COVID-19
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Bass Coast Covid case linked to Trinity Grammar
The state’s health department announced the case on Thursday afternoon but was included in Friday’s numbers. Health Minister Martin Foley said the...
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NSW records 170 new virus cases
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said more than 95,000 peopled got tested in the latest reporting period.The new figures come as Sydneysiders wake...
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Brisbane student ‘infectious at school’
The state’s latest community acquired case is a 17-year-old girl, who became ill on Thursday and returned a positive result later that...
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UK launches vaccine passports as Qantas unveils travel plan
The Australian reports that the pass will contain information about Covid tests and vaccination status.It came as day after Qantas appealed to...
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‘Wrong decision’: PM rules out Google move
Netflix, Google and Facebook overnight announced they would require US employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before returning to the office. Google...
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Rare detail that led to Qld mystery case
An Australian citizen, who quarantined in Brisbane after returning from the Philippines, tested positive to the Alpha strain on Wednesday after being...
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NSW records massive spike of 239 Covid cases
Of the new 239 cases, 70 were in the community for their entire infectious period.More than 111,000 people got swabbed in the...
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NSW records worst Covid day ever
The new figures come as residents in Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Shellharbour wake to their first day of an...
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Sydney GP charges $250 for Covid jab
Blessed Health Care clinic has been caught out, asking patients to pay up to $250 for a “vaccination consultation” on their first...
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Pandemic sparks fresh fears of working for longer
Uncertainty fuelled by the pandemic has prompted fresh focus on retirement saving, new research by Colonial First State has found, but super...
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Patients turned away as RPA declared Covid hot zone
A handful of people inside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital’s emergency department (ED) on Tuesday night have now been listed as a close...
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Eight new cases as Vic lockdown ends
Eight new cases of locally acquired coronavirus were detected on Victoria’s first day out of lockdown. The cases are all linked to...
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Fears over ship loaded with infections
The bulk carrier entered the Torres Strait from the Philippines on Monday and alerted authorities to a majority of crew on board...
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NRL at risk over new Covid breach
Vision of Wests Tigers player James Roberts standing on his Gold Coast balcony surfaced on Tuesday, resulting in the NRL informing Queensland...
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Six cases in guarded Blacktown Covid block
Residents living in the building on Devitt St, Blacktown were alerted to the positive cases around 1pm on Monday after receiving a...
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‘Far too early to relax’: Top doc’s warning
Acting Premier Steven Miles said the lack of new cases was an “excellent result” given the “sheer number of risks” the state...
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State investigates hotel quarantine leak
The state recorded no new local cases on Tuesday, but further details emerged about a case reported on Monday, which chief health...
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NSW records 172 new local Covid-19 cases
Concerningly, 60 were active in the community while infectious, she added.More to come. Powered by WPeMatico
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Number needed to lift lockdown
The statewide stay-at-home direction began at 6pm last Tuesday amid concerns the Delta variant was circulating within the community. It came after...
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Qld records one new local Covid case
Dozens of exposure sites were listed on Sunday, after the source of a Qantas flight attendant’s infection was identified as Sydney man...
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500 tip-offs help major protest operation
NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller on Monday confirmed more arrests were expected as part of Strike Force Seasoned, with an update on...
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Reason protests won’t extend lockdown
Six protesters were arrested and 72 others were fined at the so-called “freedom” rally in the CBD on Saturday.The more than 5000...
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State ‘on track’ to lift lockdown
Premier Steven Marshall said the state remained “on track” to ease restrictions after it was plunged into a seven-day lockdown last Tuesday...
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Gladys’s unnerving virus warning
Gladys Berejiklian said health authorities were discussing the options in terms of easing restrictions, if any, when the lockdown is scheduled to...
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Alleged Sydney horse puncher charged
One of the men who were charged was captured in a picture from the protest wearing a yellow singlet with “free speech”...
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Victoria records 11 new virus cases
The new infections came from more than 32,000 tests.All cases were linked to the current outbreaks and were in quarantine for their...
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Two men charged over striking a police horse during rally
They were among more than 50 people charged following the event, which has been slammed by police and politicians after officers and...
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Shorten’s scathing swipe at NSW
Despite claiming the general public was “over the squabbling” between state premiers, former federal Labor leader Mr Shorten suggested it was rich...
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Eleven new cases, regional Victoria begs for early lockdown end
All of the new cases were in quarantine throughout their entire infectious period.One coronavirus case was recorded in hotel quarantine from an...