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Scott Morrison is adamant Australia's goal has never been to achieve zero coronavirus cases as national agreement on pandemic strategy frays.

The prime minister says the nation remains in a suppression phase of the fight against the disease while vaccination rates increase.

"The idea that you can have zero COVID in any country has never been Australia's plan," he told the ABC on Monday.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has conceded her state will not eradicate the virus, while her Victorian counterpart Daniel Andrews agrees.

There were 478 new local cases and seven deaths recorded in NSW on Monday, while a 15-year-old boy with coronavirus died from meningitis.

Western Australia's leader Mark McGowan is signalling he will continue to pursue a zero-case goal even after reaching 80 per cent vaccination coverage.

Federal, state and territory governments have backed targets of 70 and 80 per cent to reduce the possibility of lockdowns and reopen the country.

Mr Morrison said Doherty Institute and Treasury modelling underpinning the national cabinet agreement was clear about the targets' importance.

"Once you hit those levels, it is neither in our health or economic interests to go down that path," he said.

The institute's epidemiology director Jodie McVernon cast doubt on whether the WA goal was achievable.

"My personal view is, that's a very difficult promise to keep," she told ABC radio.

The prime minister said all governments agreed to the reopening strategy three times.

"That's the deal that all premiers and chief ministers have signed up to and made that commitment to their own citizens," Mr Morrison said.

"We've got to hold to that."

More than half of the one million Pfizer doses Australia will receive from Poland arrived overnight with the balance to touch down on Tuesday.

About 530,000 will be rushed to 12 Sydney hot spots for people aged 20 to 39, while the rest will be shared across the country based on population.

Australia has vaccinated 26 per cent of its population aged 16 and above, while 47.7 per cent have had a single jab.

Darwin and Katherine will enter a three-day lockdown after a man in his 30s tested positive for coronavirus.

All of NSW is in lockdown.

Melbourne recorded 22 new local cases on Monday with the city's lockdown likely to be extended again.

Canberra's cluster has grown to 10 with more cases expected to be announced later in the day as the ACT waits to see if lockdown will end as scheduled on Thursday.

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Thousands of NSW police have begun patrolling streets to enforce tough new COVID-19 regulations as a teenage boy becomes the youngest person in Australia to die with the virus.

Osama Suduh, 15, from southwest Sydney, died in the intensive care unit at Sydney Children's Hospital in Randwick after contracting pneumococcal meningitis, a spokesperson said in a statement on Monday.

"The patient was also COVID-positive, however, this was not the reason for his admission and was not his cause of death."

"The patient was unvaccinated for COVID but was up-to-date with his routine childhood vaccinations."

The network of children's hospitals extended their condolences to his family at "this heartbreaking time", while Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce described it as "an incredible tragedy".

Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said on Sunday the boy's family had given permission for his condition to be made public.

Meanwhile, NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Mick Willing said from Monday, 1400 Highway Patrol officers would be on patrol backed by 800 Australian Defence Force soldiers.

"The unprecedented operation will see thousands of police officers from police districts and police area commands across the state working alongside our colleagues from the Australian Defence Force, enforcing the public health orders," he said.

As NSW begins its eighth week of lockdown NSW Police Minister David Elliott says he hopes the loopholes are now closed as non-compliance fines up to $5000 kick in.

"I'm quietly confident now that the community has got the message that we're not mucking around, that you won't be allowed to offer up excuses," he told the Nine Network on Monday.

On Sunday police issued 500 fines "including 31 kids at a party on the beachside. So we still have got a lot of work to do", he said.

On Sunday NSW recorded 415 new cases and four more deaths with the death toll now at 48 for this outbreak which began mid-June.

People in Greater Sydney will be limited to exercise or shop within five kilometres of their home and need a permit to travel to regional NSW while single people in 12 LGA hotspots will need to register their "singles buddies".

In newly locked down regional areas, people can only leave their home for an essential reason.

Everyone must carry masks at all times, no visitors are allowed in the home unless for carers' responsibilities or for compassionate reasons, and those in a relationship.

A test and isolate payment of $320 will also start this week for workers 17 and over who have symptoms of COVID-19 and live in government areas of concern.

More than half of the new 415 locally acquired cases to 8pm on Saturday were from Sydney's west and southwest, with the suburbs of Blacktown, Mount Druitt, Marayong, Merrylands, Auburn and Guildford causing the most concern.

In the state's west 21 new cases were identified. Health officials are worried, especially in relation to vulnerable Indigenous communities.

