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Victoria has gone 13 days without a single new local coronavirus case, health chiefs have announced.
The state enjoyed a double donut day on Thursday, meaning no new cases were uncovered even in hotel quarantine out of more than 20,000 tests.
Across Victoria, which has suffered more infections and deaths than any other territory or state in Australia, there are now just three active cases left.
Despite the impressive milestone, Victorians are still unable to travel to Western Australia without entering two weeks of mandatory quarantine.
All other states' residents are allowed to enter notoriously cautious WA without quarantine - with officials insisting there must be no community transmission for 28 days before being allowed in.
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But there are hopes this draconian system will soon be stopped, with the government launching an unprecedented tourism drive.
Almost a million airline tickets will go on sale at half price on April 1 as part of a $1.2billion package to boost the ailing tourism sector when JobKeeper finishes at the end of March.
Interstate tickets to and from 13 holiday hotspots will be subsidised by the federal government until July 31 and airlines will ramp up their flight schedules to deal with an expected surge in demand over the next three months.
The locations on offer are the Gold Coast, Cairns, the Whitsundays and Mackay region (including Proserpine and Hamilton Island), the Sunshine Coast, Lasseter and Alice Springs, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie, Broome, Avalon, Merimbula, and Kangaroo Island.
Some 57 routes will be covered on the Qantas and Jetstar network, CEO Alan Joyce said on Thursday morning.
© Provided by Daily MailVictoria's Deputy Chief Health Officer Allan Cheng receives the Pfizer vaccine on March 5 - as the state enjoys 13 days with no new cases
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