There are huge lines COVID-19 testing facilities across greater Brisbane as the city prepares to go into lockdown after the mutant UK strain was detected.
Some 500 Greater Sydney residents and returning Queenslanders have been refused entry to the state since the border closed again.
A COVID-19 vaccine will be transported around Australia in -70C temperatures, as new details emerge on a plan to give Aussies the jab.
A US hospital temporarily halted the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine after four staff members experienced unexpected side-effects.