LATEST COVID-19 DEVELOPMENTS:
* Australia notched 10 consecutive days without a locally acquired case as the number of infections reported across the globe surpassed 100 million.
* Australia is seeking more information from New Zealand health authorities before restarting quarantine-free travel after two fresh coronavirus infections.
* A 72-hour pause on the one-way travel bubble is due to end at 2pm on Thursday, but a decision on whether to extend it could come down to the wire.
* A new $24 million advertising campaign is being rolled out to encourage Australians to get coronavirus vaccines.
* A group of tourists has been referred to police after travelling to Parliament House in Canberra from a coronavirus red zone in Sydney.
* The NSW premier says she hopes the imminent easing of coronavirus-prompted restrictions on gatherings and rules around mask usage will help the state's businesses plan for a smoother 2021.
* The state recorded zero locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Tuesday, its 10th consecutive day without a local case. Two virus cases were uncovered in travellers in hotel quarantine.
* A Victorian government minister has rejected suggestions it is time to redeploy police from the NSW border, as the states extended their local coronavirus-free streaks.
* There were two new Victorian cases in hotel quarantine, neither are associated with the Australian Open.
* South Australia remains on track to lift coronavirus restrictions with Sydney this weekend, ending what Premier Steven Marshall labelled a "huge imposition".
* The Queensland government will immediately roll out the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as soon as they receive supplies from the federal government.
* Western Australia (two) and Queensland (one) both detected new cases in hotel quarantine.
* There were no new cases reported in South Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory.
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AUSTRALIAN CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:
* There were seven new virus cases recorded in Australia on Monday; two in NSW, Victoria and WA, and one in Queensland. All were diagnosed in hotel quarantine.
* The national death toll is 909: Victoria 820, NSW 56, Tasmania 13, WA 9, Queensland 6, SA 4, ACT 3. (Two Queensland residents who died in NSW have been included in the official tolls of both states).
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GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS:
* Cases: at least 100,270,000
* Deaths: at least 2,157,000
* Recovered: at least 55,387,000.
Data current as of 1745 AEDT on January 27, taking in federal and state/territory government updates, Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre figures.
Australian Associated Press
