COVID-19

Young man dies as Covid cases spike

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WA Health reported 6348 new infections overnight — up from 4993 the previous day — taking the total number of ...

Worrying sign in Covid numbers

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WA Health reported 4993 new infections overnight, taking the total number of active cases to 42,470.There are now 240 people ...

China to ease lockdown after mounting outcry

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Authorities said they would gradually begin to allow those in areas with the least number of virus cases to leave ...

Victoria’s lost kids: Why family fights are surging

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Nearly 40 per cent of young Victorians aged 16 to 24 say they are having more disagreements with their families, ...

All the Covid numbers in your home state

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Although case numbers have jumped around recently, most states and territories have shown a slight decline in their Covid-19 figures ...

New teen booster vaccine approved

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It will still require another level of approval before being rolled out as a booster for the age group.Pfizer was ...

Parents blamed for unreported cases

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WA Health said in a statement on Friday that 1110 rapid antigen test cases, which dated as far back as ...

Mutant Deltacron Covid spreads to new state

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Queensland Health confirmed on Friday that 12 people had fallen ill with the new strain.It is not known how or ...

Aussies hit with rising cases of HOGO, not FOMO

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There is a section of society that is perfectly happy to remain in a self-imposed lockdown of sorts.Some even say ...

First case of ‘Deltacron’ detected in Australia

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In its weekly Covid report, NSW Health revealed the state has identified one Deltacron infection, a mix of Delta and ...

Everything you need to know about new Covid variant

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Authorities around the world are scrambling to get more data on the new “XE” variant – a hybrid variant that ...

States’ unfair Covid iso regimes do more harm than good

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Drug dealers, child abuse material fiends – all sorts of people who have put others in real danger are allowed ...

Deltacron in Australia: What we know

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With the arrival of Deltacron in Australia, along with other Omicron variants, there’s concern Covid complacency and easing restrictions could ...

‘Wrong’: Top doc rubbishes Covid plan

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Infectious diseases specialist Nick Coatsworth said a royal commission was “the wrong tool”, after an inquiry into Australia’s pandemic response ...

Alcott gets free RATs for Victorians with a disability

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Disability advocate and former tennis star Dylan Alcott made the announcement on behalf of the state government.The RATs will be ...

Victoria’s pandemic laws extended for three months

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The Premier confirmed in a statement on Wednesday night that the declaration was made following advice from the state’s acting ...

Pushback forces rethink on public service Covid jab rule

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Discussions have been held over the past month with departments, unions and agencies about whether a third dose requirement is ...

Emails reveal health advice brushed off amid Covid spike

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In internal emails seen by The Daily Telegraph, Dr Chant told the government on January 3 that she recommended density ...

Anti-vaxxer pharmacist’s views ‘dangerous nonsense’

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The Pharmacy Board of Australia earlier this year hit Maria Stogiannis with an immediate suspension notice, saying she posed a ...

Covid hospital numbers rise in WA

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WA Health reported 8499 new infections overnight, taking the total number of active cases to 46,697 — down from 48,049 ...

WHO’s training for caregivers of children with autism goes online

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<p>In the lead-up to World Autism Awareness Day on 2 April, WHO is releasing an online version of its training ...

Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air: new WHO data

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<p>Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens their health.&nbsp; A record ...

WHO, Qatar, FIFA leaders agree actions to promote health at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™

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As part of a unique global partnership to promote health, the senior leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO), the ...

Suspension of supply of COVID-19 vaccine (COVAXIN®)

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<p><span style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">Today, WHO confirmed the suspension of supply of Covaxin (Bharat Biotech) through UN procurement agencies and recommended that countries ...

Millions ‘complacent’ about Covid jab

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Australia’s vaccine rollout chief Lieutenant General John Frewen confirmed at Senate estimates on Wednesday that just over 11 per cent ...

Egypt and Nigeria medicines regulators achieve high maturity level in WHO classification and WHO launches list of regulatory authorities that meet international standards

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Today, WHO announced that Egypt’s and Nigeria’s medical products regulatory agencies had reached maturity level 3. This means that these ...

Why isolation rules won’t be relaxed in NSW

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Mr Hazzard said Covid cases were being reported in “very substantial numbers every day” but it was still a “big ...

Figures reveal grim reality for Melbourne hospo businesses

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In submissions to Melbourne City Council, establishments like Grossi Florentino, Tsindos, Bottega and Hotel Windsor said there was still a ...

Reason some Covid rules could return

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If either of these issues come to pass, it could lead to more hospitalisations for a health system already struggling ...

Big change to predicted SA Covid peak

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The data – from Professor Joshua Ross and Dr Thomas Prowse at the University of Adelaide – initially showed that ...