The Latest from 7NEWS with Michael Usher: Australia set to reach a welcome vaccination milestone; grim new predictions for the NSW COVID crisis; the Afghanistan exit - the Australian in the ground in Kabul and two Paralympians about to take off for Tokyo.

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