COVID-19
Victorians warned as crims get back to work
Meanwhile, the state has recorded nine consecutive days since its last case of local transmission, with just five active cases.The ...
Dan, Victorians now live with lockdown fear
When the news broke the state of emergency in Victoria would be declared until December, for already under-pressure operators the ...
Melbourne’s traffic to be worse than pre-lockdown levels
New analysis compiled for the Saturday Herald Sun shows average volumes across the city’s arterial road network on Wednesday hit ...
Aussie COVID vaccine plan ‘already behind’
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in January he “anticipated optimistically” 80,000 Australians would be vaccinated every week at the beginning ...
Victoria records no new local virus cases
14,814 tests were processed overnight.Victoria’s vaccination program continues to be rolled out, with deputy chief health officer Allen Cheng receiving ...
WHO to publish ‘COVID origins’ report
The report was originally due to be published in two stages: an initial summary in February followed by the full ...
Nation calls on Australia for help as COVID surges
PNG, one of the poorest nations in the Pacific, is already in the midst of a crisis with its economy ...
‘We don’t know’: Vaccine arrivals in doubt
It comes after Italy blocked the export of a shipment of 250,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia overnight, ...
Premier’s new COVID push before National Cabinet
Ms Berejiklian’s bold stance comes before the premiers meet with Scott Morrison at national Cabinet and as the Pfizer vaccine ...
Leaders push Daniel Andrews to resume flights
Three weeks ago, after boasting the program had been described as “gold standard”, the Premier barred international flights from landing ...
Deputy CHO receives vaccine, no new virus cases
Professor Allen Cheng rolled up his sleeves on Friday morning to receive the jab at the Alfred Hospital. It comes ...
Hunt reacts to Italy’s Astra ban on Australia
But the Morrison Government insists it won’t affect the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine in Australia.A spokesman for Health Minister ...
Product kills COVID in 90 seconds
The Australian-developed disinfectant, called ViroCLEAR, was developed by BioInnovate and fast-tracked for approval by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) last ...
EU COVID testing centre hit by ‘insane’ bomb blast
The blast early in the morning in Bovenkarspel, 60 kilometres north of the capital Amsterdam, apparently targeted health workers, Prime ...
Premier’s Facebook dummy spit
The Premier posted a photo of the tax invoice being shredded to his Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon and triumphantly ...
Thousands jabbed as vaccine program ramps up
The figure, a significant uptick, is more than half of the doses that were rolled out by the state in ...
Australia needs to ‘ramp up’ COVID jabs
Health Minister Greg Hunt said the states will “continue to ramp up” their vaccination programs, in order to meet the ...
First COVID-19 COVAX vaccine doses administered in Africa
Today, the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana began COVID-19 vaccination campaigns aimed at protecting healthcare workers This week’s first ...
World Pharmacopoeias support public health during COVID-19 pandemic
Scientists and health professionals worldwide have rarely been under as much pressure as they have been these past few months. ...
El Salvador certified as malaria-free by WHO
El Salvador is first Central American country to achieve this status, third in all of the Americas in recent years ...
COVID-19 oxygen emergency impacting more than half a million people in low- and middle-income countries every day, as demand surges
More than half a million COVID-19 patients in LMICs estimated to need oxygen treatment every day. New assessments show US$90 ...
WHO and ITU launch new guide on introduction of dementia risk reduction and carer support programmes using mobile technology
<p>WHO’s new mDementia handbook, launched today, will help countries to introduce and scale up dementia mHealth programmes (delivered through mobile ...
Push to scrap all border closures
Business Council of Australia chief executive Jennifer Westacott has called for all borders to be permanently open once vulnerable people ...
State of emergency set to last all year
Meanwhile, Victoria has gone four consecutive days without recording a new COVID case. The state’s active caseload has dropped to ...
Urgent virus alert for 24 suburbs
Residents and recent visitors to Tarneit, Werribee and Hoppers Crossing have been urged to get tested even if mild COVID-19 ...
‘Extremely good news’: New AstraZeneca discovery
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the finding and also revealed the jab may offer better protection against COVID-19 than ...
Well-timed vaccine roll out could avoid $170b hit
The report outlines three major steps to reopen the country, avoid the risk of snap lockdowns and provide security for ...
Vic vaccine rollout ramps up as AstraZeneca lands
Meanwhile, the state has recorded no new COVID cases for the third consecutive day, with Victoria’s active caseload dropping to ...
NZ COVID cases: ‘We simply don’t know how many’
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the lockdown on Saturday, after the detection of a community case of the ...
Overseas students deal $500m blow to Victorian unis
The higher education sector is resigned to losing another year of overseas student income after tens of thousands missed out ...