Overnight numerous COVID-19 exposure sites were also identified at Mudgee, Orange and Bathurst.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said five million vaccines had been given out in NSW with half the state's eligible population having now received their first dose.

She also welcomed the 500,000 Pfizer vaccines to be supplied to NSW by the Commonwealth.

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Thousands of NSW police have begun patrolling streets to enforce tough new COVID-19 regulations as a teenage boy becomes the youngest person in Australia to die with the virus.

Osama Suduh, 15, from southwest Sydney, died on Sunday night after contracting pneumococcal meningitis and COVID-19.

"What an incredible tragedy it was for that young man to die last night," Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce told Seven's Sunrise on Monday.

The teen's death was confirmed by the Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick where he was being treated, the ABC reported.

Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said on Sunday the boy's family had given permission for his condition to be made public.

"I can confirm that there is someone admitted to hospital that is 15 and that the cause of their admission, while they are COVID positive, is related to another health condition," she said.

Meanwhile, NSW Deputy Police Commissioner Mick Willing said from Monday, 1400 Highway Patrol officers would be on patrol backed by 800 Australian Defence Force soldiers.

"The unprecedented operation will see thousands of police officers from police districts and police area commands across the state working alongside our colleagues from the Australian Defence Force, enforcing the public health orders," he said.

As NSW begins its eighth week of lockdown NSW Police Minister David Elliott says he hopes the loopholes are now closed as non-compliance fines up to $5000 kick in.

"I'm quietly confident now that the community has got the message that we're not mucking around, that you won't be allowed to offer up excuses," he told The Nine Network on Monday.

On Sunday police issued 500 fines "including 31 kids at a party on the beachside. So we still have got a lot of work to do", he said.

On Sunday NSW recorded 415 new cases and four more deaths with the death toll now at 48 for this outbreak which began mid-June.

People in Greater Sydney will need a permit to travel to regional NSW and single people in 12 LGA hotspots will need to register their "singles buddies".

In newly locked down regional areas, people can only leave their home for an essential reason.

Everyone must carry masks at all times, no visitors are allowed in the home unless for carers' responsibilities or for compassionate reasons, and those in a relationship.

A test and isolate payment of $320 will also start this week for workers 17 and over who have symptoms of COVID-19 and live in government areas of concern.

NSW Labor leader Chris Minns wants that payment made available statewide.

"The test and isolate payment must be in every part of NSW," Mr Minns said.

With all of NSW now under lockdown rules, all schoolchildren will be learning from home.

While the NSW Department of Education has confirmed that someone at Blacktown North Public School has tested positive, which will mean the school will be non-operational on Monday.

MLC School in Burwood will be partly closed on Monday after two cases were linked to its senior campus in the city's inner west.

More than half of the new 415 locally acquired cases to 8pm on Saturday were from Sydney's west and southwest, with the suburbs of Blacktown, Mount Druitt, Marayong, Merrylands, Auburn and Guildford causing the most concern.

In the state's west 21 new cases were identified. Health officials are worried, especially in relation to vulnerable Indigenous communities.

Overnight numerous COVID-19 exposure sites were also identified at Mudgee, Orange and Bathurst.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian said five million vaccines had been given out in NSW with half the state's eligible population having now received their first dose.

She also welcomed the 500,000 Pfizer vaccines to be supplied to NSW by the Commonwealth.

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One million doses of Pfizer have landed in Australia, with half destined for NSW as its coronavirus outbreak spirals.

Those doses will be stuck in the arms of people aged 20 to 39 across a dozen of that state's worst-hit local government areas.

The remainder will be spread across the rest of the country.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday confirmed the doses arrived in Australia overnight from Pfizer's Belgium factory.

Poland is reselling the doses it had ordered on a non-profit basis.

"There was an opportunity and we seized it," Mr Morrison told Seven.

"When I was able to say that Sydney was in lockdown, we got great support."

All of NSW is in lockdown, with the state recording another 415 cases and a further four deaths on Sunday.

Rapid testing will be rolled out to NSW aged care centres, starting at Bankstown on Monday.

Victoria will get 175,500 of the extra Pfizer vaccines as its lockdown is likely to be extended again.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews warned people should not delay being vaccinated with AstraZeneca to wait for the additional Pfizer jabs.

Meanwhile, 17,550 doses are headed for Tasmania and 14,000 for the ACT.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr noted this was equivalent to one week's worth of doses across territory-run vaccine clinics.

Canberra on Sunday reported two more COVID-19 cases, taking its total to nine during its long lockdown scheduled to end on Thursday.

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