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Australia's Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced a short time ago that all children between the ages of 12 to 15 will be vaccinated by the end of the year.
It comes as New South Wales recorded 882 new infections and two more deaths today. And a top epidemiologist says the state has been forced to live with the Delta strain of Covid-19.
Professor Tony Blakely from the University of Melbourne says there's still time for the state of Victoria and New Zealand to stamp out our outbreaks but it's too late for New South Wales.
Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports.