Victorian healthcare workers among hundreds of new coronavirus cases
4 years, 8 months ago

Victorian healthcare workers among hundreds of new coronavirus cases

ABC  

Victoria's Chief Health Officer has expressed concern about hospital workers, who he has called the "last line of defence", being among Victoria's rising coronavirus case numbers. Key points: Five staff from The Alfred Hospital are believed to have acquired the virus in the community, while three infections were found through contact tracing Five staff from The Alfred Hospital are believed to have acquired the virus in the community, while three infections were found through contact tracing A man in his 70s died in Victoria overnight, bringing the national coronavirus death toll to 108 A man in his 70s died in Victoria overnight, bringing the national coronavirus death toll to 108 More public housing tower residents, including those not part of the "hard lockdown", have contracted COVID-19 His comments came as residents of public housing towers which were not part of last week's "hard lockdown" were reported as some of the 273 new coronavirus cases recorded in Victoria. Public housing residents in Carlton test positive The Alfred Street public housing tower remains in "hard lockdown". One of the nine towers, 33 Alfred St in North Melbourne, remains under the "hard lockdown" due to fears as much as 25 per cent of residents could contract the virus.

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NT COVID-19 hospitalisations jump to record high as 492 cases are recorded
3 years, 2 months ago

NT COVID-19 hospitalisations jump to record high as 492 cases are recorded

ABC  

The number of people in Territory hospitals with COVID-19 has increased from 72 to 84 overnight, NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles has announced. Key points: Cases are continuing to mount in remote communities across the NT Communities in Central Australia, Arnhem Land and the Tiwis remain under lockdown More than half of NT cases were again recorded with rapid antigen …

Victorian COVID-19 hospitalisations rise to 861 as 37,994 new cases, 13 deaths reported
3 years, 2 months ago

Victorian COVID-19 hospitalisations rise to 861 as 37,994 new cases, 13 deaths reported

ABC  

The number of COVID-19 patients in Victorian hospitals has hit a new pandemic high, as the wave of Omicron infections continues to place pressure on the healthcare system. Key points: There are more than 170,000 active cases in Victoria, sending thousands of workers into isolation Health services are struggling to maintain staffing as COVID-19 hospitalisations continue to rise The Premier …

Sharp increase in hospital workers getting Covid
3 years, 2 months ago

Sharp increase in hospital workers getting Covid

NL Times  

The number of coronavirus infections among hospital workers is increasing significantly, especially among nurses and carers. This is really a big city problem," Amsterdam UMC director Mark Kramer said to the newspaper. "We see the repercussions of the infections among Amsterdam residents - 40 percent test positive - in our staff. With high numbers of Covid infections on top of …

Victoria records 21,997 COVID-19 cases, six deaths and 631 hospitalisations
3 years, 2 months ago

Victoria records 21,997 COVID-19 cases, six deaths and 631 hospitalisations

ABC  

The number of patients with COVID-19 in Victorian hospitals has leapt to 631, as the state records 21,997 new cases and six further deaths. Key points: One in three Victorians getting a lab test are returning positive results The number of COVID-19 patients in hospital has risen by 115 since Tuesday Health services are struggling as hundreds of workers test …

Victoria records 14,020 COVID-19 cases, two deaths, hospitalisations rise to 516
3 years, 2 months ago

Victoria records 14,020 COVID-19 cases, two deaths, hospitalisations rise to 516

ABC  

Victoria has recorded another record rise in COVID-19 cases, with more than 50 testing sites shutting their doors for several days to allow pathology laboratories to process a backlog of swabs. Key points: Hospitalisations have passed 500 for the first time in nearly two months 54 private sector testing sites will close, but more than 200 state-run testing sites remain …

NSW hits 1,066 people in hospital as Covid-19 cases fall to 18,278
3 years, 2 months ago

