COVID-19

COVID vaccine 5-minute guide: How it affects you

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The long awaited rollout of the COVID vaccination program has begun.The Pfizer vaccine is first out of the gate, and ...

Why Dan needs to be more like Gladys

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The stage four lockdown forced millions of people to stay holed up inside their homes 22 hours a day, wear ...

COVID alert issued for Melbourne servo

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Coles Express in Bentleigh East was listed as a “tier three” exposure site by the state’s health department on Friday.The ...

Crims to walk free thanks to COVID court backlog

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The Sunday Herald Sun can reveal delays to the justice system are set to linger for years, with most new ...

PM’s awkward moment with first vaccinated Aussie

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Jane Malysiak received the Pfizer jab in front of the cameras at Castle Hill Medical Centre in Sydney’s north-west.The aged ...

‘Appalling’: Journalists arrested at protest

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Herald Sun reporter Olivia Jenkins and senior photographer Jake Nowakowski were led away by police in handcuffs as anti-vax demonstrators ...

COVID frontline workers went unpaid for weeks

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Concerns were raised by senior public health workers that the long-running problem risked the state’s COVID response as stressed workers ...

Alarm over wastewater COVID find

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Wastewater testing has revealed viral fragments of COVID-19 in Wantirna South and Boronia on February 15 and Carrum Downs, Langwarrin, ...

Three new cases linked to Holiday Inn superspreader

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The Department of Health confirmed the daily figures in tweet at 8.32am, adding that the “three new locally acquired cases ...

Parents, child caught virus at hotel

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The state recorded three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Friday as the state slowly emerges from a snap five-day ...

PM’s international border reveal; Victoria records three new cases

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Asked if he was confident that this could occur once all Australians receive the jab or the federal government’s vaccine ...

Hotel quarantine under scrutiny after series of gaffs

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The woman, who had travelled from Victoria, has been fined $774 after the breach occurred at 6.20pm from the Ibis ...

Victoria records no local COVID cases

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The state’s health department confirmed one new infection in a returned traveller hotel quarantine on Thursday.More than 30,000 Victorians were ...

Big problem with getting your COVID-19 vaccine

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The Australian Medical Association is also pleading with the Federal Government to simplify the process to make it easier for ...

Aged care COVID case under investigation

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The case, which wasn’t added to Wednesday’s daily numbers of zero locally acquired infections, remains under investigation by health authorities.The ...

‘Beyond regrettable’: Victoria’s pandemic plea to Facebook

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No new local cases were recorded for a second consecutive day on Thursday, but one was detected in hotel quarantine.More ...

Victoria’s snap coronavirus lockdown will ease from midnight tonight. Here’s what you can and can’t do

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The announcement comes after the state recorded zero new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday. Powered by WPeMatico

Tel Aviv pushes COVID-19 vaccine with free food

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Pizza, hummus, pastry and a cup of coffee were on the menu to entice Israelis to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. ...

Victoria is set to ease coronavirus restrictions today as zero cases recorded on day five of snap lockdown

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Victoria has posted low numbers of new coronavirus cases every day since the five-day lockdown was announced on Friday. Powered ...

Polish Minister of Health criticises weekend street parties

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Polish Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski strongly criticised street parties that occurred in the Zakopane winter resort at the weekend. ...

Seven COVID-19 variants found in US with same mutation

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Scientists found seven variants of the novel coronavirus in the US with a mutation in the same position in their ...

Daniel Andrews says Victoria is ‘well placed’ to ease lockdown as state records two new local cases

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Two new locally acquired coronavirus cases were detected on the fourth day of lockdown. Powered by WPeMatico

Australians urged to trust medical experts amid arrival of first Pfizer doses

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australians should listen to medical experts when it comes to coronavirus vaccines with the first ...

The secret to keeping fit in lockdown

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A national study from Deakin University, which tracked people’s activity levels across last year’s stay-at-home restrictions, found adults were two ...

Pastor defiant despite fines for lockdown service

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The church group is also being investigated over possible incitement offences after police were called to reports of about 50 ...

Church leader fined after illegal service

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The church group is also being investigated over possible incitement offences after police were called to reports of about 50 ...

Psych wards locked down due to virus fear

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It was the state’s only local case on Monday while one positive infection was also recorded in hotel quarantine.More than ...

‘Things going well’ but lockdown extension still not ruled out

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A new case was also detected in hotel quarantine, with more than 25,000 Victorians tested on Sunday.The state’s number of ...

Major COVID-19 milestone for NSW

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The state’s health department confirmed two COVID-19 cases were detected in hotel quarantine over the last 24 hours. The zero ...

Aussie Pfizer vaccines to arrive within days

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Health Minister Greg Hunt confirmed that about 80,000 doses of the first Pfizer vaccines would be exported from Belgium, The ...