COVID-19
Covid hospitalisations climb in Queensland
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said there were 929 people in hospital, significantly up from 878 reported yesterday. More than 50 patient ...
Where to find a rapid antigen test in NSW, ACT
Pharmacies and supermarkets across NSW are struggling to fill the increasing demand as the overseas supply chains dry up. One ...
Arrests over alleged RAT theft
Both were nabbed at the Moonee Valley Racecourse about 4pm on Sunday, police said in a statement.A 19-year-old man from ...
Joyce forced to apologise; 54 new Covid deaths
During a radio interview on ABC RN on Monday morning, the Nationals leader was asked if Australia can “really say ...
Victoria promising Covid milestone
There are now 998 infected people in Victorian hospitals, with 119 in intensive care and 47 on ventilators.Victoria’s pre-Omicron peak ...
Why Barnaby is forced to apologise
For much of the pandemic, Australia has been the envy of the rest of the world for how it kept ...
Celebs back ‘brave’ Bogut over tweet scandal
Bogut, who isn’t affiliated with any political party, received a warning letter from the Victorian Electoral Commission because the post ...
Big decision on NSW restrictions
Mandatory masks indoors and dancing bans are expected to remain in place across NSW as the state continues to battle ...
Mask wearing, no dancing restrictions extended
And while the hospitality and entertainment sector have been lobbying for a return of singing and dancing, the ban on ...
PM: ‘Up to parents to get kids vaccinated’
Just one in four children were vaccinated by the end of last week and doctors have warned it will be ...
Teachers, students to rapid test twice a week, wear masks
More than six million tests will be distributed to 3000 public, Catholic and independent schools across the state before the ...
U.S. EPA and WHO partner to protect public health
<p><img src="https://www.who.int/images/default-source/environmental-health/who-photo-dr-tedros-and-us-epa-mou-sign-11jan2022.tmb-340v.jpg?Status=Master&sfvrsn=c635b605_1" style="float:left;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;" class="-align-left" alt="" sf-size="1365573" />This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and World Health Organization (WHO) signed ...
Statement on the tenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
The tenth meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the ...
COVAX delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
On 15 January 2022, a shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda included the billionth dose supplied via COVAX. ...
WHO recommends two new drugs to treat COVID-19
WHO has recommended two new drugs for COVID-19, providing yet more options for treating the disease. The extent to which ...
Dom’s defiant Covid message
General practitioners only able to access 200 childhood vaccines a fortnight have warned high demand for jabs is quickly outstripping ...
‘Shock’: PM’s message at world forum
In a wide-ranging speech before a virtual hearing hosted by the World Economic Forum on Friday night, Mr Morrison said ...
Real reason your child won’t get their Covid jab
And doctors are pleading to be given larger supplies of the vaccine to speed up the roll out.GP practices are ...
Sick anti-vax hoax ‘killing off’ fake kids
In this harrowing tale, “Steve Leary” claimed his son was vaccinated on Wednesday, January 12, fell ill shortly after and ...
Victoria records 16,016 new cases
There are now 1029 infected people in Victorian hospitals, with 120 in intensive care and 39 on ventilators.More than 93 ...
AFL anti-vaxxer’s future in doubt
Regardless of the government regulations in their club’s home state, AFL players are required to have had two doses of ...
Queensland records 16,031 new Covid cases
Of the new deaths two were unvaccinated, one had received one vaccine, two doses and just one had a booster ...
Baby dies with Covid in NSW
The infant died in a local hospital in the Hunter Region in December, with the death confirmed by authorities on ...
New rules as Qld opens international border
And, as Saturday morning dawns, there’ll be a whole new wave of tears and warm embraces.The Sunshine State is mere ...
Victoria records 18,167 Covid cases, 20 deaths
Victoria has recorded 18,167 new cases and 20 Covid deaths on Friday.There are 1096 infected people in Victorian hospitals, with ...
Pharmacy hell: ‘Four RAT calls a minute’
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has issued an urgent plea for customers to stop bombarding them with requests for RATs ...
Vic hospital denies shock Covid claim
The state government this week declared a code brown for all metropolitan and six regional hospitals, predicting unprecedented pressure would ...
Family’s anger over youngest Covid death
Lachlan Moore, 28, this month became the youngest person in the state to die with the virus, passing away in ...
Qld reports 16,812 new cases, nine deaths
Thursday’s update revealed Covid hospitalisations in the Sunshine State have risen from 835 to 850, while there are now 48 ...
State rules out cutting isolation time
Authorities in other jurisdictions are considering cutting the required isolation period to just five days. Ahead of Thursday’s national cabinet ...