NSW hits 1,066 people in hospital as Covid-19 cases fall to 18,278

Daily Mail  

NSW has recorded 18,278 new cases with 1,066 in hospital and two deaths, while Victoria had 7,172 new infections. Pictured: A group of friends celebrating the new year in Sydney on Friday evening Experts fear the number of new Covid cases in NSW could reach 100,000 by the end of January. 'Doctors are not seeing massive numbers of Covid cases …

WA coronavirus update: Five COVID cases emerge in Perth outbreak
3 years, 3 months ago

WA coronavirus update: Five COVID cases emerge in Perth outbreak

ABC  

Western Australia has recorded five new COVID cases, a day after an unvaccinated French backpacker tested positive to the disease. WA Premier Mark McGowan said one was a close contact of case 1133, who attended an event with the man at the Perth Mess Hall in Northbridge on December 19. Fremantle hostel locked down Mr McGowan said 100 of the …

Victoria records 1,302 COVID-19 cases as Melbourne testing site wait times soar
3 years, 3 months ago

Victoria records 1,302 COVID-19 cases as Melbourne testing site wait times soar

ABC  

Victoria has recorded 1,302 new local COVID-19 cases and zero deaths, as the state's hospitalisations have risen to the highest level in more than a month. Key points: There are 406 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 81 active cases in intensive care Several testing centres were closed early Monday morning after reaching capacity shortly after opening Airlines have launched …

Gippsland power industry workers and Esso staff test positive to COVID-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Gippsland power industry workers and Esso staff test positive to COVID-19

ABC  

Seven workers across two power stations in Victoria's east have tested positive to coronavirus in the past week. Key points: In a separate cluster, a second person at Esso Australia's offshore oil and gas platform has contracted coronavirus Dozens of workers were evacuated and tested The cases come as the Latrobe Valley battles the biggest outbreak of COVID-19 in regional …

Alfred Hospital emergency department nurse captures 'confronting' scenes treating some of Melbourne's sickest COVID-19 patients
3 years, 5 months ago

Alfred Hospital emergency department nurse captures 'confronting' scenes treating some of Melbourne's sickest COVID-19 patients

ABC  

A white light illuminates the hospital corridor, and inside the room three clinicians in protective clothing hurry around a man lying in a bed. "You know, you could need five people for a COVID patient, but you might need 15 also for a sick trauma patient that's being actively resuscitated," she says. "At the moment we're looking at over 25 …

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers
3 years, 5 months ago

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers

ABC  

Victoria is set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for international arrivals from next month, bringing it into line with New South Wales. It's understood arriving travellers would need to be fully immunised and test negative for coronavirus. At this stage, it's believed the quarantine changes will be officially announced at Friday's COVID-19 media conference. Melbourne opening up after 263 days …

Growing COVID outbreak strains Melbourne's hospitals, ambulance services
3 years, 5 months ago

Growing COVID outbreak strains Melbourne's hospitals, ambulance services

ABC  

Emma Mackey says she was in the worst pain she had ever experienced when she called an ambulance last month. "I called the ambulance at 7:40pm and I called them five times after then up until 11:30pm and they didn't turn up until 12:30am the next morning," she said. Learn from the UK, AMA says Meanwhile, The Australian Medical Association …

Victoria's COVID-19 outbreak grows, with 1,638 new cases and two deaths
3 years, 5 months ago

Victoria's COVID-19 outbreak grows, with 1,638 new cases and two deaths

ABC  

Victoria has recorded 1,638 new locally acquired COVID-19 infections and two deaths. Of the approximately 10,000 new cases recorded in the week to Tuesday, Acting Chief Health Officer Ben Cowie said 79 per cent were unvaccinated. "This is unfortunate, because it's despite the fact 87 per cent of the cases were eligible for vaccination at the time that they were …

Coronavirus Australia: NSW records 1,022 new Covid-19 cases as more regions plunged into lockdown
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: NSW records 1,022 new Covid-19 cases as more regions plunged into lockdown

