COVID-19
State of our borders: Where you can go this school holidays
The situation has caused NZ to hit pause on the trans-Tasman travel bubble, and thrown school holiday plans into chaos.The ...
State ‘on the verge’ of lockdown
It has been revealed one of the new cases – a female miner – has been infected with the highly ...
Cases rise as Sydney schools on alert
Four students at South Coogee Public School have now tested positive to Covid-19 and there are reports of a positive ...
NSW records 18 new Covid cases
Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the new infections on Monday, saying all but one have been linked.The news comes as Sydney ...
Subtle dig at Gladys over lockdown
Ms Berejiklian on Saturday plunged NSW into a two-week lockdown as the state grappled an escalating Covid-19 outbreak, recording 30 ...
Melbourne Airport exposure site, no new local cases
Two terminals of Melbourne Airport have been declared Tier 2 coronavirus exposure sites but no new local cases have been ...
Queensland records two new local cases
Another case was recorded in hotel quarantine.Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed on Sunday one of the cases was aystompamtic and had ...
Infamous hotel among new Covid venues
As Sydney begins the first full day of a two-week lockdown, the latest venues listed by NSW Health late on ...
China kept first Covid cases secret: report
The Australian reports that the first case of coronavirus – aka the SARS-CoV-2 virus – in China was actually in ...
Positive limo driver’s bombshell claim
But the man at the centre of the latest cluster has shared his side of the story, making a bold ...
Qld records two new Covid cases
The new infections were both already in quarantine during their infectious period, according to the state’s chief health officer Dr ...
Number shows ‘significant’ Covid problem
The largest study of Covid-19 recovery in Australia also found young people, men and those without comorbidities (two or more ...
New Qld Covid cases as Victoria records none
It comes after two cases were confirmed on Thursday after a man returned home to Melbourne from Sydney and later ...
State travel rules after NSW cases rise
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced her state will close its borders to a number of local government areas in Sydney ...
What expert says China ‘deleted’ in Covid ‘cover up’
The move could have ruined the investigation launched by the World Health Organisation to try and discover the origins of ...
‘That’s rubbish’: ScoMo snaps on TV
Appearing on the Today show, the Prime Minister was relayed a claim from Senator Jacqui Lambie from earlier in the ...
NSW Health Minister isolating after colleague tests positive
Mr Marshall, Trevor Khan, Steph Cooke and Ben Franklin all had dinner together on Monday night at a Paddington restaurant ...
NSW records 11 new virus cases
Health officials revealed 18 new infections on Thursday but 13 of those were already reported yesterday, making five of them ...
One in 100 deaths is by suicide
Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, according to WHO’s latest estimates, published today in “Suicide worldwide ...
United Nations statement on the renewal of humanitarian lifeline to millions of people in north-west Syria
Millions of people are pressed up against the border in an active war zone in north-west Syria and remain in need ...
WHO supporting South African consortium to establish first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub
Geneva/Johannesburg/Paris: The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen ...
Fears after ’room-to-room’ transmission
State chief health officer Jeannette Young said her team had initially sourced the cases identified at the Novotel Brisbane Airport ...
Soaring e-waste affects the health of millions of children, WHO warns
Effective and binding action is urgently required to protect the millions of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide whose health ...
Qld closes border to Sydney hot spots
From 1am on Thursday, Queenslanders returning home from City of Sydney, Waverley, Randwick, Canada Bay, Inner West, Bayside, and Woollahra ...
‘Urgent’: Positive case at childcare centre
Little Zak’s Academy at Narellan Vale issued an email alert late on Tuesday declaring a positive case visited the centre.“It ...
Celebrity jabs: Who’s vaccinated and what they got
HUGH JACKMAN“Wolverine’s healing ability can’t save me from Covid. But the vaccine can. Get it!” Jackman wrote alongside two selfies ...
State tightens border over Sydney cases
Already, anyone who has been in Waverley Council area or a Covid-19 exposure site is not allowed to enter SA.“Restrictions ...
NZ approves Pfizer jab for kids aged 12
The country’s medical regulator, Medsafe, has granted “provisional approval” of the jab for those aged 12 to 15. This means ...
Overseas travel allowed for school holidays
With Victorian school holidays starting at the end of the week, many families will be wondering whether they can travel ...
New push for Aussie cruises to set sail
Led by Carnival Australia, the delegates will be in Canberra on Tuesday to meet with parliamentarians and push to reopen ...
