COVID-19
Facebook is ramping up efforts to curb coronavirus vaccine misinformation
The list of barred misinformation includes claims COVID-19 is safer to get than the vaccine, and that vaccines are toxic ...
‘Significant concerns’ over airborne threat
Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed on Tuesday morning the woman, who was based at the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn quarantine site, ...
Vic COVID case ‘has UK strain’, alerts upgraded
Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed that the woman, who was based at the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn quarantine site, had been ...
Zero new cases as hotel worker confirmed as having UK strain
The news comes as Victoria recorded no new cases of community transmission in the past 24 hours following 12,816 tests.The ...
Quarantine hotels not fit to contain mutating virus: experts
Three experts — the University of South Australia’s Adrian Esterman, Deakin University chair of epidemiology Catherine Bennett, and Melbourne University ...
Govt hoping big change will stem hotel quarantine breaches
As debate intensified over whether inner-city hotels should be used to quarantine international arrivals, Emergency Services Minister Lisa Neville backed ...
Melbourne on high alert as another hotel quarantine worker tests positive for coronavirus
A quarantine worker at the Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn has tested positive for COVID-19, days after another worker contracted the ...
NSW traveller tests positive for coronavirus after leaving hotel quarantine
NSW Health has issued a precautionary alert over a returned traveller who tested positive for a low level of coronavirus ...
Inequalities amplified for LGBTIQ+ community during the pandemic
A new report has revealed inequalities were dramatically magnified for LGBTIQ+ Australians during the COVID-19 crisis. Powered by WPeMatico
South Africa suspends roll-out of AstraZeneca vaccine but Australia says it’s not concerned
Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt says he is still confident in the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite South Africa’s plans to pause ...
424 migrants rescued off Libya, 8 with COVID
A rescue ship has been granted permission to land in Sicily after retrieving 424 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea. Eight ...
Urgent COVID warning for 11 venues
No new locally acquired cases were recorded overnight, but two cases were diagnosed in returned travellers, with a third case ...
South Africa suspends COVID jab
Africa’s hardest-hit nation was due to start its campaign in the coming days with a million doses of the vaccine ...
Workers v bosses: War brewing over back to work orders
Lawyers have warned that employers face being sued if they force reluctant workers back and they catch COVID at the ...
Delayed COVID vouchers to roll out
A pilot of the state government’s $500 million Dine and Discover program — which will give NSW residents four $25 ...
100 isolate after new COVID case in hotel quarantine worker
The female authorised officer was working at the Holiday Inn at Melbourne Airport and tested positive for COVID-19 late on ...
Remembering Li Wenliang: The ‘whistleblower’ doctor who sounded the COVID alarm
On the anniversary of the death of a Chinese whistleblower doctor who shared information about the coronavirus a year ago, ...
Victoria records no new coronavirus cases for a third straight day
Zero new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Victoria but authorities admit the source of a hotel quarantine worker’s infection ...
New Zealand investigates new coronavirus case linked to quarantine facility
New Zealand’s Ministry of Health says the community risk is low and there is no need to impose further restrictions ...
Tributes flow for Li Wenliang, Wuhan’s coronavirus whistleblower, one year on from his death
Dr Li’s death last year after catching COVID-19 from a patient prompted a national outpouring of grief, as well as ...
Australia’s local coronavirus tally still at zero as Western Australia outlines details of vaccine rollout
Western Australia’s vaccination campaign will begin on February 22 with priority groups including international border staff, healthcare workers and employees ...
Revealed: CCTV not on every hotel quarantine floor
In total, 23,227 tests were received across the state. There are now 22 active cases. Health Minister Martin Foley said ...
Dan, let Victorians get on with it
The CBD was due to get up to 75 per cent of workers in both the public and private sector ...
Why you can sue your boss if forced back to work
Lawyers have warned that employers face being sued if they force reluctant workers back and they catch COVID at the ...
ScoMo accused of ‘going missing’
Deputy Labor leader Richard Marles said the prime minister has failed to unite the states during the crisis.“When the states ...
Mask rules are here to stay, for now
There’s no update on face masks rules or when workplace caps will increase.Health Minister Martin Foley applauded Victorians for their ...
People in Australia are preparing to mark Lunar New Year a little differently in 2021
While the coronavirus pandemic has seen Lunar New Year events scaled down, moved online or scrapped altogether, communities in Australia ...
COVID-positive couple tie the knot in hospital
Two COVID-19 patients got married at Madrid’s Enfermera Isabel Zendal Pandemic Hospital after being admitted on January 23rd. Fernando, 70, ...
No new coronavirus cases in Victoria as entire Australian Open contingent return negative results
All close contacts of a Victorian hotel quarantine worker infected with COVID-19 have tested negative, while the state has recorded ...
WA coronavirus lockdown lifts after a fifth day of no new local infections
Though much of the state has emerged from lockdown, West Australians remain subject to a range of restrictions including mandatory ...