Daily Mail  

NSW is on track to hit its 70 per cent double jab target earlier than estimated as the state recorded 1,022 new cases and 10 deaths. Sydneysiders could be released from lockdown as early as October 11 More than 53 per cent of eligible NSW residents are fully vaccinated as the government eased more restrictions with the announcement of a …

Alfred Hospital emergency department added to Victoria's list of tier 1 COVID-19 exposure sites
3 years, 6 months ago

Alfred Hospital emergency department added to Victoria's list of tier 1 COVID-19 exposure sites

ABC  

The emergency department waiting room at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital has been listed as a tier 1 COVID-19 exposure site. There are now more than 950 exposure sites listed, after dozens more were added last night, while some venues dropped off after being on the list for two weeks. Among the new tier 1 sites are: the KFC at 27-33 Spencer …

Covid-19 Australia: Victoria's coronavirus crisis worsens as 246 new cases are recorded
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: Victoria's coronavirus crisis worsens as 246 new cases are recorded

Daily Mail  

Victoria recorded 246 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday - one more than Monday's figure - as the state rushes to vaccinate its Year 12 students before their end-of-year exams begin. Charlotte Sherlock, a Year 12 student at Brunswick Secondary College, rolled up her sleeve on Monday at the newly relocated Melbourne Museum vaccination site to promote the blitz. Only 90 …

Sydney tree care workers test positive for COVID-19 after working for weeks in the Hunter
3 years, 6 months ago

Sydney tree care workers test positive for COVID-19 after working for weeks in the Hunter

ABC  

Health officials say staff from a Sydney tree-lopping business have gone to homes in Newcastle before testing positive to COVID-19. Key points: Multiple workers from a Sydney tree-lopping business have tested positive to COVID-19 Charlestown Medical and Dental Centre is a venue of concern There were six new cases of coronavirus recorded in the Hunter region Hunter New England Health …

Victorian nurse speaks of harrowing experiences in hospitals inundated with COVID-19 patients
3 years, 6 months ago

Victorian nurse speaks of harrowing experiences in hospitals inundated with COVID-19 patients

ABC  

A Western Health nurse working on the frontline sent an impassioned plea to Victorians at Monday's COVID-19 press conference, urging people to get vaccinated to protect the community. Key points: Kylie Fisher worries her team of nurses face a repeat of last year's COVID-19 emergency She urges those who are not vaccinated to make an appointment and get the jab …

Covid outbreak at Sydney nursing home as a cleaner and four elderly residents test positive
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid outbreak at Sydney nursing home as a cleaner and four elderly residents test positive

Daily Mail  

Sydney's Covid outbreak has spread into a nursing home in the city's west as a cleaner and four elderly residents test positive. Sydney's Covid outbreak has spread into Uniting Edinglassie Lodge, in Penrith A cleaner wheels a trolley past the main entrance to The United Edinglassie Lodge Residential Aged Care Home on Monday after five people linked to the facility …

Coronavirus Australia: Dan Andrews takes swipe at NSW lockdown picnics amid Covid vaccine row
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Dan Andrews takes swipe at NSW lockdown picnics amid Covid vaccine row

Daily Mail  

Dan Andrews has accused the federal government of playing favourites by handing out extra doses of Covid vaccine from the national stockpile to New South Wales. Victorians are being duded when it comes to its coronavirus vaccine supply, according to Dan Andrews, saying jabs have been taken out of the arms of Victorians so that Sydneysiders could 'go and have …

Premier Daniel Andrews confirms Victorian lockdown will be extended as 92 new COVID cases recorded
3 years, 6 months ago

Premier Daniel Andrews confirms Victorian lockdown will be extended as 92 new COVID cases recorded

ABC  

Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed Victoria's sixth lockdown will be extended past Thursday, but it is too early to say which settings will be in place and how long the restrictions will last. Key points: Just 63 of the new cases were linked to known outbreaks Just 63 of the new cases were linked to known outbreaks Mr Andrews took …

