COVID-19
Covid update: Victoria records lowest cases in seven weeks
It’s the state’s lowest daily infection rate since September 26 when 695 cases were recorded.There are 394 Victorians in hospital ...
Queensland’s major border announcement
The sunshine state is expected to reach its 70 per cent double vaccination target on Monday.Queensland is painfully close to ...
Victoria records huge drop in cases
It’s the state’s lowest daily infection rate since September 26 when 695 cases were recorded.There are 394 Victorians in hospital ...
WA’s border could open early
Federal health minister Greg Hunt flagged the change during a television appearance on Sunday morning.“We’d like to see Western Australia ...
NSW records 195 new virus cases
About 91 per cent of people over the age of 16 were fully vaccinated.There were 224 people in hospital with ...
NSW records 250 new Covid cases, no deaths
The latest figures come as international students wanting to study in NSW will no longer need to undertake quarantine if ...
Victoria’s Covid-19 cases increase to 1221
There are now 405 Victorians in hospital with the virus, including 77 of those in intensive care and 51 on ...
Big international travel change for NSW
The first chartered plane of returning international students will touch down in Sydney International Airport on December 6.The flight will ...
How eating out will cost us more post-lockdown
Restaurant and Catering Australia chief executive Wes Lambert said many Victorian hospitality businesses have reported that they have or expect ...
Anti-vax protests planned for city
The rally ‘Rise Up Melbourne’ will see protesters gather at the State Library at noon and then march together towards ...
WHO issues emergency use listing for eighth COVID-19 vaccine
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for COVAXIN® (developed by Bharat Biotech), adding to ...
Interim guidance for use of the Bharat BBV152 Covaxin vaccine published
The interim recommendations for use of the Bharat BBV152 Covaxin vaccine have been published. Bharat BBV152 Covaxin interim recommendations Powered ...
Revealed: NSW schools closed because of Covid
Several schools in Sydney have been declared ‘non operational’ as well as many more across wider NSW, including high schools.The ...
Lockdown fears as new cases emerge in Qld
The driver is one of two new local cases recorded in Queensland on Thursday, prompting health authorities to urgently begin ...
Positive case at Mulgrave shopping centre
In a Facebook post on Wednesday November 10, the Mulgrave shopping centre said it had been notified of a positive ...
Urgent need for vaccine to prevent deadly Group B streptococcus
<ul><li><em>The global burden of Group B streptococcus is far higher than previously recognized, linked to over half a million preterm ...
Nightclub rule scrapped; 261 new cases, one death
Drinking while standing inside a nightclub or strip club is now permitted across the state, after the Public Health Order ...
‘That’s just not fair’: Packer’s ex makes vax voice heard
As part of UNICEF Australia’s “Give the World a Shot” campaign, Ms Packer called for donations in a bid to ...
Refugee claims he was denied Covid jab
After battling “critical” virus symptoms in hospital for almost three weeks, Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker Mohammed Sohrabi is expected to be ...
Positive case at Yarra Ranges supermarket
In an update on its website, Aldi said it had been notified about a positive case of Covid attending the ...
Australia facing a Santa shortage
Event photography business Scene to Believe hires more than 500 Santas nationally each year to pose with eager children wanting ...
Men in 30s, 40s among latest Covid deaths
The first man, from south west Sydney, was unvaccinated and had pre-existing health conditions. He died at Royal Prince Alfred ...
Coffee baron to defy unvaxxed ban
Rich-lister Phillip Di Bella, who runs the Coffee Commune in Bowen Hills, says he will not “discriminate” against unvaccinated customers ...
How many Covid fines have really been paid
It has been revealed less than one in ten fines issued for Covid related breaches over the past financial year ...
More rules ease as jab milestone nears
Seven deaths linked to coronavirus were reported, and 48 out of 264 people who were hospitalised with the virus were ...
Virus hits supermarkets, aged care homes in Melbourne’s outer east
It comes as a Coles at Westfield Knox was also listed as an exposure site.Woolworths said a staff member at ...
Covid scare for Cup-winning partygoers
The Verry Elleegant owner told the Herald Sun he was confirmed positive on Friday evening and has been isolating at ...
Covid rules ease; 187 new cases, 7 deaths
Caps on the number of visitors in a home have now been lifted, indoor pools are open for all purposes ...
Big change to vaccine rollout from today
Aged care and disability facilities residents and staff will be among the first to get their latest shot, with more ...
Vic has 1173 Covid cases as NSW to hit vax milestone
Health officials on Sunday said 89.7 per cent of people aged over 16 have now had two doses of a ...
