Key Points
- South Australia scraps check-in requirements at hospitals and prisons
- Queensland reported a new monkeypox infection over the weekend
- Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla again tests positive to COVID-19
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has eased visitor restrictions at hospitals effective today.
It will allow more than two visitors a day. However, visitors are required to comply with density limits and other safety measures at the facility.
South Australians visiting residential aged care facilities are no longer required to be vaccinated against influenza or COVID-19.
However, they must wear a mask.
Residents are also no longer required to check in on the mySAGOV app for visiting hospitals, aged care facilities, residential disability facilities and prisons.
The latest data shows 1,274 active COVID-19 cases in 219 active outbreaks in residential aged care facilities across Australia.
NSW reported 67 outbreaks and was followed by Victoria (66), Queensland (27), Western Australia (25), South Australia (25), Tasmania (4), the Northern Territory (3) and the ACT (2).
Queensland reported a new monkeypox (MPX) case over the weekend, taking the total infections in the country to over 135.
Victoria (67) and NSW (52) have reported the highest MPX infections in the country.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has again tested positive to COVID-19, the drug manufacturer said in a statement.
Mr Bourla is feeling well and symptom-free.
"I've not had the new bivalent booster yet as I was following CDC guidelines to wait three months since my previous COVID case, which was back in mid-August," Mr Boural tweeted.
"While we've made great progress, the virus is still with us."
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