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Every state and territory is on alert for a national outbreak of the highly contagious Delta strain of COVID-19 as 37 new cases of community transmission were recorded in four separate jurisdictions on Sunday.
The federal cabinet’s national security committee is due to meet on Monday morning with a specific COVID-19 agenda, particularly to consider the outbreaks, a government spokesman said. Prime Minister Scott Morrison will also reconvene the national cabinet to meet as soon as possible this week.
Acting Premier James Merlino flagged further border restrictions.
Credit:Simon Schluter
Senior Victorian cabinet ministers were actively considering shutting the border to New South Wales entirely, as well as parts of Queensland and Western Australia, where new COVID-19 cases were recorded over the weekend.