ACT Policing is expecting traffic disruption surrounding Canberra Airport this afternoon as the COVID-19 vaccine mandate protests continue in the capital.
Canada's "Freedom Convoy" began as a movement against a vaccine mandate for truck drivers, but has turned into a rallying point against public health measures.
NSW has recorded 10,698 new COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths, as hundreds of school staff test positive in the first week of children returning to classrooms.
A man in his 90s has died with COVID-19 in the ACT and there are 65 patients in hospital, one of whom is in intensive care, as the Territory recorded 449 new cases in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
Sixty-three patients are in ACT hospitals with COVID-19, one of whom is being ventilated in intensive care, as the ACT recorded 529 new cases in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday.
