COVID-19
Aussie Pfizer vaccines to arrive within days
Health Minister Greg Hunt confirmed that about 80,000 doses of the first Pfizer vaccines would be exported from Belgium, The ...
Starting dates revealed for Australia’s partner and parent visa travel concessions
The first concessions are set to come into effect in just two weeks, meaning applicants in Australia don’t have to ...
Fans forced to leave Australian Open mid-match as five-day lockdown begins
The Australian Open will continue without fans for the next five days as the state of Victoria attempts to contain ...
One new locally acquired case recorded as Victorians begin five-day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown
Victoria has recorded one new local case of COVID-19 as it begins a stint of at least five days in ...
All states and territories update Victorian travel rules following new COVID-19 lockdown
A coronavirus cluster at a Melbourne airport hotel has prompted states and territories to introduce new travel rules for people ...
A new phone line is providing tailored coronavirus information for older Australians in six languages
The Multilingual Older Persons COVID-19 Support Line is available in six languages: Greek, Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese and Italian. Powered ...
Victorian cabinet in crisis talks to discuss snap lockdown, as Scott Morrison urges ‘proportionate’ response
Victoria’s cabinet will meet at 11.45am to discuss the prospect of a snap lockdown in response to the Holiday Inn ...
How many coronavirus (COVID-19) cases are there in Australia?
The interactive below shows the number of cases of COVID-19 in each Australian state and territory, as well as the ...
Australia lashes China, WHO: ‘Our beef didn’t cause COVID’
The WHO’s month-long investigation into the pandemic’s origins this week made several key but inconclusive findings, including the virus was ...
Airport cafe worker positive for COVID
Brunetti cafe has been added to the COVID-19 public exposure sites list after the employee worked a shift on Tuesday.A ...
Should we go back into lockdown?
SHOULD WE GO INTO LOCKDOWN?EA: Yes Victoria should go into lockdown – but only because it is the UK variant.CB: ...
Melbourne experts uncover why COVID affects people differently
In a finding they hope will help refine vaccines against the mutating virus, University of Melbourne and Doherty Institute experts ...
‘Beggars belief’: AMA slams nebuliser use
The state’s chief health officer Brett Sutton revealed on Wednesday a nebuliser – a device that vaporises liquid into fine ...
Active COVID cases in Victoria rise to 17 as warnings issued
Two new cases were recorded in 24 hours — a hotel quarantine worker and a returned traveller.The cases also prompted ...
Pfizer COVID vaccine on way to Australia
Two additional cases were recorded in the past 24 hours — a hotel quarantine worker and a return traveller.Minister for ...
Horrifying truth behind virus’ spread throughout hotel
Health authorities are bracing for more COVID-19 cases after revealing a nebuliser being used in the room of an infected ...
UK introduces Australian-style quarantine hotel system, rule-breakers to face hefty fines or jail terms
People travelling to the UK from countries where concerning coronavirus variants are spreading will be required to spend 10 days ...
WHO team wraps up Wuhan visit
The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans ...
Parents of Australian citizens will not be allowed to enter the country as government stands firm
The deadline for the Home Affairs Minister to respond to a petition to allow parents to be classed as ‘immediate ...
Greek premier orders full lockdown in Athens
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday announced a full lockdown in Athens and the greater Attica region to curb ...
‘Extremely unlikely’ COVID-19 leaked from a Wuhan lab, WHO says
The head of a WHO team investigating the origins of coronavirus in China says the possibility it leaked from a ...
Quarantine hotel shut amid virus leaks
The state government has quickly moved to close the facility after three locally acquired cases were linked to the hotel.Several ...
Aussie COVID travel bubble: 5 things you must know
In the COVID era however the possibility of snap border closures are making keen travellers think twice.But there are things ...
Mutant strains ‘a wicked enemy’
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews issued the ominous warning as he officially announced one of the state’s hotel quarantine facilities would ...
Medical device linked to hotel virus cluster
Chief health officer Brett Sutton said the working hypothesis for the Holiday Inn outbreak is that a medical device known ...
Bakers Delight, bottle-o on virus alert
The health department added seven locations in Sunbury, in the city’s northwest, including a bottle shop and Bakers Delight, to ...
EU ambassador promises Australia-bound vaccine doses won’t be blocked
The EU ambassador to Australia has promised Europe won’t delay or block the order of coronavirus vaccines. Powered by WPeMatico
Returned traveller transferred to ICU as genomic testing shows hotel quarantine worker has UK variant
A returned traveller in Victoria has been transferred to intensive care after being infected with COVID-19 as authorities confirm the ...
WHO chief weighs in on AstraZeneca vaccine efficacy study
The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday the emergence of new COVID-19 variants had raised questions about ...
‘Moment of joy’: Live music in an empty New York City storefront
Kaufman Music Centre has brought live music back to New York City with a pop-up concert series called Musical Storefronts, ...
