COVID-19
Five new NSW cases as NYE revellers banned
The five new cases recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday came from 15,364 tests.Four of the locally ...
Man allegedly tries to leave hotel quarantine in Victoria as state records one new case
Victoria marked 58 straight days with zero community transmission cases on Sunday, recording just one new coronavirus case in a ...
More restrictions considered for New Year’s festivities in Sydney
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian says whether more restrictions are imposed on New Year’s festivities will depend on the ...
NSW records seven new locally-acquired cases of coronavirus
NSW recorded 11 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including seven locally-acquired infections all linked to Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Powered by ...
No new cases in Mumbai slum for first time since COVID-19 outbreak
Mumbai’s Dharavi area – believed to be Asia’s largest slum – reported zero new cases in the 24 hours to ...
Police find woman who fled hotel quarantine in Perth
Police say they have found the woman who fled a quarantine hotel in Perth without completing COVID-testing requirements. Powered by ...
Australia tipped for record Boxing Day sales, as Sydney residents urged to shop online
Despite the coronavirus outbreak keeping shoppers home in Sydney, Australians are set for a record spend on Boxing Day sales. ...
New South Wales records nine new coronavirus cases
The latest numbers come as authorities warn against complacency over the holiday period. Powered by WPeMatico
Child among new NSW coronavirus cases amid concern over potential for Sydney CBD cluster
The Northern Beaches cluster now exceeds 100 with a child expected to be among the new cases reported in the ...
Pope urges COVID-19 ‘vaccines for all’ in Christmas message
Pope Francis delivered his Christmas message virtually from a lectern inside the Vatican instead of from the central balcony of ...
How Australia’s prison chaplains have helped inmates cope with the isolation of COVID-19
Prison chaplaincy has long been an avenue of support within Australia’s correctional system, often helping rehabilitation. And chaplains say it’s ...
Australian expeditioner evacuated from Antarctica
An Australian has been medically evacuated from Antarctica in a five-day operation. Powered by WPeMatico
NSW records seven new coronavirus cases as authorities urge Sydney residents to limit movement over Christmas
The new cases takes the total number of infections linked to the Northern Beaches cluster to 110. Powered by WPeMatico
Police investigate source of COVID-19 infection on superyacht in Queensland
The investigation follows the confirmation of two positive COVID-19 cases in the state. Powered by WPeMatico
World readies for lockdown Christmas
Christmas 2020 will be spent in lockdown for millions of people around the world. Powered by WPeMatico
Mexico, Chile lead Latin America’s first vaccine rollouts
Mexico is the first country in Latin America to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, with Chile and Costa Rica following not ...
Victoria records no new cases as Sydney cluster grows
It marks the 56th day without community transmission of coronavirus in Victoria.A total of 11,367 test results were received overnight. ...
Seven new COVID-19 cases in NSW
The Christmas Day update comes as a virus cluster in Sydney’s northern beaches continues to grow. Of those seven, six ...
Possible new virus case drove into SA
The man, in his twenties, had earlier been on-board a Darwin-to-Sydney flight which had a positive COVID-19 case. “The thing ...
After a catastrophic year, Bollywood hopes for a boisterous 2021 comeback
Along with the deaths of industry stars, the coronavirus pandemic took a massive toll on Bollywood in 2020. But as ...
Traditional Christmas lunch for Sydney’s homeless drastically scaled-back due to coronavirus surge
The Wayside Chapel’s traditional Kings Cross Christmas lunch for the homeless will be different this year, with seating for just ...
This plastic tent lets children in hospital feel the warmth of a hug again
Realising how important human touch is for their younger patients, a hospital in Rome devised this plastic tent that allows ...
NSW records nine new coronavirus cases as Northern Beaches Avalon cluster swells to 104
Seven of the new cases were linked to the Avalon cluster, which has now swelled to 104 infections. Powered by ...
Northern Territory lifts COVID-19 hotspot declarations for most of Greater Sydney
While “the large majority” of Greater Sydney’s hotspot declarations have been lifted, those for parts of the Northern Beaches have ...
Mobilizing youth to End TB
Since the global youth movement, 1+1 youth Initiative was launched on World TB Day 2019, followed by the adoption of the ...
Joint statement calling for urgent country scale-up of access to optimal HIV treatment for infants and children living with HIV
<p>Global partners that are committed to ending paediatric AIDS have come together to call on countries to rapidly scale up ...
Behavioural considerations for acceptance and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines
The Behavioural Insights Unit of the WHO released a meeting report of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on the ...
COVAX Announces additional deals to access promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates; plans global rollout starting Q1 2021
COVAX now has agreements in place to access nearly two billion doses of several promising vaccine candidates, and laid the ...
Meet the 100+ outstanding Nurses and Midwives
To mark the end of the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we are honored to unveil the 2020 List ...
Beaches escapee collapses in pizza shop
NSW Police said they started investigating on Wednesday after receiving reports that a woman from the northern beaches had collapsed ...
