COVID-19

One new virus case in hotel quarantine

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The Health Department confirmed the positive case in a tweet on Saturday morning.“Yesterday there was 1 new case reported,” it ...

Victoria’s new rules to boost venue crowd capacity

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From Saturday, Victoria will allow full capacity for seating, indoors and outdoors, for events that have a maximum of 1000 ...

Australian vaccine rollout: ‘Nothing is off the table’

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Prof Kelly suggested that the government was even considering a deal with Moderna to redress vaccine shortfalls.“We are looking at ...

ScoMo blasted over vaccine ‘debacle’

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The Opposition Leader’s scathing attack follows the federal government announcing it will overhaul its plan after damning health advice recommended ...

What vaccine fallout means for you

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This follows the UK concluding there is a link between the vaccine and rare blood-clotting events. Here’s all you need ...

Funds fall as super savers hit by COVID

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But the super sector’s biggest funds — including AustralianSuper, Aware Super and Hostplus — went from strength to strength, according ...

Scramble to jab Melbourne’s high-risk suburbs

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Victoria is keen to take a greater role administering the COVID-19 jab across the population.The Herald Sun can reveal state ...

‘Mysterious’: MP slams Aus vaccine maker

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“I do find that a little mysterious,” Brad Hazzard told ABC 7.30 host Leigh Sales.His comments came just a day ...

Surprising group least likely to get vaccine

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The Australian National University study also suggests that if young women have been turned off by the government’s handling of ...

How 10 million Aussies can get a COVID jab right now

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Unless we do this, they say it will be almost impossible to vaccinate 20 million people by October with only ...

‘No link’ between vaccine and Qld death

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The 82-year-old, who had been living at the Blue Care Yurana aged care facility in Springwood, south of Brisbane, received ...

Gov orders immediate review of vaccine

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The advice comes as more evidence has linked the Astra-Zeneca vaccine to rare blood clots.The federal government has demanded Australia’s ...

‘Simple fact’: PM explains vaccine fail

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A war of words erupted overnight after the commission – the European Union’s executive branch – rejected claims it blocked ...

New concerns over AstraZeneca and blood clots

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The announcement came after a day of confusion over whether the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had found a link between ...

COVID-19 death identified as VIP

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Malcolm “Mal” Kela Smith was a two-time governor of the Eastern Highlands and a pioneer of PNG’s aviation industry. The ...

Australia won’t stop AstraZeneca rollout

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Department of Health secretary Professor Brendan Murphy said local authorities were in touch with Europe and UK regulators about potential ...

Jacinda’s startling travel bubble warning

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But Jacinda Ardern is warning prospective travellers to prepare for disruptions when the long-awaited trans-Tasman arrangement begins on April 19.Speaking ...

Vaccine passports: How Australia’s trial compares to the world

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In Australia, accounting firm KPMG has urged the Morrison government to consider the practicality of a “vaccine passport” scheme to ...

Call to treat rollout as ‘national emergency’

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Labor has ramped up its attack on the federal government’s vaccine rollout, saying protection against different variants is being put ...

Australia’s shameful vaccine statistic

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University of New South Wales strategic health policy consultant Adjunct Professor Bill Bowtell said Australia’s rate of cumulative doses per ...

Airline’s big Aus-NZ travel bubble hint ahead of decision

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The New Zealand Prime Minister said she would make an announcement about the bubble on Tuesday April 6, as airlines ...

World’s best weapon against COVID: Secret mission to revive abandoned UQ vaccine

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Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, which are being relied on to protect the nation, require two doses each – a huge ...

Lockdown state’s big virus call

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There were four positive cases recorded overnight, but all were from international arrivals.Deputy Premier Steven Miles said this showed it ...

‘Within days’: Australia’s COVID vaccine milestone

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Vaccinations are on track to top one million “within days”, The Australian reports.Health Minister Greg Hunt said there had been ...

‘Disruptive’: Premier accused of panicking

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Coronavirus restrictions remain in place across the state despite the Greater Brisbane lockdown ending on Thursday. Speaking to Sky News ...

Could outdoor dining parklets be here to stay?

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It comes as councils have been urged to upgrade outdoor dining parklets using trees and public art amid a push ...

Aged care COVID jab delay: Elderly now urged to see a GP

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And some nursing home patients are refusing to have the vaccine because they are worried about side effects.News Corp has ...

Pubs call for full trade as JobKeeper dries up

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The Australian Hotels Association Victoria chief Paddy O’Sullivan is urging the state government to end capacity restrictions on pubs and ...

Qld records no new virus cases

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Health Minister Yvette D’Ath confirmed no new transmissions of the virus were diagnosed while there was one case recorded in ...

Major change to vaccine rollout

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Each this week blamed the other for failing to reach their individual vaccine targets.About 750,000 jabs have been administered nationwide ...