COVID-19
When mandatory masks might go in NSW
Under current restrictions in NSW people must wear a public transport, in places of worship, for hospitality staff and in ...
Expert calls for bracelet tracking system in hotel quarantine amid WA outbreak
As Western Australia battles a COVID-19 outbreak, an epidemiologist and adviser to the World Health Organisation is calling for a ...
Why Australia’s multicultural communities are calling for tailored coronavirus vaccine information
From stopping misinformation spreading to the potential to save lives, multicultural community leaders in Australia say there are a number ...
Anxious wait in WA for more COVID-19 test results amid calls for quarantine hotel overhaul
West Australian authorities should have a better picture in coming days as to whether the state’s five-day COVID-19 lockdown will ...
Here’s everything you need to know about the military coup in Myanmar
Myanmar’s military on Monday launched a coup against the nation’s democratically-elected political party and leader. This is how things got ...
Scott Morrison’s plan to vaccinate all Australians by the end of 2021
The prime minister used a speech to the National Press Club to outline an ambitious plan to vaccinate the nation ...
Why vaccine still works against mutant COVID virus
What are these mutant variants and can we be vaccinated against them?These COVID-19 experts explain how they work and whether ...
Thousands to return to work next week
The new rules, which apply to both the private and public sector, will take place from February 8.Employers will need ...
COVID stat that could devastate WA
Perth and two WA regions were sent into a five-day lockdown on Sunday after a hotel quarantine security guard tested ...
Dan vows to extend state of emergency
Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed on Tuesday the government would introduce a bill into parliament to extend Victoria’s state of emergency ...
AstraZeneca agrees to provide EU with nine million extra vaccine doses
AstraZeneca has extended an olive branch to the European Union in the form of nine million extra doses of COVID-19 ...
As coronavirus variants spread, ‘no one is safe until everyone is safe’
Rich countries are buying up coronavirus vaccines, leaving poorer regions vulnerable — and as potential breeding grounds for variants, like ...
Thousands protest Bolsonaro’s virus response
Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets to protest against President Jair Bolsonaro accusing the government of mismanagement of the ...
Israel to give 5,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Palestinians after global pressure
Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to immunise Palestinian medical workers on the frontline. Powered ...
Politicians forced into Canberra quarantine after Perth lockdown
A day out from the first sitting week of the year, a number of West Australian politicians have been forced ...
UK pandemic hero battling COVID-19
Prayers were being poured out across the UK for the Second World War veteran, who raised the incredible sum by ...
PM’s $2bn vaccine plan; states slam borders shut on WA
In a speech at the National Press Club, Mr Morrison will say that suppressing COVID-19 and delivering vaccine is among ...
States slam borders shut on WA
A security guard at a Perth quarantine hotel has tested positive to COVID-19 – believed to be the highly contagious ...
Second suspected WA virus case
WA Health said on Sunday night a second patient had presented at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth’s south.But it’s not ...
WHO team examines Wuhan wet market
The market is the site of one of the first reported clusters of infections that emerged over a year ago.Members ...
Mexico’s president says he’s recovering from COVID-19
Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that he still has COVID-19, but that doctors have told him ...
WHO team visit Wuhan hospital on tightly-controlled mission to investigate origins of coronavirus
The World Health Organization team investigating the origins of coronavirus in Wuhan, China have been kept on a tightly controlled ...
Australians among almost 100 travellers caught breaching coronavirus rules at Austrian ski resort
Nearly 100 tourists from countries including Australia have been caught on Austria’s ski slopes in breach of the country’s coronavirus ...
Tens of thousands march across France in latest protests over bill limiting filming of police
Critics argue the bill will make it harder for journalists and citizens to document cases of police brutality. Powered by ...
WHO warns against ‘vaccine nationalism’ as EU drops Irish border move in plan to control vaccine exports
The move, in breach of part of the Brexit deal, could have seen checks at the border of Ireland, which ...
Australian vaccine rollout detail revealed
Community pharmacists will be invited to register their interests on Monday to take part in the distribution of the vital ...
Vic’s border permit system is bureaucratic nonsense
But I was among those daring Victorians who decided to take the gamble, recently shooting off to the Sunshine State ...
No new cases, as DHHS investigates test result
Victoria has recorded its 25th day in a row of no new coronavirus cases, as health authorities investigate an indeterminate ...
EU backs down over vaccine trade war
But they are still pushing for an extraordinary export ban that could block 3.5 million lifesaving jabs ordered from a ...
2000 health services sign up for vaccine rollout
Federal health minister Greg Hunt told journalists on Sunday that health officials were meeting with NZ authorities to determine whether ...
