Australia recorded its second local case of Covid-19 in as many days on Sunday after a worker at two hotels used to quarantine people arriving from overseas tested positive for the coronavirus. The infection is the first locally acquired case of Covid-19 in New South Wales in 55 days. Queensland state, which on Saturday reported Australia's first local infection in two weeks, said on Sunday it has detected no cases in the past 24 hours. Saturday's case is a doctor who tested positive after she had treated two patients with the UK variant of the virus. The federal government said on Sunday it will increase spending on rolling out the national Covid-19 vaccinations by A$1.1 billion.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 14, 2021 03:22 UTC