COVID-19

New Omicron case arrives in Qld

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Chief health officer Dr John Gerrard said the omicron case was detected in a man who had arrived from Kenya. ...

New problem facing kids at Christmas

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SA Health announced on Monday night the Willunga Primary School became an exposure location after infected people attended the school ...

Hazzard’s lockdown vow after 804 NSW cases

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The state recorded 804 new Covid cases overnight and one death, a jump of 268 extra daily infections than Monday’s ...

How to get your free travel voucher

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About 250,000 vouchers will be offered from December 16 through Public Transport Victoria’s website.The vouchers will be in addition to ...

How to get your free travel voucher

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About 250,000 vouchers will be offered from December 16 through Public Transport Victoria’s website.The vouchers will be in addition to ...

Nine new Omicron cases; Club cluster explodes

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NSW Health confirmed on Monday that 84 people linked to the Argyle House nightclub have now tested positive – a ...

Covid outbreak at Mill Park school

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Eleven cases have been linked to the school, the sixth school in the municipality to battle a Covid cluster in ...

Covid cluster at Yarra Ranges primary school

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It’s one of a number of schools across the state battling outbreaks according to the latest information from the state ...

Huge border change imminent

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The emergence of the omicron variant caused the government to put a two week pause on the reopening plan, which ...

’Monumental’: Huge Qld cheap flight sale

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In tandem with border restrictions being wound back on Monday, Virgin has announced more than one million seats have been ...

Call for flu jabs, to prevent ‘twindemic’

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As a result of reduced circulation of the flu in the community during the pandemic, Australians have become more vulnerable ...

‘Freedom’ rally to fill Melbourne streets

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Protesters have met for several weeks to rally against the state’s vaccine mandates, Covid restrictions and Victoria’s pandemic legislation.This week, ...

What you need to know about Qld border

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk revealed this week that travellers no longer had to wait two weeks to be considered fully vaccinated, ...

Protesters to cause weekend CBD chaos again

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Demonstrators are expected to gather at Parliament House at midday, before then marching to Carlton Gardens.Protesters were originally scheduled to ...

Major change to booster shot plan

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The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation on Sunday approved Moderna to join Pfizer as the preferred vaccine for booster ...

Victoria records 1193 cases, 13 deaths

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It now brings the total number of active infections in the state to 11,457. There are currently 323 people hospitalised ...

One new local Covid case in Qld

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Health Minister Yvette D’Ath urged residents to still consider the Delta variant as serious.“Just because it’s not Omicron, doesn’t mean ...

UK braces for ‘tsunami of infections’

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UK scientists have now warned two doses of a Covid vaccine are not enough to ward off the Omicron variant, ...

New Covid test making travel easier

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The new Omicron strain has seen some countries — like the United States — introduce tighter entry requirements, such as ...

NSW records 560 new Covid cases

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According to the recent figures, there are now 150 people in hospital, including 25 in ICU.A total of 82,517 tests ...

Fears Omicron has spread to new state

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Premier Steven Marshall on Friday morning said genome testing was underway for new overnight cases of Covid-19.“We are very concerned ...

Revealed: NSW’s most Covid exposed communities

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Having set the target of either December 15 or 95 per cent double dose for the trigger to end a ...

‘Game changer’: PM’s Omicron prediction

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Scott Morrison said it could potentially be a “game changer” across the globe as the world tries to recover from ...

Big jump in NSW Covid cases

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It comes after 420 cases were recorded on Thursday, 403 on Wednesday and 260 on Tuesday.The state has now reached ...

Victoria records 1206 virus cases, 2 deaths

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There are now 313 infected Victorians in hospital, with 61 in active intensive care and 25 on a ventilator.A total ...

Anti-vaxxers slammed over false domestic violence claims

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Gabrielle Williams publicly lashed a “deplorable” misinformation campaign claiming unvaccinated people are being denied family violence support. The campaign is ...

Alarming cancer stats from Victoria’s long lockdown

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Figures released by the Cancer Council’s Victorian Cancer Registry (VCR) found 2420 fewer Victorians were diagnosed with the most common ...

Qld finally hits major vaccine milestone

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday congratulated Queensland and the NT for hitting the milestone set out in the national ...

Senior students sent packing after Covid scare

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A Year 11 student at Menai High School in the Sutherland Shire tested positive for Covid-19 last week, with all ...

Victoria records 1232 cases

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The new figures came from more than 70,000 tests.Victoria’s health department also confirmed 315 people were in hospital, with 52 ...