COVID-19
Brisbane hotel quarantine cleaner diagnosed with more infectious UK coronavirus variant
Queensland is on high alert for cases of community transmission after a cleaner at a quarantine hotel contracted the more ...
Victoria records no new local COVID-19 cases, but lab outage leaves thousands waiting for test results
A technical outage at a Victorian pathology lab has left 10,000 people waiting for their COVID-19 test results, as the ...
Why Qld is so worried about positive case
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on Friday the council areas of Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton, and Redlands would go into a ...
NSW slaps new rules on Qld travellers
The move came after Queensland announced a three-day lockdown of Brisbane, which will begin at 6pm Friday. NSW will make ...
Brisbane plunged into lockdown; national cabinet meets
Residents in Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay and Redlands council areas will enter a strict three day lockdown from 6pm ...
NT, Tas declare Brisbane a hotspot
Following in Tasmania’s footsteps, NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner, who is currently in Queensland, took to social media to announce ...
‘Tough on everyone’: Flights in doubt
NCA NewsWire understands the country’s major airlines are reviewing existing flight schedules to determine if less flights will be needed ...
Zero new cases from 32k tests as MCG case linked to NSW
The mystery Vermont South case, which was announced yesterday, may have been acquired at the MCG or Chadstone.Premier Daniel Andrews ...
New rules for travellers flying to Australia
Travellers who return a positive result to the test — no more than 72 hours before departure — would not ...
No new infections despite mystery case
There are 38 active cases of COVID-19 across the state, 28 of which are locally acquired cases.There are now more ...
Dan’s plan to keep virus strain out
The Victorian Premier said he wants to push mandatory COVID-19 testing of flight crew, treating them as if they are ...
One new virus case detected in NSW
The case was detected just an hour before the press conference at 11am.The person who was infected resides in the ...
Vic virus mystery case sparks test blitz
Victorian health authorities are on high alert after a man in his 30s was identified as the state’s first coronavirus ...
Authorities on high alert as Melbourne mystery case attended MCG Boxing Day Test and Chadstone Shopping Centre
A man who attended the Boxing Day sales at Chadstone Shopping Centre and MCG Test match between Australia and India ...
Half-doses and delayed second jabs: Countries consider untested vaccination strategies as COVID-19 surges
Governments face questions as to whether they can delay coronavirus boosters, reduce doses or mix-and-match shots amid a slow vaccine ...
NSW records four locally-acquired coronavirus cases as concern mounts over community transmission
NSW has recorded four new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases and one infection in hotel quarantine. Powered by WPeMatico
Calls for regional NSW residents to get tested as the state records four local coronavirus cases
Three regional communities are on alert after an 18-year-old Berala man travelled through Orange, Nyngan and Broken Hill on a ...
British Health Minister confronted by ICU nurse on live TV
An ICU nurse confronted the UK Health Minister Matt Hancock on Good Morning Britain about understaffed and underpaid health workers ...
Why Australia isn’t rushing COVID vaccine
It comes as paperwork hold-ups jeopardise the federal government’s intended March rollout of coronavirus jabs.Deputy chief health officer Allen Cheng ...
Popular Ikea store on virus alert
The state also recorded one new case in an overseas arrival in hotel quarantine.The Department of Health and Human Services ...
Three new local cases; quarantine orders slapped on more locations
The Department of Health also confirmed one new case in overseas arrivals.There are 38 active COVID-19 cases across the state, ...
Qantas reopens international flight bookings
Sales of tickets for flights to the US and London have been brought forward for departures from July 1, after ...
Victoria records three new locally acquired coronavirus cases as testing ramped up
Three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases have been reported in Victoria, taking the total number of active cases in the ...
Urgent calls for more testing as NSW records two new coronavirus cases linked to Berala BWS cluster
BWS in Berala, in Sydney’s west, was an exposure site for up to nine hours a day every day between ...
Nancy Pelosi narrowly re-elected as Speaker of the US House of Representatives
The US House of Representatives has voted 216-209 to retain Democrat Nancy Pelosi as Speaker rather than install Republican Kevin ...
Some coronavirus survivors still haven’t regained smell and taste, concerning and confusing experts
Most people who develop coronavirus-induced anosmia regain their sense of smell and taste soon after recovery. But for some, the ...
Victoria records three new cases
The Department of Health also confirmed one new case in overseas arrivals.There are 36 active COVID-19 cases across the state.It ...
Clarkson’s COVID fear of dying ‘alone in a plastic tent’
At one point, he feared he was going to die alone “in a plastic tent”.battled coronavirus over Christmas – and ...
Legal challenge threatens Australian Open plans
Four hotels will serve as quarantine bases for non-symptomatic players and their entourages for the mandatory 14-day period before being ...
Vandals destroy hot-spot testing site
The testing spot in Sydney’s Warriewood suburb on the northern beaches was vandalised three times in one week. Staff arrived ...
