Australia's daily COVID-19 tally exceeds 100,000 amid changes to virus support payments

Health workers attend a Covid19 testing site in Brisbane, Friday, January 7, 2022. Queensland has recorded 10,953 new COVID-19 cases as the state considers delaying the return of primary school students to class. (AAP Image/Jono Searle) NO ARCHIVING

Health workers at a Covid19 testing site in Brisbane, Friday, January 7, 2022. Source: AAP

The federal government is making changes to the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment, as states and territories move away from PCR COVID-19 tests to rapid antigen tests. It comes as Australia reaches yet another grim milestone, exceeding 100,000 coronavirus cases in the daily tally.



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