There is no reason ACT can’t get to 99%. Apparently the issue is with the 16-24 age group. But they said its likely those people aren’t even in the state at the moment. So it could be possible that that figure will get even higher once they return.
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A higher educated demographic also helps this factor. Well done Canberra.
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Wednesday 13 October -
51 new cases. Of these, 13 cases were in quarantine during their whole infectious period and 22 have been assessed as presenting a risk of transmission to others.
32 of those are linked to known cases or ongoing clusters, 19 of whom are household contacts.
98.5% of ACT’s eligible population have received first dose, 73.5% have received second dose.
46 cases today with 30 linked. One death sadly.
The death is from Calvary Haydon aged care facility, the seventh of the current outbreak.
98.8% of ACT population aged 12 and over had first dose of vaccine, 74.7% are fully vaccinated.
The Victorian Government will downgrade the ACT from red zone to orange zone from midnight tonight, to coincide with the end of the territory’s lockdown. It means that Victorians who have been in the ACT over the past 14 days can get a permit at Service Victoria and return home, but they have to isolate upon arrival, get tested for COVID-19 within 72 hours of arriving and isolate until they receive a negative result.
The more I think about it, is there any reason for the ACT to continue to be shutdown for the rest of the month when they’ve almost first dose vaccinated the entire territory and are incredibly close to 80% second dose?
I thought they were coming out of lockdown on Thursday.
Oh ok, my bad, I just assumed it would be the end of the month because that’s when Jennifer Bechwati, 7NEWS reporter from the tweet above, said schools and businesses will reopen.
It doesn’t make sense. If they are out of lockdown today but businesses aren’t opening til next month where are they allowed to go? Doesn’t sound like lockdown ending to me.
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Its a staged process (like NSW)
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But if no businesses are open, where is there to go? They already could go outside so it isn’t that.
Here is the roadmpa if it helps
and education:
It is staged. But we have to remember we are only 2 weeks from November.
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Friday 15 October - lockdown ends in Canberra.
35 new cases reported.
A woman in her 70s with COVID has died, the eighth death at the Calvary Haydon Aged Care Facility.
Saturday 16 October -
The ACT Government has announced its relaxing quarantine requirements for Canberrans travelling to an expanded list of postcodes from midday today. This cover places including Batemans Bay, Narooma and Bega as well as towns in the Southern Highlands and more of the Snowy Monaro region.
ACT Health later revealed the territory had recorded 20 new locally acquired cases, the lowest tally in 18 days. 14 of the new cases are linked to known infections or clusters.
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Sunday 17 October -
33 new cases. 24 are linked to known cases or ongoing clusters.
78.5% of ACT population aged 12 or over are fully vaccinated.
Authorities are concerned over the drop in testing numbers - 1366 negative test results were returned in the last 24 hours, down from 2373 cases on Friday.
Monday 18 October -
17 new cases, 11 are linked to known cases or clusters.
The ACT reached 80% double dose vaccination rate today.
Tuesday 19 October -
24 new cases. 21 are linked to known cases or clusters.
ACT Government today announced changes to its COVID roadmap. The major changes will see non-essential retail reopening by the end of this week, capacity limits increased for venues and major events, outdoor masks scrapped and food courts to reopen from October 29.
Travel will be permitted in all of NSW from November 1, without the need to quarantine upon return to the capital. The ACT Government will assess COVID risk according to individual local government areas from the same date, allowing the CHO to declare high risk LGAs and implement stay at home orders if needed.
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More than 99% of Canberrans have now received a first dose of a vaccine, and the ACT Government has said it hopes to reach the same milestone for double doses by the end of November.
Wednesday 20 October -
24 new cases reported. 17 are linked to known cases or clusters.
82 per cent of the eligible population aged 12 years and over have now been fully vaccinated.
The ACT government also announced mandatory vaccination for disability support workers and in-home and community aged care workers in Canberra.
Thursday 21 October -
28 new cases reported.
More than 83% of the eligible population aged 12 years and over have now been fully vaccinated.
Friday 22 October -
Andrew Barr announced that the ACT would welcome back international tertiary education students who are fully vaccinated with a TGA recognised COVID-19 vaccine for the start of the 2022 academic year.
The ACT recorded 13 new cases to 8pm last night. 84.6% of ACT residents aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
Saturday 23 October -
24 new cases recorded. 85.9% of the eligible population aged 12 years and over has now been fully vaccinated.
Sunday 24 October -
Nine new cases, the first time the daily tally had been in single digits for more than a month.
There were 982 negative test results received in the 24 hours to 9am today, the first time the number of daily tests had fallen bellow 1000 since the start of the outbreak.
Monday 25 October -
Nine new cases, same as yesterday. 88% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
The number of negative test results has dropped to 647.
Tuesday 26 October -
12 new cases. 89.3% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
The number of negative test results jumped to 1733.
Wednesday 27 October -
10 new cases. 90.5% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated, the highest rate of full and partial vaccination among the eligible population - those aged 12 and over - of any state and territory.
Thursday 28 October -
8 new cases. There are now 10 people in hospital with the virus, with seven in intensive care and five requiring ventilation.
91.4% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
Friday 29 October -
10 new local COVID-19 cases. There are nine people in hospital with the virus, including six in intensive care and five requiring ventilation.
92.3% of Canberrans aged 12 and over have now received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Today is the ACT’s unofficial “freedom day”, when most of the COVID-19 restrictions imposed during the latest lockdown will end. Almost all businesses will now be open; some for the first time in 11 weeks. Canberrans can also enjoy the outdoors without a mask.
