COVID-19
Victoria hits 70 per cent vaccination milestone
Scott Morrison has praised Victorians for surviving “the battle of a generation” as the state reaches the 70 per cent ...
The measures making return to classroom safe
Healthcare worker Wendy Dalziel is thrilled her 12-year-old daughter Annabel will return to the classroom, and said hitting the 70 ...
Surprising find on school Delta spread
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute experts also said face masks for grade three students and above would help reduce the virus ...
How mandatory jab rule will be enforced in venues
The team of officers will hit venues from Friday when fully vaccinated people will be allowed to once again enter ...
NSW records seven deaths, 283 cases
The new figures comes as the state prepares for a restart to elective surgery from Monday after nearly three months ...
Victoria records 1841 new virus cases
Twelve more Victorians died from the virus in the past 24 hours, the Department of Health also confirmed.About 88.8 per ...
Vic to trial home quarantine for flights; 1841 cases, 12 deaths
The number of active Covid cases in Victoria has risen to 22,598 after a further 1841 positive results were added ...
NSW records 283 new virus cases
The figures come as the state enters its third day of new freedoms after NSW hit the magic 80 per ...
Trump blasted for ‘spiteful’ Powell tribute
Trump said it was “wonderful to see Colin Powell, who made big mistakes on Iraq and famously, so-called weapons of ...
WHO pledges extensive commitments towards women’s empowerment and health
The World Health Organization announced multiple commitments to drive change for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls ...
WHO recommends life-saving interleukin-6 receptor blockers for COVID-19 and urges producers to join efforts to rapidly increase access
The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its patient care guidelines to include interleukin-6 receptor blockers, a class of medicines ...
First Meeting of the Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Developing Countries
The Heads of the World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization, and World Trade Organization today convened for ...
Joint COVAX Statement on the Equal Recognition of Vaccines
COVAX was built on the principle of equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines to protect the health of people all across ...
New recommendations for screening and treatment to prevent cervical cancer
Too many women worldwide – particularly the poorest women – continue to die from cervical cancer; a disease which is ...
NSW isolation rules for fully vaxxed
As of October 11, those considered close contacts of a positive Covid case only need to isolate for one week ...
When we will find out about booster shot
Dr Kerry Chant told reporters in Tuesday that ATAGI was working through possible recommendations. “In terms of the booster recommendations, ...
Nursing home contractor tests positive
Aurrum chief executive Craig Rutherford said an essential contractor tested positive at Aurrum Healesville (from community transmission) and as a ...
Car ploughs into staff at Covid test site
Leading Senior Constable Adam West said police were called to the Thompson Rd testing clinic at an old retail building ...
Vax target triggers major border change
Both NSW and the ACT hit the 80 per cent fully vaccinated target on Monday, making them the first places ...
Melbourne has NSW to thank for early freedom
Does anyone seriously think Premier Andrews would have promised to end Melbourne’s lockdown from midnight next Thursday unless he’d been ...
How lockdown has shrunk the Aussie identity
Australia is a world leader in Covid control. But the nation’s phobic response to the pandemic will hurt in other ...
Disgraced US tycoon Robert Durst has Covid: lawyer
Durst, 78, was given a life sentence this week with no possibility of parole after a jury found him guilty ...
Two Hunter women die with Covid, region records 73 cases
Hunter New England Local Health District confirmed a woman in her 50s from the Newcastle local government area, died in ...
‘Going rogue’: Qld and Vics blast NSW over border blues
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews made his comments after NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet beat Prime Minister Scott Morrison to opening the ...
‘Have confidence’: Perrottet says return to school is safe
“It’s a great day tomorrow. I’ve believe the measures we have in place will ensure we can open up our ...
‘Medical apartheid’: Byron Bay businesses fight double jab order
The businesses took to YouTube to pronounce they did not believe in “medical apartheid”.Paul Waters from Fundies Organics — a ...
All the new freedoms coming for Victoria
Premier Daniel Andrews announced a raft of new freedoms which will come into play from Friday when the state is ...
Australia secures new Covid treatments
The Federal Government on Sunday announced it had secured 500,000 treatment courses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 oral antiviral drug, which will ...
Major NZ travel announcement
The surprise announcement comes months after the travel bubble was temporarily paused in response to growing Covid-19 cases in Australia.On ...
319 new cases, 2 deaths as double vax milestone nears
The latest drop in numbers comes as the state is on the verge of achieving a major vaccine milestone that ...
