Highlights
- Genomic testing on Sunday,November 28, revealed two people who flew from southern Africa to Sydney tested positive to the variant; both were asymptomatic and fully vaccinated.
- Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT are enacting additional quarantine measures following the discovery of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which will see all overseas arrivals and household contacts required to isolate for 72 hours upon arrival.
- Non-Australian citizens who have been in nine southern African countries* of concern are currently not permitted to enter the country.
