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A medical worker swabs a member of the public at the Bondi Beach drive-through coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre as the city experiences an outbreak in Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Australia's most populous state reports first Covid-19 case in more than a month

The unnamed man visited several venues in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, the capital of NSW and Australia's biggest city, the ministry said

A medical worker swabs a member of the public at the Bondi Beach drive-through coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing centre as the city experiences an outbreak in Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Australia state reports zero cases, lockdown fears ease

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Australia's Seven West Media finalises news content deals with Google, Facebook

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Australia to spend $1.3 bln on childcare, enticing women back to work

FILE PHOTO: Travelers wearing protective face masks make their way through the arrivals section of the international terminal of Kingsford Smith International Airport the morning after Australia implemented an entry ban on non-citizens and non-residents intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, March 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Australians returning from India could face 5 years in jail

People wearing masks walk through a mostly empty domestic terminal at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
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Australians returning from India could face 5 years in jail

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Australia says two deaths not likely to be linked to Covid-19 vaccine

Soldiers from the Australian Army's 3rd Brigade step into the ocean during an amphibious assault landing on Langham Beach during the Talisman Saber joint military exercises between Australia and the United States in Queensland, northeast Australia, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Reed
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Targeting Asia-Pacific defence, Australia to spend $580 mln on military upgrades

FILE PHOTO: A person wearing a face mask walks through a mostly empty domestic terminal at Sydney Airport after surrounding states shut their borders to New South Wales in response to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Australia to halt direct passenger flights from India

A band forms up as Australian military personnel, past and present, commemorate ANZAC Day during a march through the city centre in Sydney, Australia, April 25, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Australia and New Zealand honour military with return of public commemoration

France, EU, Australia extend support, solidarity to India amid Covid-19 surge
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France, EU, Australia extend support, solidarity to India amid Covid-19 surge

An essential worker sanitises surfaces after lockdown restrictions were implemented in response to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Melbourne, Australia, July 10, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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Australia's Perth to enter snap lockdown after second Covid-19 case

The World Health Organization says pregnant women can be badly affected by some respiratory infections, and that it is not known whether mothers with Covid-19 can pass the virus to their babies during pregnancy or delivery Photo: Reuters
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Australia man contracts Covid-19 after finishing two-week quarantine