Australia is days away from reaching a significant milestone in its COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, with the number of jabs doled out edging toward the 30 million mark.
More than 79 per cent of Australians aged 16 and over have received at least one dose of the vaccine, while around 56 per cent have been fully inoculated against the virus.
Four million jabs have been administered in the past fortnight alone.
Reaching 80 per cent single-dose vaccination coverage all but guarantees the country will also see 80 per cent of the population aged 16 and over fully protected against COVID-19 - the threshold for reopening the nation's international border.
States and territories will access the new freedoms at different times, with vaccination coverage and home quarantine programs varying across jurisdictions.
But as the country draws near to the end of its initial rollout, National Cabinet, which met on Friday, has endorsed a plan to start third-dose booster vaccines later this year.
NSW recorded 813 new locally acquired COVID-19 infections and 10 deaths on Saturday, while there were 1488 infections and two deaths in Victoria, where protesters again took to the streets of Melbourne.
Another 52 new cases were reported in the ACT on Saturday - equalling the record high for the territory.
Fears of a postponement or relocation of Sunday's NRL grand final have begun easing, with Queensland reporting just two cases on Saturday, both linked to existing clusters.
Fans will be able to get jabbed at pop-up vaccination clinics before the decider at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium.
There were two cases reported in South Australia - one a historical hotel quarantine infection - and none in Western Australia.
On Saturday evening, Tasmania reported a male teenager who had flown into Launceston from Melbourne had tested positive to the virus.
He is currently isolated and in quarantine along with his family close contacts.
Virgin Australia flight VA 1364, which arrived at Launceston Airport at around 11.30am on Friday has been declared an exposure site. All 10 passengers on the flight are now in quarantine.
The risk to other users of Launceston Airport is considered low by Tasmania Health.
Anyone in the arrivals hall between 11.30am and 12.30pm on Friday are casual contacts and should immediately isolate and contact the state's public health hotline.
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