latest case arrived with his family on the Government-facilitated repatriation flight on March 1.
They said he was…
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