COVID-19
‘If you want something to be free you’re fooling yourself’
The Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals Leader was quizzed about the possibility of making RATs free as National Cabinet prepares ...
Crowd cap slapped on Australian Open
The Andrews government will enforce a limit on attendances at the Open as Omicron cases continue to surge around the ...
Interim Statement on COVID-19 vaccines in the context of the circulation of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant from the WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC)
Key messages: WHO has established the Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC) to review and assess the public ...
Five places to get a 15-minute Covid test in Melbourne
At 10am on Thursday morning, just two sites across the metro region were at capacity while others were reporting significantly ...
Qld records 14,914 cases on deadliest day
The deaths were all people aged between their 70s and 90s, all with significant underlying conditions, taking the state’s death ...
Big change to rules for critical workers
Workers in emergency services, education, critical utilities, custodial facilities, transport and freight will join workers in the food production sector ...
74,886 new infections in Victoria and NSW
In NSW 34,759 cases and 21 deaths linked to the virus were confirmed — the state’s deadliest day of the ...
Reason behind NSW’s Covid death surge
It is the state’s highest number of deaths on a single day since the pandemic began early in 2020, surpassing ...
‘No impact’: Top docs on school return
In an open letter to national cabinet, medical professionals – including former deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth and Professor ...
Every quick Covid test available in Melbourne
At 10am on Wednesday morning, just four sites across the metro region were at capacity while others were reporting signficantly ...
How to register your positive RAT result in NSW
The system for reporting positive at-home tests went live at 9am on Wednesday morning. People who have tested positive since ...
Vital Covid drugs cleared from shelves
Panicked shoppers took to social media this week claiming the painkillers had all but been cleared out, sharing photos of ...
Message for World Leprosy Day 2022
<div><p><strong style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">From Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination </strong><em style="background-color:transparent;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"> </em><br /></p></div><p></p><p>The social and economic ...
Factor that could increase Covid risk
Researchers based their findings on a study of polluted northern Italian city, Varese in the Lombardy region, which was hit ...
Top doctor’s idea to get kids vaccinated faster
The shortages and high demand have caused chaos, despite reassurances from federal and state health authorities that enough doses are ...
‘Brainless’: Gold Coast Covid parties blasted
But he maintains concerns over Omicron may be overkill and called for the Queensland government to let the virus rip ...
How you can get a Covid test in 15 minutes
At 9.30am on Tuesday morning, 12 sites across Melbourne were being forced to turn people away as they had already ...
PM makes big call on lockdowns
Cases have surged across the country, with more than half a million active cases in Australia at the moment. Some, ...
Premier rules out key food supply rule change
Dominic Perrottet said on Monday that the state government was “completely focused” on maintaining the food supply workforce to keep ...
Djoker’s lawyers smash visa ’mash up’
The hearing was due to start at 10am on Monday in the Federal Circuit Court but error messages reading “server ...
PM announces change to isolation rules
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Mr Morrison said it would mean close contacts in food production, distribution and ...
Where to get a quick Covid test
Just an hour after opening on Monday morning, 10 sites across Melbourne had reached capacity with people being asked to ...
Big change to isolation rules in NSW
Employees in the food logistics, manufacturing, transport, postal and warehousing sectors will be able to leave quarantine to attend work ...
Warning to get item before catching Covid
It comes as the country reached a major vaccine milestone with more than 44 million doses administered, with 94.7 per ...
Bold plan for close contacts to exit quarantine
Under current health orders people living with a confirmed case are required to isolate at home for seven days regardless ...
Critical workers with no symptoms allowed to leave isolation
There are 1927 people in hospital with the virus, with 151 of those in intensive care, up from 1795 and ...
NSW, Vic record 74k Covid cases as state suffers deadliest day
The state has surpassed its previous record of 15 deaths set on September 29 and October 1 last year during ...
NSW records 45,098 cases, 9 Covid deaths
There are now 1795 infected people in the state’s hospitals, up from 1738 on Friday, with 145 people in intensive ...
Government seek ‘more accurate’ testing system
The record case load comes after the state government implemented its new online portal, which requires people to upload their ...
Big move to stop rapid test price gouging
The penalties introduced from Saturday target people who on-sell the tests for more than 120 per cent of their original ...
