All Australian states have imposed restrictions on travelers from Sydney and parts of New South Wales because the coronavirus risk. Berejiklian urged other state leaders to “think about things compassionately” due to Christmas approaching and to base decisions on border restrictions on the facts. The state on Sunday reported 1,536 new COVID-19 cases and 46 more deaths. ———TOPEKA, Kan. — A FedEx executive says a higher-than-normal volume of Christmas-season package deliveries won’t interfere with the company’s effort to ship coronavirus vaccine doses. ———WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s surgeon general is defending Trump’s not getting a coronavirus vaccine, saying there are medical reasons for it.

Source: ABC News December 20, 2020 10:59 UTC