COVID-19
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 ...
Push to prioritise vaccine for hotel quarantine staff
An estimated 2000 workers will have been vaccinated with two rounds of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of May.But ...
How crowds are returning to Melbourne
A new study by online booking platform Muval has found new residents are filling the gap caused by a “mass ...
Celebs rack up $1.6m quarantine security bill
While $882,000 has been repaid by celebs such as Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban and Matt Damon, almost $700,000 remains outstanding.Under ...
Police target protesters over COVID vaccine rollout fears
Senior figures in government and law enforcement hold serious concerns that militant protesters could disrupt the rollout of the vaccine.With ...
Auckland flights to Melb cancelled amid snap lockdown
Meanwhile, Victoria has recorded zero new cases for the second consecutive day.Victorian health authorities were calling on anyone who has ...
Victoria’s JobKeeper pain looms
For many Australians it will inevitably mean joining the dole queue for the first time. After dropping into a CBD ...
Aussie expats open up on getting COVID vaccine
“I was the sickest I’ve ever been in my life. I was in bed for three weeks – no taste ...
No new cases, Melbourne wakes to new COVID-normal
Masks will be required only in ride-share vehicles, on public transport and in shopping centres or other big retail areas.It ...
CEO stood down after vaccine overdose scandal
In a statement the company which holds a government contract to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to nursing homes residents said an ...
How COVID ruined the colour purple
The pandemic created an unprecedented public messaging response with multiple government campaigns to make people “stay at home” and “socially ...
Australia may consider Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine
In November last year it granted the vaccine a provisional determination.That means the pharmaceutical company can apply to market the ...
WHO Director-General’s statement on Tanzania and COVID-19
We extend our condolences to our Tanzanian sisters and brothers on the recent passing of a senior Tanzanian leader as ...
No-fault compensation programme for COVID-19 vaccines is a world first
New programme makes compensation available to eligible individuals in 92 low- and middle-income countries without need to resort to law ...
Improving understanding of and response to infodemics during public health emergencies
Following the first global infodemiology conference held in July 2020, WHO and partners coordinated a joint call for papers with 5 academic journals representing different scientific fields, all related to components ...
Qld reopens borders, as Dan hints at big COVID changes
The Sunshine State slammed the border closed earlier this month when greater Melbourne was declared a hotspot, but these restrictions ...
World Waking Up To Vaccine Equity
At the halfway point in the World Health Organization and Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ 100-day challenge, a movement of people ...
G7 leaders commit US$ 4.3 billion to finance global equitable access to tests, treatments and vaccines in 2021
The ACT Accelerator partnership welcomes over US$ 4.3 billion of new investments from the USA, Germany, the European Commission, Japan, and Canada to fund ...
Massive list of restrictions to ease
NSW recorded a 38th consecutive day of no locally acquired cases of COVID-19 while the Pfizer vaccine rollout continues. One ...
Doctor stood down over COVID vaccine error
The doctor who administered the jab has been stood down from the Federal Government controlled vaccination program.A nurse stepped in ...
Premier takes aim at PM over COVID vaccine overdoses
It’s understood the doctor contracted by the Federal Government used the entire vial of the Pfizer vaccine. The doctor has ...
Dan slammed by former Premier
Mr Kennett said he “could not understand” how the families of the 801 Victorians who died as a result of ...
Calls to get CBD workers back
The city is lagging behind other state capitals with the lowest level of post-pandemic CBD foot traffic.Small Business Australia used ...
Major events get COVID-safe makeover
But experts say some of our most popular events could look drastically different, with reduced crowd sizes and mandatory mask-wearing.The ...
Aus-NZ flight in vaccine passport trial as Pfizer doses arrive
A second shipment of at least 166,00 doses touched down in Sydney on Monday night after more than 142,000 vials ...
US hits 500,000 deaths as UK ‘cautious’ on lockdown roadmap
In a statement to parliament, he outlined a “gradual and cautious” approach to lifting curbs in England, starting with the ...
When Dan Andrews will get the jab
At least 580 people were vaccinated in Victoria on Monday as the nation’s biggest immunisation program got under way, but ...
No new cases, restrictions set to be rolled back
Meanwhile, Victoria has gone four consecutive days without recording a case of coronavirus. More than 17,000 results were received on ...
Doctors pulled into line over virus claims
The Covid Medical Network (CMN) – which has labelled the banning of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as an early coronavirus ...
Tennis fans won’t cop political posturing
Long suffering Victorians who booed when a sports official foolishly veered into motherhood statements and politics during the presentation ceremony ...
