2021-02-05 23:17:52 | Coronavirus live news: Greece limits AstraZeneca jab to under 65s; close contacts of Melbourne hotel worker test negative | World news

Another day of zero cases of community transmission of coronavirus for Queensland. One case has been detected of a person currently in hotel quarantine.

New Zealand’s health authorities say they have detected a fifth positive case of coronavirus from a quarantine hotel.

The person had spent 14 days in the hotel before spending a further five days in isolation at home in Hamilton on the north island. For that reason, authorities think the risk to the community is low.

A statement from the NZ Ministry of Health says: “The case reinforces the importance of the self-isolation and repeat testing strategy we have adopted around people leaving managed isolation at the Pullman [Hotel].”

More than 23,000 people in Victoria were tested for coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with no positive results returned.

That will be a huge relief for the Australian state, where the Australian Open tennis tournament is about to start.

Health authorities have also confirmed that all 17 close contacts of a positive case of hotel quarantine worker in one of the hotels used in preparation for the tournament have also tested negative.

Hello wherever you are and whatever time it is. Graham Readfearn here in Australia to take you through the next several hours of the Guardian’s live coverage of the global Covid-19 pandemic.

A quick update on where things are at.

• Greece has joined several other European countries, including France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, in deciding not to give people over 65 the AstraZeneca vaccine.
• Lebanon is to start an easing of its countrywide lockdown that has been in place since 14 January. Intensive care capacity is at 90% across the country.
• A major study from economists has tracked an “unprecedented” rise in poverty, caused by the pandemic, in many developing countries across three continents.
• All 17 close contacts of a Melbourne hotel quarantine worker have tested negative for the virus. The case had put the Australian Open tennis tournament at risk.
• The UK government is exploring the idea of documentation that would allow travellers to prove they have been vaccinated against coronavirus, the Foreign Office minister James Cleverly has said.
• Latest figures from Johns Hopkins University show 165m people have caught covid-19 during the pandemic, with 2.29m deaths.

Thanks for staying with us. I hope you are as safe as you can be.