COVID-19
‘Sad, disappointing’: Ekka cancelled
Queensland recorded 13 new locally acquired Covid-19 cases on Monday, on the second day of the southeast corner’s snap lockdown. ...
Qld Covid cases spike as Sydney’s lockdown future revealed
Authorities say the new cases are genomically linked to the 17-year-old Indooroopilly State High school student. The state’s lockdown has ...
Shock detail in Qld outbreak
As of Monday morning, there are 31 cases of the virus linked to the 17-year-old Indooroopilly State High School student, ...
Why Queensland lockdown was extended
Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the three-day snap lockdown would “not be sufficient” after recording six cases, nine and then ...
Schools slammed shut over Covid scare
St Bernadette’s Primary Castle Hill was slammed shut after a person who attended the after hours service provided by the ...
Victoria tweaks Pfizer jab rollout
Chief health officer Brett Sutton announced the change in his daily Covid-19 update on Saturday, and said it would help ...
Qld records worst virus day in a year
It is the highest number of new cases that Queensland has reported all year, and its worst day since August ...
NSW records 239 new local Covid-19 cases
Concerningly, 35 were active in the community while infectious, she added.More to come. Powered by WPeMatico
HSC boost for lockdown students
If students have experienced “significant disruption or disadvantage” because of Covid, teachers will be able to apply to mark their ...
New alerts for Target, Officeworks stores
After the state recorded 210 new local cases on Saturday, NSW Health was notified of a number of new venues ...
Full details of shock Qld lockdown
From 4pm on Saturday, 11 Local Government Areas in southeast Queensland will be forced to stay home until Tuesday afternoon. ...
‘Rapid’: How Qld cases led to snap lockdown
The announcement came as the state recorded six new locally acquired Covid-19 cases on Saturday, all linked to the 17-year-old ...
‘Strictest we’ve had’: Qld’s new lockdown
The announcement came as the state recorded six new locally acquired Covid cases, all linked to the 17-year-old who tested ...
Victoria records two new local cases
Both are linked to existing clusters, however one case was not in quarantine for their infectious period. The second case ...
NSW records 210 new local cases
The update comes as the state grapples with a rapidly accelerating outbreak after recording hundreds of new infections throughout the ...
NSW records 170 new virus cases
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said more than 95,000 peopled got tested in the latest reporting period.The new figures come as ...
Brisbane student ‘infectious at school’
The state’s latest community acquired case is a 17-year-old girl, who became ill on Thursday and returned a positive result ...
Prayers for popular Sydney man in ICU with Covid-19
Mansour Keirouz, 30, is currently in the intensive care unit (ICU) and “unresponsive” after contracting the deadly virus.On Thursday night, ...
Bass Coast Covid case linked to Trinity Grammar
The state’s health department announced the case on Thursday afternoon but was included in Friday’s numbers. Health Minister Martin Foley ...
UK launches vaccine passports as Qantas unveils travel plan
The Australian reports that the pass will contain information about Covid tests and vaccination status.It came as day after Qantas ...
‘Wrong decision’: PM rules out Google move
Netflix, Google and Facebook overnight announced they would require US employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before returning to the ...
Rare detail that led to Qld mystery case
An Australian citizen, who quarantined in Brisbane after returning from the Philippines, tested positive to the Alpha strain on Wednesday ...
NSW records massive spike of 239 Covid cases
Of the new 239 cases, 70 were in the community for their entire infectious period.More than 111,000 people got swabbed ...
NSW records worst Covid day ever
The new figures come as residents in Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Shellharbour wake to their first day ...
Sydney GP charges $250 for Covid jab
Blessed Health Care clinic has been caught out, asking patients to pay up to $250 for a “vaccination consultation” on ...
Patients turned away as RPA declared Covid hot zone
A handful of people inside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital’s emergency department (ED) on Tuesday night have now been listed as ...
Eight new cases as Vic lockdown ends
Eight new cases of locally acquired coronavirus were detected on Victoria’s first day out of lockdown. The cases are all ...
Fears over ship loaded with infections
The bulk carrier entered the Torres Strait from the Philippines on Monday and alerted authorities to a majority of crew ...
NRL at risk over new Covid breach
Vision of Wests Tigers player James Roberts standing on his Gold Coast balcony surfaced on Tuesday, resulting in the NRL ...
Pandemic sparks fresh fears of working for longer
Uncertainty fuelled by the pandemic has prompted fresh focus on retirement saving, new research by Colonial First State has found, ...
