澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 澳大利亚在酒店检疫中检测到南非变异病毒（在线收听）

Sydney is preparing for a crucial countdown to new years as mystery cases and falling test numbers put the state on high alert. Contact tracers are scrambling to link three cases, one in Wollongong, one in Sydney's inner west and the third in the Northern Beaches, to the Avalon outbreak. Health alerts have been issued for shops and churches with authorities saying they believe the three cases had all spent time in Sydney's CBD. New South Wales police say they are ready to shut down any super spreading events in the lead-up to New Year's Eve.

The third test in Sydney will go ahead as planned. Cricket Australia confirmed the news in a statement last night saying players will be running out at the SCG on January 7th. The call was made after several rounds of negotiations between the governing body, Indian officials and the New South Wales and Queensland governments.

Queensland health experts say more needs to be done to understand the new South African variant of coronavirus after it was detected in hotel quarantine. An overseas traveller who landed in Brisbane last week has been transferred to Sunshine Coast Hospital. It comes as the state flagged fewer exemptions from hotel quarantine for overseas travellers.

And security guards in Western Australia will be given greater powers to prevent people from breaching quarantine after a woman walked out of a hotel, despite being spotted by a guard. Security guards will now be allowed to physically restrain or arrest people who breach quarantine.

悉尼正准备迎接新年的关键倒计时，因为神秘病例和不断下降的检测数据使该州处于高度戒备状态。接触追踪人员正忙着将三个病例与阿瓦隆疫情联系起来，其中一个病例出现在一个在卧龙岗，第二个病例出现在悉尼中西部地区，第三个病例则出现在北部海滩。有关部门已经向商店和教堂发出健康警报，他们认为这三例病例都去过悉尼中央商务区。新南威尔士州警方表示，他们准备在新年前夕禁止任何超级传播事件。

原定在悉尼举行的第三场测试赛将按计划进行。澳大利亚板球协会昨晚在一份声明中证实了这一消息，称球员将于1月7日在悉尼板球场进行比赛。这一呼吁在管理机构、印度官员以及新南威尔士州和昆士兰州政府进行数轮谈判之后发出。

昆士兰卫生专家表示，因为在酒店检疫中发现南非冠状病毒新变种，因此需要进行更多研究来了解该变种。上周抵达布里斯班的一名外国游客者已被转移到阳光海岸医院。与此同时，州政府也减少了对海外游客的酒店检疫豁免。

西澳大利亚州的保安人员将被赋予更大权力，以防止人们违反隔离措施，此前，一名女性走出了酒店，幸好及时被安保人员发现。现在，安保人员将获准对违反隔离规定的人进行身体约束或逮捕。