COVID-19
New names for mutant Covid strains
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a new naming system for the key Covid-19 variants on Tuesday in a bid ...
Qantas to offer ‘unlimited’ travel
The airline’s new incentive program, which will reward vaccinated passengers with ‘mega prizes’ – including unlimited travel for a year ...
Virus warning 800km from Brisbane
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said sewage samples had been taken from Emerald South on Sunday in which fragments of SARS-CoV-2, ...
Sunrise host fires up over covid vaccine
The presenter hit out at Mr Joyce’s commentary that the Covid-19 vaccine rollout “was not a race”, slamming it as ...
Virus concerns for 28,000 outside Victoria
Chief public health officer Professor Nicola Spurrier also told reporters there were still 28,000 people who had entered SA from ...
Restaurant slammed over illegal anti-vaxxer lunch
More than a dozen anti-vaxxers, including protest inciters Monica Smit and Morgan Jonas, were photographed at Moda Kitchen and Bar ...
Medieval reenactment added to exposure list
Confirmed cases have visited more than 70 locations, across 20-plus suburbs, including the MCG, Marvel Stadium, a number of supermarkets, ...
Victoria faces stage three lockdown as outbreak worsens
Under the measures, Victorian schools will be shut and there will be only four reasons to leave home, including for ...
Gladys’s swipe at Victoria over virus failing
Gladys Berejiklian said the Victorian government could move to impose a new lockdown partly because of a weakness in their ...
Flights to and from Melbourne cancelled
With the Covid-19 cluster in Victoria climbing to 26 infections on Thursday morning after another 11 cases were recorded overnight, ...
‘Crazy’ wait times at Covid clinics
The Department of Health is reporting at least six sites across Melbourne where wait times have ballooned to 180 minutes. ...
Melbourne hit with restrictions as cases grow
Fears are also growing over a superspreader event after a man who tested positive to the virus in Melbourne’s north ...
Urgent virus alert for ‘crowded’ trains
It comes as health officials on Tuesday announced a new Covid-19 case, in addition to the four revealed on Monday.Minister ...
Charles ‘feeling wretched’ after Harry’s attacks
The Duke of Sussex has taken aim at Prince Charles in recent months, including during he and wife Meghan Markle’s ...
‘No evidence’: CHO defends Woolies bungle
Victoria’s contact tracing team have been slammed by the Australian Medical Association for letting the state down after listing the ...
Possible source of Covid cluster revealed
Fears are also growing over a superspreader event after a man who tested positive to the virus in Melbourne’s north ...
Aussie skater, 13, in Olympic COVID shock
Two athletes are now out of the running of the Olympics due to the COVID-19 cases, along with one coach ...
The COVID rule dividing young and old
A new poll by research firm RedBridge, obtained by the Herald Sun, reveals the risk of blood clots is the ...
Richard Branson shames Australia
Speaking to the Today show hosts, the Virgin founder was asked about opening up to the rest of the world ...
Two ‘likely cases’ of COVID in Melbourne’s north
Two “likely” positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, the Department of Health has revealed.A full ...
Fauci ‘not convinced’ COVID developed naturally
According to the New York Post, Dr Fauci was asked during the event, “United Facts of America: A Festival of ...
Australia on track for 40m Pfizer jabs by year’s end
“We’ve got very significant quantities of Pfizer coming in — we’ve ordered 40 million doses, which are all expected to ...
40 million Pfizer jabs on way as GPs under pressure
“We’ve got very significant quantities of Pfizer coming in — we’ve ordered 40 million doses, which are all expected to ...
Receipt blamed for COVID bungle
Earlier this month, staff at the Woolworths Epping store were sent home and the site underwent a major deep clean ...
How overseas travel will change with a COVID vaccine
More than three million Aussies have so far had their COVID-19 jabs – far short of a critical mass, let ...
Masks blitz coming as commuters flout rules
The two-week operation starts tomorrow and officers will focus on Melbourne’s busiest stations and lines in the morning and afternoon ...
Purpose-built quarantine hub plan stalls
Speaking on 3AW Radio on Friday morning, Mr Pallas said the state government was still in talks about the location ...
Woolies shoppers ordered to isolate
Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton said the traces were picked up around the Epping and Wollert area on Thursday ...
Businesses stung in QR code crackdown
A Docklands restaurant and a hospitality venue in Sunshine were both hit with the new $1652 fine after failing to ...
California to reopen within weeks as COVID eases
The most populous US state suffered a severe winter COVID-19 outbreak, but now has among the nation’s lowest infection rates ...
