Australia's largest state New South Wales (NSW) recorded two locally acquired coronavirus cases on Saturday, as concerns grow over the further spread of infections amid an increase in exposure sites.
The point of transmission of the new infections hasn't been determined, but authorities believed they are linked to the first case of the Sydney cluster of the highly-infectious coronavirus Delta variant, which now stands at six cases.
The list of exposure sites has been updated to now include 20 venues across Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The state of Victoria, which battled a small outbreak of the Delta variant earlier this month, recorded one new locally acquired case. Prime Minister Scott Morrison reiterated on Saturday that his government is in no rush to reopen the country's borders, telling The Australian daily that "we have to be patient" to see how vaccinations work.
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