Saturday 30 October -
9 new cases. 1133 negative cases had been received in the past 24 hours.
ACT Health has published a list of regions in NSW and Victoria that unvaccinated Canberrans cannot freely visit from November 1, as they are classified as high-risk. These regions include Newcastle and Port Stephens in NSW, and large parts of Greater Melbourne.
Sunday 31 October -
Seven new cases. There are now 210 active cases in the ACT.
Monday 1 November -
Five new cases.
ACT Health announced that Pfizer booster shots are now available, from participating GPs, pharmacies and ACT Government COVID-19 vaccination clinics.
Tuesday 2 November -
8 new cases. 93.2% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
Wednesday 3 November -
15 new cases. The junior campus of Wanniassa School in Canberra’s south has been closed due to a growing COVID-19 cluster. An individual was unknowingly infectious with COVID-19 while at the school on October 27, 28 and 29. A number of further cases were identified since then.
Thursday 4 November -
13 new cases. 94% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
Friday 5 November -
6 new cases and one death - a man in his 40s who was being treated in the intensive care unit.
Saturday 6 November -
18 new cases. Two are still in hospital, one is in intensive care requiring ventilation.
Sunday 7 November -
13 new cases. 95% of Canberrans aged 12 and older have now received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, the first Australian jurisdiction to reach the milestone.
Monday 8 November -
13 new cases. Only one person remains hospitalised with the virus. They are in intensive care and requiring ventilation.
Tuesday 9 November -
18 new cases.
The ACT Government today revealed further easing of COVID restrictions which would take this place this Friday, November 12.
Wednesday 10 November -
9 new cases. The good news is that for the first time since early in Canberra’s lockdown, there are no people in hospital with COVID-19.
From today, Canberrans can now add their COVID-19 vaccination certificate to the Check In CBR app, despite proof of vaccination status not being required for entrance to most venues in the ACT. The digital certificate can be linked using either the Express Plus Medicare App, or an existing myGov account.
Thursday 11 November -
9 new cases. 95.8% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
A Wanniassa house party on October 30 attended by up to 150 teenagers have been identified as a COVID super-spreader event.
Friday 12 November -
15 new cases.
The ACT Government has extended the Public Health Emergency Declaration until February 12 next year, and also updated a list of high-risk locations in NSW and Victoria.
Saturday 13 November - 11 new cases.
Sunday 14 November - 15 new cases.
Monday 15 November - 10 new cases.
Tuesday 16 November - 12 new cases. 4 people now in hospital. including one person in intensive care on a ventilator. 96.5% of Canberrans aged 12 or over are now fully vaccinated.
Wednesday 17 November - 6 new cases.
Thursday 18 November - 25 cases, the highest number of new cases since there were 28 on October 21.
Friday 19 November - 17 cases. 97% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
There were 4243 negative test results on Thursday - more than double the 2035 tests the previous day.
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This is an amazing achievement, surely one of the highest vaccination rates (if not the highest) in any country or subnational jurisdiction around the world. Good work Ken Behrens 
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Saturday 20 November - 14 new cases.
Sunday 21 November - 16 new cases.
Monday 22 November - 11 new cases. 97.2% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
Tuesday 23 November - 19 new cases.
Wednesday 24 November - 15 new cases. 97.4% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
Thursday 25 November - 8 new cases.
Friday 26 November - 8 new cases. 97.6% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
Saturday 27 November - 7 new cases.
Sunday 28 November - 7 new cases.
The ACT Government has followed NSW and SA and re-introduced strict quarantine rules for international arrivals in response to the new COVID variant Omicron. All international arrivals into the ACT after 11.59pm last night will need to quarantine for three days. Anyone in the ACT who has been in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, the Seychelles, Malawi, Namibia or Eswatini in the past 14 days needs to get a PCR test for COVID-19 and quarantine immediately. People who have spent time in those countries in the last 14 days will need to quarantine at their place of residence or accommodation until two weeks has passed since they were last in the listed country.
Monday 29 November - 7 new cases.
Tuesday 30 November - 6 new cases.
Wednesday 1 December - 4 new cases.
Thursday 2 December - 8 new cases. 97.9% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
Friday 3 December - 4 new cases.
ACT Health today confirmed the first Omicron variant infection in the territory, in an individual who has not travelled overseas. The person is fully vaccinated and returned a positive COVID-19 test on Wednesday December 1.
Saturday 4 December - 7 new cases, one of which is a close contact of the confirmed Omicron case from Friday.
The ACT Government announced that all close contacts of an Omicron case must quarantine for 14 days, regardless of their vaccination status. The rule also applies to secondary contacts of a close contact, which is anyone living in the same home as a close contact of an Omicron case.
Sunday 5 December - 6 new cases.
NSW Health found that the first Omicron case from Friday, likely acquired their case at the Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym at Villawood.
98% of Canberrans aged 12 and over are now fully vaccinated.
Monday 6 December - 6 new cases.
Tuesday 7 December - 3 new cases.
ACT Health has also confirmed three more cases of the Omicron variant in the territory - two are household contacts of the earlier cases and one is a casual contact - bringing the case total to five. ACT Health said one of the cases had attended Lyneham Primary School on November 30 and December 1, sending 180 people (including all Year 1 and Year 2 students who were at the school on those two days) into quarantine for 14 days, according to rules adjusted by ACT Health after the new variant was detected in the territory.
Righto. 98% plus double vaxxed, and things are back open.
If anyone is still interested in the daily updates, may I recommend ACT Health’s social media pages.
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