COVID-19

Concern over case spike in south east

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It comes as another childcare centre, the Clarendon Street Community Childcare Centre in Cranbourne, was added as a Tier 1 ...

Virus warning for 90 new sites

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A gym, cinema and Coles supermarket in regional Victoria were among 90 new sites added by the Department of Health ...

NSW records 623 new cases, six deaths

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NSW Health’s Dr Jeremy McAnulty said of the six deaths, four people were unvaccinated, one had received one dose while ...

Alarm as new Qld case infectious for 10 days

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has resisted ordering the state into lockdown amid a number of clusters emerging over the last seven ...

WHO and partners call for urgent action on meningitis

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Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners launched the first ever global strategy to defeat meningitis – a debilitating ...

What Needs to Change to Enhance Covid-19 Vaccine Access

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The Independent Allocation Vaccine Group (IAVG) was established by the WHO in January 2021 and is composed of 12 members ...

ACT-Accelerator partnership welcomes leadership and commitments at US COVID Summit to ending COVID-19 pandemic through equitable access to tests, treatments, and vaccines

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President Biden and global leaders agreed ambitious targets, aligned with the ACT-Accelerator, to end the COVID-19 pandemic Collective accountability for ...

WHO Academy Groundbreaking Ceremony Expanding Access to Critical Learning

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<p>Emmanuel Macron, <em>President of the French Republic</em>, and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, <em>WHO Director-General</em>, today broke ground for the WHO ...

New storybook to help children stay hopeful during COVID-19

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News release of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings  A new ...

Relief in Qld over five clusters

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The new local cases were children of a Gold Coast case, and linked to the aviation instructor announced earlier in ...

Victoria breaks Covid infections record

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The cases were detected from 71,224 test results bringing the state’s total number of active cases to 11,591.It comes after ...

Vic records 1488 new cases, two deaths as PM reopens travel

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Residents in Moorabool shire and Shepparton have again been plunged into lockdown.The cases were detected from 71,224 test results bringing ...

What you need to know to fly overseas

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Travel industry figures predict a stampede following Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that international borders will reopen in November.Flight Centre ...

Victoria hits grim record with 1488 new cases, two deaths

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Victoria has reported a spike in cases, with 1488 new local infections on Saturday. It brings the total number of ...

State so far dodges truckie case spread

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Speaking on morning radio, chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier said she had “nothing bad to report overnight”, suggesting there ...

Covid chaos hits busy tram routes

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The Department of Transport said a large number of drivers based at the Essendon and CBD depots had been forced ...

Health food store, kinder latest Covid-19 sites

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Tunstall Square’s Thrive Bulk Wholefoods store has been confirmed as a Tier 1 exposure site and was listed on the ...

Childcare exposure site has Shepparton on edge

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Nido Early Learning Centre on St Georges Rd has been listed after a case attended the venue on September 23 ...

Vaccine side effects: How teens are affected

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The AusVaxSafety conducted by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance surveyed around 150,000 young people three days after ...

All the new rules in Queensland

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Six new locally acquired cases were recorded on Thursday, including one case in Townsville.As a result, from 4pm, residents in ...

Tennis and golf allowed — but no toilets

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The restrictive rule states that while tennis courts and golf tees can open back up, the indoor parts of the ...

Victoria smashes Covid-19 case record

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The state notched up another daily cases record, surpassing Tuesday’s 867 infections.Seven new deaths were also announced by the health ...

Fears over hospital admission surge

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This comes in the same week as triple-zero calls reached their highest level in five years on Monday.Northern Hospital in ...

Suburbs on alert over infected truckie

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The warning comes after the Queensland government announced the mask mandate would be extended to the Gold Coast after one ...

Grim new record as 950 Covid cases emerge

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Seven Victorians have died from Covid-19, as the state records its highest case number since the start of the pandemic.Victoria ...

Why Qld’s outbreak is so concerning

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Health authorities are scrambling to contain two unlinked clusters, with an infected truck driver of particular concern given he was ...

Businesses to ‘express interest’ in vax passport trial

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The state government said on Sunday Warrnambool, Greater Bendigo, Bass Coast, Pyrenees, Buloke and East Gippsland would trial the vaccinated ...

Calls to postpone NRL grand final

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A guesthouse in South Brisbane is under police guard in response to an infected truck driver staying at the hostel ...

Two new Covid cases in Shepparton, more expected

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Goulburn Valley Health chief executive Matt Sharp confirmed the positive tests on Tuesday morning.“One of these cases is linked to ...

First thing Gladys will do when NSW reopens

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On the Monday after 80 per cent of NSW residents have had two shots, more restrictions will ease for that ...