Australia’s Melbourne to extend sixth COVID-lockdown
3 years, 6 months ago

Australia’s Melbourne to extend sixth COVID-lockdown

Al Jazeera  

Lockdown in Melbourne was due to end on Thursday, but authorities say this is no longer possible due to rising cases. Australian authorities say they will extend a lockdown of the country’s second-biggest city, Melbourne, as they struggle to quell a coronavirus outbreak driven by the highly infectious Delta variant. Meanwhile, neighbouring New South Wales state, which includes Australia’s most …

Western NSW records 40 new COVID cases, 15 in hospital
3 years, 7 months ago

Western NSW records 40 new COVID cases, 15 in hospital

ABC  

Three people are breathing with the assistance of ventilators in Western New South Wales, but a growing number of people are also recovering from COVID-19. Key points: Most of the 40 new cases detected in the 24 hours to to 8:00pm are in Dubbo Five people are in intensive care but 37 people have recovered from their infections The Deputy …

Victoria records 45 new local COVID-19 cases, workers flying in to bolster hospital network
3 years, 7 months ago

Victoria records 45 new local COVID-19 cases, workers flying in to bolster hospital network

ABC  

Victoria will fly in 350 medical staff from overseas to ease the pressure on its weary health system, as doctors warn hospital staffing plans are urgently needed to prepare for the next phase of the pandemic. Key points: The staff will begin work across 30 health services by October The staff will begin work across 30 health services by October …

Victoria records 71 local COVID-19 cases, Melbourne told to consider 'soft lockdown'
3 years, 7 months ago

Victoria records 71 local COVID-19 cases, Melbourne told to consider 'soft lockdown'

ABC  

Premier Daniel Andrews has urged Victorians to get the vaccine available to them today, as the state grapples to pull its worsening Delta outbreak under control. Key points: The Premier said around 10,000 people were abandoning appointments each day He has urged everyone to head to the appointments and support the state in "vaccinating our way out of this" Epidemiologist …

Richmond public housing tower among new Victorian COVID-19 exposure sites
3 years, 7 months ago

Richmond public housing tower among new Victorian COVID-19 exposure sites

ABC  

A public housing tower in Richmond has been listed as an exposure site with a case having visited the premises over several days between August 14 and 20. A Bakers Delight outlet in Shepparton's Vaughan Street has also been listed as a tier 2 site, with a case attending between August 15, 8:00am to 11:00am and August 16, between 9:00am …

Victoria records 57 new local COVID-19 cases, 44 quarantined while infectious
3 years, 7 months ago

Victoria records 57 new local COVID-19 cases, 44 quarantined while infectious

ABC  

Victoria recorded 57 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, but with 44 in quarantine while infectious, authorities say the system is working. COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar said the three unlinked infections were "genuine mystery cases" in Ascot Vale, Doncaster and Glenroy. Wastewater detections in industrial area of 'greatest concern' The Acting Chief Health Officer said authorities were continuing …

Victoria pushes for more COVID tests as cases and mystery infections climb
3 years, 7 months ago

Victoria pushes for more COVID tests as cases and mystery infections climb

ABC  

Victorian officials have ramped up a push for more people to be tested for COVID-19 amid fears the virus is spreading undetected in Melbourne. Key points: A new campaign urges people to assume any cold or flu symptoms are COVID-19 and get tested straight away An infectious diseases specialist says this outbreak is different to others this year due to …

COVID outbreak in support home, unit block in hard lockdown as Newcastle cases rise
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID outbreak in support home, unit block in hard lockdown as Newcastle cases rise

ABC  

There are 15 new cases of COVID-19 in the Hunter region amid an evolving outbreak at a Newcastle aged care and disability support group. Key points: There are 145 cases in total in the Hunter New England Local Health District ConnectAbility is testing residents daily after three workers tested positive A family of three in a Cardiff apartment block has …

