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10.52pm BST

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews announced yesterday he would be extending Melbourne’s lockdown after recording 92 cases, with just 63 of them linked on Sunday.

The ACT will decide over the coming day or two what it plans to do with its lockdown.

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Meanwhile, mRNA supplies should be increasing over the next couple of months, but older Australians who waited to have a choice could find themselves at the back of the queue:

Related: Older Australians at back of queue for mRNA vaccines despite Atagi advice to give them choice

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