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People line up to get tested in Mona Vale, in Sydney s Northern Beaches(Getty)
An empty Manly Corso. People in the Northern Beaches will be placed back into lockdown measures first introduced in March.(Getty)
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said two of the cases are under investigation, but suspects they are connected to the Avalon outbreak.
Australia s Acting-Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly said two residents and one staff member living in a Japara aged care facility in Bayview have tested positive to the virus. We are putting in our private testing arrangements for that particular facility so we can make sure there is no spread there, Professor Kelly said.
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Approximately 272,000 people have gotten the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, CDC says
From CNN s Jen Christensen
Dr. Steve Brandwene receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in Hollywood, Florida, on December 18. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Dr. Tom Clark said that as of Saturday, at least 272,001 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have been administered in the United States
During a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Clark said that the number was a “minimal estimate,” since there is a lag time in reporting.
Providers are requested to report how many people have been given a vaccine within 72 hours to their local public health office. The public health office then has an additional 24 hours to report that number to the CDC.
India surpasses 10 million coronavirus cases
From CNN s Esha Mitra in New Delhi
A health worker collects a swab sample from a man for Covid-19 test, at a dispensary in New Delhi, India, on December 5. Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times/Getty Images
India surpassed 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases Saturday after adding 25,152 new infections from the past 24 hours, according to the country s Health Ministry.
India is the second country to hit 10 million cases, after the United States, which has reported more than 17.4 million infections, according to Johns Hopkins University.
India s total number of cases stands at 10,004,599 and the death toll at 145,136 after adding 347 new virus-related fatalities from Friday, the Health Ministry said.