Thursday 12 August:  the ACT went into lock down with its first case of COVID-19 in over 12 months.

On Tuesday a Canberra respiratory clinic Principal commented:

• We have gone from 50 respiratory clinic appointments per day to 250 and we are pushing for 400 per day by next weekend. 
• We delivered 1200 vaccinations on weekend of 14/15 August, did  600 respiratory clinic appointments, and took 1300 swabs.

  A lot of hours and tired staff. 

Friday 20 August: there are 94 active cases in the ACT, and more than 20,000 people are in quarantine.