The ACT has recorded 31 new COVID cases on Thursday.
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Today's update saw clusters at Ainslie Village, Cavalry's Haydon retirement facility and the London Circuit construction site grow.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the ongoing debate around reopening once vaccination rates were hit was the nastiest he'd experienced in his career.
The jointly funded Commonwealth-ACT scheme to support local businesses will be expanded on Thursday to allow for additional payments up until an unspecified date in mid-October.
The looming end of the business support grant scheme is in line with the tapering of the COVID-19 disaster payments once vaccination targets are met.
Should public health directions align for vaccinated travellers post lockdown, ACT residents would be permitted to travel to Sydney when NSW reaches its 80 per cent target.
Meantime, a small number of staff quarantined after a COVID-19 exposure in one of Canberra Hospital's wards could return to work on Thursday.
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