COVID-19

‘Sad, disappointing’: Ekka cancelled

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Queensland recorded 13 new locally acquired Covid-19 cases on Monday, on the second day of the southeast corner’s snap lockdown. ...

Qld Covid cases spike as Sydney’s lockdown future revealed

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Authorities say the new cases are genomically linked to the 17-year-old Indooroopilly State High school student. The state’s lockdown has ...

Shock detail in Qld outbreak

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As of Monday morning, there are 31 cases of the virus linked to the 17-year-old Indooroopilly State High School student, ...

Why Queensland lockdown was extended

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Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the three-day snap lockdown would “not be sufficient” after recording six cases, nine and then ...

Schools slammed shut over Covid scare

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St Bernadette’s Primary Castle Hill was slammed shut after a person who attended the after hours service provided by the ...

Victoria tweaks Pfizer jab rollout

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Chief health officer Brett Sutton announced the change in his daily Covid-19 update on Saturday, and said it would help ...

Qld records worst virus day in a year

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It is the highest number of new cases that Queensland has reported all year, and its worst day since August ...

NSW records 239 new local Covid-19 cases

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HSC boost for lockdown students

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If students have experienced “significant disruption or disadvantage” because of Covid, teachers will be able to apply to mark their ...

New alerts for Target, Officeworks stores

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After the state recorded 210 new local cases on Saturday, NSW Health was notified of a number of new venues ...

Full details of shock Qld lockdown

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From 4pm on Saturday, 11 Local Government Areas in southeast Queensland will be forced to stay home until Tuesday afternoon. ...

‘Rapid’: How Qld cases led to snap lockdown

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The announcement came as the state recorded six new locally acquired Covid-19 cases on Saturday, all linked to the 17-year-old ...

‘Strictest we’ve had’: Qld’s new lockdown

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The announcement came as the state recorded six new locally acquired Covid cases, all linked to the 17-year-old who tested ...

NSW records 210 new local cases

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The update comes as the state grapples with a rapidly accelerating outbreak after recording hundreds of new infections throughout the ...

Victoria records two new local cases

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Both are linked to existing clusters, however one case was not in quarantine for their infectious period. The second case ...

NSW records 170 new virus cases

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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said more than 95,000 peopled got tested in the latest reporting period.The new figures come as ...

Brisbane student ‘infectious at school’

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The state’s latest community acquired case is a 17-year-old girl, who became ill on Thursday and returned a positive result ...

Prayers for popular Sydney man in ICU with Covid-19

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Mansour Keirouz, 30, is currently in the intensive care unit (ICU) and “unresponsive” after contracting the deadly virus.On Thursday night, ...

Bass Coast Covid case linked to Trinity Grammar

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The state’s health department announced the case on Thursday afternoon but was included in Friday’s numbers. Health Minister Martin Foley ...

UK launches vaccine passports as Qantas unveils travel plan

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The Australian reports that the pass will contain information about Covid tests and vaccination status.It came as day after Qantas ...

‘Wrong decision’: PM rules out Google move

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Netflix, Google and Facebook overnight announced they would require US employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before returning to the ...

Rare detail that led to Qld mystery case

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An Australian citizen, who quarantined in Brisbane after returning from the Philippines, tested positive to the Alpha strain on Wednesday ...

NSW records massive spike of 239 Covid cases

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Of the new 239 cases, 70 were in the community for their entire infectious period.More than 111,000 people got swabbed ...

NSW records worst Covid day ever

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The new figures come as residents in Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Shellharbour wake to their first day ...

Sydney GP charges $250 for Covid jab

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Blessed Health Care clinic has been caught out, asking patients to pay up to $250 for a “vaccination consultation” on ...

Pandemic sparks fresh fears of working for longer

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Uncertainty fuelled by the pandemic has prompted fresh focus on retirement saving, new research by Colonial First State has found, ...

Patients turned away as RPA declared Covid hot zone

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A handful of people inside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital’s emergency department (ED) on Tuesday night have now been listed as ...

Eight new cases as Vic lockdown ends

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Eight new cases of locally acquired coronavirus were detected on Victoria’s first day out of lockdown. The cases are all ...

Fears over ship loaded with infections

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The bulk carrier entered the Torres Strait from the Philippines on Monday and alerted authorities to a majority of crew ...

NRL at risk over new Covid breach

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Vision of Wests Tigers player James Roberts standing on his Gold Coast balcony surfaced on Tuesday, resulting in the NRL ...