Coronavirus Australia: Daniel Andrews no-show amid fears Melbourne lockdown could be extended
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Daniel Andrews no-show amid fears Melbourne lockdown could be extended

Daily Mail  

Melbourne's chances of emerging from its sixth lockdown this week remain on knife's edge, despite no coronavirus cases in intensive care. Health officials are concerned about Caroline Springs in Melbourne's north-west where 25 cases linked with the Caroline Springs Square shopping centre There are growing fears Melbourne's lockdown will be extended beyond midnight Thursday. IPC Health St Albans, 1 Andrea …

Australia Tightens Covid-19 Curbs as Brisbane Extends Lockdown, Army Patrols Sydney
3 years, 7 months ago

Australia Tightens Covid-19 Curbs as Brisbane Extends Lockdown, Army Patrols Sydney

News 18  

Australia’s Queensland state on Monday extended a COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane, while soldiers began patrolling Sydney to enforce stay-at-home rules as Australia struggles to stop the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading. Queensland said it had detected 13 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours – the biggest one-day rise the state has recorded in …

NSW records 207 COVID-19 cases; Liverpool man becomes 15th death from outbreak
3 years, 7 months ago

NSW records 207 COVID-19 cases; Liverpool man becomes 15th death from outbreak

ABC  

Premier Gladys Berejiklian says diverting vaccines from regional NSW to give to year 12 students in Sydney is "in the best interests of public health". Key points: A record 117,009 tests were administered in the 24 hours to 8:00pm yesterday A man in his 90s died yesterday at Liverpool Hospital — the 15th death this outbreak Fourteen residents of an …

NSW records 172 new COVID-19 cases, 60 in community while infectious
3 years, 8 months ago

NSW records 172 new COVID-19 cases, 60 in community while infectious

ABC  

A decision on the future of Greater Sydney's lockdown will be announced "as early as tomorrow" after NSW recorded 172 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases. Key points: NSW records 172 new cases, the highest daily tally since the Delta outbreak began Almost half of new cases were in the community for at least some of their infectious period The outbreak …

Coronavirus Australia: Millions of Victorians to be RELEASED from lockdown as Sydney cases soar
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Millions of Victorians to be RELEASED from lockdown as Sydney cases soar

Daily Mail  

Victorians are set to be released from their fifth lockdown Victorians are on track to throw off the shackles of their fifth Covid lockdown on Wednesday, but the nightmare is only just beginning for Sydneysiders who could remain under stay-at-home orders until at least mid-September. NSW government has made a request for financial modelling to assess the devastating effect of …

Elderly SA man tests positive for COVID–19 at Modbury Hospital in Adelaide's north-east
3 years, 8 months ago

Elderly SA man tests positive for COVID–19 at Modbury Hospital in Adelaide's north-east

ABC  

South Australia has recorded a COVID–19 case in an 81-year-old man who presented to the Modbury Hospital in Adelaide's north eastern suburbs with symptoms late last night. Key points: An elderly man who returned from Argentina to Adelaide has tested positive to coronavirus Close contacts, hospital staff and patients will self-isolate A school his grandson goes to will reopen tomorrow …

New regional Victoria COVID cases dash hopes of early lockdown release
3 years, 8 months ago

New regional Victoria COVID cases dash hopes of early lockdown release

ABC  

The chances of regional Victoria getting out of the state's lockdown early are slipping away, as health authorities work to contain outbreaks outside of Melbourne. Key points: Several new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in regional Victoria Five teachers from Bacchus Marsh Grammar School are infected A directive has been issued for anyone associated with Ballarat Clarendon College to isolate …

Lockdown returns in Australia’s Melbourne due to growing Covid clusters
3 years, 8 months ago

Lockdown returns in Australia’s Melbourne due to growing Covid clusters

India TV News  

Amid concern over rising Covid cases in Australia, country's largest city Melbourne has been put under 5-day strict lockdown, starting tonight. Melbourne’s fifth lockdown of the pandemic will apply across Victoria state, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday. A three-week lockdown of Sydney and surrounding communities in New South Wales state had been due to end on Friday. Health …

