Coronavirus as it happened: Australian Open crisis continues as Norway says no evidence Pfizer vaccine is directly responsible for deaths

Summary

• Tennis Australia has disputed a statement from Victorian health officials confirming that two tennis players who arrived in Melbourne for the Australian Open have been diagnosed with coronavirus.
• Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly, said international travel would likely be one of the last things to return to normality following a successful COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
• NSW, Victoria and Queensland have all recorded no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases.
• The Northern Beaches local government area is no longer subject to ACT travel restrictions. However, people from 10 other Sydney areas are still not allowed to visit the territory without undergoing quarantine on arrival.
• The global case tally has passed more than 95 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University count, with more than 2 million deaths.