Australia news live: NSW records 22,577 new Covid cases and five deaths as Victoria reports 7,442 cases and nine deaths

Travellers with a negative result from either a PCR test or a rapid antigen test will be given the green light to cross into the sunshine state from today.

Here’s Prof Adrian Esterman, an epidemiologist and biostatistician at the University of SA, with some analysis on the NSW and Victorian Covid figures. Worth noting that the Reff – the effective reproduction number – has risen in both states.

There’s a few searches currently underway for people feared drowned in South Australia and NSW.

Two teenage boys went swimming in the river near Burrier on New Year’s Eve at 6:30pm, but one boy found himself in difficulty, police said.

The boys, aged 15 and 16, tried to get back to shore but the 15-year-old disappeared under the water.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2022/jan/01/australia-news-live-nyd-covid-omicron-nsw-victoria-queensland-scott-morrison-weather

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