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Tasmania looks to abandon COVID national plan on reopening borders

Matt Maloney
Updated September 29 2021 - 4:28pm, first published 2:39pm
100 COVID deaths predicted if state borders open
100 COVID deaths predicted if state borders open

Almost 100 Tasmanians would lose their lives to COVID-19 if the state opened its borders to the country at an 80-per-cent vaccination rate.

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Matt Maloney

Political reporter for Australian Community Media, based in Hobart.

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