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What we know today, February 23 – virus latest at a glance

Feb 23, 2020, updated Feb 23, 2021

LATEST COVID-19 DEVELOPMENTS:

  • Queensland has recorded no new cases of COVID-19, allowing health authorities to focus on the vaccination rollout. The Pfizer vaccine was given to 203 people yesterday.
  • Victoria has recorded a fourth consecutive day with no new cases of COVID-19, paving the way for restrictions to be further eased later in the week.
  • Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has again called on the federal government to back her plan for a regional quarantine camp and allow international flights to land at Toowoomba’s Wellcamp Airport.
  • Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese and Greens leader Adam Bandt have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Canberra. Prime Minister Scott Morrison had brought forward his injection to the weekend.
  • The United States has crossed the staggering milestone of 500,000 COVID-19 deaths just more than a year since the coronavirus pandemic claimed its first known victim. President Joe Biden has led the mourning.
  • UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out a phased plan to end England’s COVID-19 lockdown, offering a “cautious” approach to try to prevent a return to wholesale restrictions that have hobbled the economy.
  • France and Scotland may have their Six Nations rugby match rescheduled after a coronavirus outbreak in the French squad. Ten players and three staff members have tested positive.
  • The head of the World Health Organisation is pleading with rich countries to check before ordering additional COVID-19 vaccine for themselves whether that undermines efforts to get vaccine to poorer countries.
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