COVID-19

New names for mutant Covid strains

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a new naming system for the key Covid-19 variants on Tuesday in a bid ...

Qantas to offer ‘unlimited’ travel

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The airline’s new incentive program, which will reward vaccinated passengers with ‘mega prizes’ – including unlimited travel for a year ...

Virus warning 800km from Brisbane

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Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said sewage samples had been taken from Emerald South on Sunday in which fragments of SARS-CoV-2, ...

Sunrise host fires up over covid vaccine

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The presenter hit out at Mr Joyce’s commentary that the Covid-19 vaccine rollout “was not a race”, slamming it as ...

Virus concerns for 28,000 outside Victoria

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Chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier also told reporters there were still 28,000 people who had entered SA from ...

Restaurant slammed over illegal anti-vaxxer lunch

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More than a dozen anti-vaxxers, including protest inciters Monica Smit and Morgan Jonas, were photographed at Moda Kitchen and Bar ...

Flights to and from Melbourne cancelled

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With the Covid-19 cluster in Victoria climbing to 26 infections on Thursday morning after another 11 cases were recorded overnight, ...

Medieval reenactment added to exposure list

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Confirmed cases have visited more than 70 locations, across 20-plus suburbs, including the MCG, Marvel Stadium, a number of supermarkets, ...

Victoria faces stage three lockdown as outbreak worsens

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Under the measures, Victorian schools will be shut and there will be only four reasons to leave home, including for ...

Gladys’s swipe at Victoria over virus failing

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Gladys Berejiklian said the Victorian government could move to impose a new lockdown partly because of a weakness in their ...

‘Crazy’ wait times at Covid clinics

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The Department of Health is reporting at least six sites across Melbourne where wait times have ballooned to 180 minutes. ...

Melbourne hit with restrictions as cases grow

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Fears are also growing over a superspreader event after a man who tested positive to the virus in Melbourne’s north ...

Urgent virus alert for ‘crowded’ trains

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It comes as health officials on Tuesday announced a new Covid-19 case, in addition to the four revealed on Monday.Minister ...

Charles ‘feeling wretched’ after Harry’s attacks

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The Duke of Sussex has taken aim at Prince Charles in recent months, including during he and wife Meghan Markle’s ...

‘No evidence’: CHO defends Woolies bungle

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Victoria’s contact tracing team have been slammed by the Australian Medical Association for letting the state down after listing the ...

Possible source of Covid cluster revealed

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Fears are also growing over a superspreader event after a man who tested positive to the virus in Melbourne’s north ...

Aussie skater, 13, in Olympic COVID shock

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Two athletes are now out of the running of the Olympics due to the COVID-19 cases, along with one coach ...

The COVID rule dividing young and old

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A new poll by research firm RedBridge, obtained by the Herald Sun, reveals the risk of blood clots is the ...

Richard Branson shames Australia

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Speaking to the Today show hosts, the Virgin founder was asked about opening up to the rest of the world ...

Two ‘likely cases’ of COVID in Melbourne’s north

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Two “likely” positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, the Department of Health has revealed.A full ...

Fauci ‘not convinced’ COVID developed naturally

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According to the New York Post, Dr Fauci was asked during the event, “United Facts of America: A Festival of ...

Australia on track for 40m Pfizer jabs by year’s end

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“We’ve got very significant quantities of Pfizer coming in — we’ve ordered 40 million doses, which are all ­expected to ...

40 million Pfizer jabs on way as GPs under pressure

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“We’ve got very significant quantities of Pfizer coming in — we’ve ordered 40 million doses, which are all ­expected to ...

Masks blitz coming as commuters flout rules

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The two-week operation starts ­tomorrow and officers will focus on Melbourne’s busiest stations and lines in the morning and afternoon ...

Receipt blamed for COVID bungle

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Earlier this month, staff at the Woolworths Epping store were sent home and the site underwent a major deep clean ...

How overseas travel will change with a COVID vaccine

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More than three million Aussies have so far had their COVID-19 jabs – far short of a critical mass, let ...

Purpose-built quarantine hub plan stalls

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Speaking on 3AW Radio on Friday morning, Mr Pallas said the state government was still in talks about the location ...

Woolies shoppers ordered to isolate

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Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton said the traces were picked up around the Epping and Wollert area on Thursday ...

Businesses stung in QR code crackdown

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A Docklands restaurant and a hospitality venue in Sunshine were both hit with the new $1652 fine after failing to ...

California to reopen within weeks as COVID eases

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The most populous US state suffered a severe winter COVID-19 outbreak, but now has among the nation’s lowest infection rates ...