COVID-19 Update: July 16, 2021

Victorians are back in lockdown for a fifth time as authorities desperately battle COVID outbreaks across three states, as hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Melbourne against the latest shutdown; Victorians in lockdown will have access to the same disaster payments as those in New South Wales after a late night crisis meeting between Scott Morrison and Daniel Andrews; and South Australia has introduced new COVID restrictions overnight, calling it a 'pre-emptive strike' to avoid lockdown; the push to locally manufacture mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna and the Sydney man who exposed a major flaw in Australia's vaccine rollout managing to get two doses of both the Astrazeneca AND the Pfizer vaccine.  Interviews with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg; infectious diseases expert Professor Robert Booy;Updates in 7NEWS at 4pm and 6pm, and online at 7NEWS.com.au. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.