Video and photos: There is "mayhem" in Canberra supermarkets, as people rush to stock up ahead of the ACT's seven-day lockdown, which will still start at 5pm today.
ACT parents have been urged to keep their children home from school and childcare from Friday after a coronavirus case sent the territory into a snap seven-day lockdown.
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A lockdown of one or two weeks is what Canberrans should expect given the speed with which the ACT government acted upon confirmation of one case, says the ANU's public health lead for its Covid Response Office.
Video: Coles Manuka, Assembly in Braddon and JB Hi-Fi in Fyshwick are among 14 exposure sites identified in the ACT, after a positive case of coronavirus was detected in the territory.
Barnaby Joyce has warned colleagues applying too much pressure to a rogue MP spreading coronavirus misinformation could risk the government's wafer-thin margin.
Subscriber: A climate change protester has been charged after allegedly spray-painting three letters on a path outside the ACT courts, then squirting out tomato sauce to complete her graffitied message.
Local officials have been left scrambling to deal with the repercussions of Canberra's first coronavirus case since July 2020, with most winter leagues on the verge of their finals series.