Here's what we know about the journey of two COVID-positive removalists who visited Victoria and SA
3 years, 8 months ago

Here's what we know about the journey of two COVID-positive removalists who visited Victoria and SA

ABC  

Two removalists who tested positive for coronavirus after visiting South Australia and Victoria last week have sparked concerns about possible local COVID-19 transmission. SA Health is currently investigating another exposure site in regional South Australia the crew attended before arriving at McLaren Vale. The removalists then visited Tailem Bend On their way back from McLaren Vale, the crew stopped for …

Authorities investigate possible Adelaide medi-hotel breach and third COVID-19 exposure site connected to removalists
3 years, 8 months ago

Authorities investigate possible Adelaide medi-hotel breach and third COVID-19 exposure site connected to removalists

ABC  

South Australian health authorities are investigating a possible medi-hotel COVID-19 breach and an unknown regional SA location where three removalists from Sydney stopped on their way to McLaren Vale last week. Key points: SA Premier Steven Marshall said authorities were working through a list of 60 people He said some of them had stayed in their cars and were low …

Coronavirus Australia: Sydney Covid exposure sites - Coles, Dan Murphy's, Woolworths, Westfield
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Sydney Covid exposure sites - Coles, Dan Murphy's, Woolworths, Westfield

Daily Mail  

A worrying new Covid exposure list has been revealed with an alert for 19 venues across Sydney including Coles, Woolworths, Dan Murphy's and an Aldi supermarket. Three venues at Westfield Penrith Plaza in Sydney's west have been confirmed as Covid exposure sites by NSW Health The same applies anyone who visited grocery store 'Fred's One-Stop Shop' on Friday July 9 …

Sydney's coronavirus outbreak is moving from east to west and starting to look like Melbourne's second wave
3 years, 8 months ago

Sydney's coronavirus outbreak is moving from east to west and starting to look like Melbourne's second wave

ABC  

As NSW records another 38 locally acquired COVID-19 cases, the race is on to nip the spread in Western Sydney in the bud, with failure to do so likely to prolong this outbreak. The situation could bear similarities to how the virus thrived through Melbourne's second wave: aided by a combination of higher rates of precarious work, larger households and …

Australia’s Sydney extends COVID lockdown as Delta cluster grows
3 years, 8 months ago

Australia’s Sydney extends COVID lockdown as Delta cluster grows

Al Jazeera  

Strict stay-at-home orders will remain in place until July 16, while schools in Sydney will move to remote learning next week. Residents of Australia’s largest city will spend at least one more week in lockdown, authorities announced on Wednesday, after detecting dozens of new coronavirus cases. Sydney, home to a fifth of Australia’s 25 million people, first went into lockdown …

Coronavirus Australia: Coles, Commonwealth Bank, McDonald's, Woolworths added Sydney exposure list
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: Coles, Commonwealth Bank, McDonald's, Woolworths added Sydney exposure list

Daily Mail  

Supermarkets across Sydney have been added to the city's spiralling Covid exposure list, just hours before millions are due to learn whether lockdown will be extended. The situation is also worsening in Sydney's west, with customers of the Coles at Westfield Parramatta and Country Growers grocery store told to isolate for 14 days regardless of whether they get a negative …

Sydney aged care COVID-19 outbreak spreads, three residents test positive
3 years, 8 months ago

Sydney aged care COVID-19 outbreak spreads, three residents test positive

ABC  

The daughter of an elderly man who tested positive for COVID-19 in a Sydney aged care home says unvaccinated staff who brought the virus in are "a disgrace". Key points: The three residents have been taken to Westmead Hospital as a precaution Summit Care says 96 per cent of the 149 residents have been vaccinated The home is being cleaned, …

NT records no new COVID-19 cases as Darwin, Alice Springs return negative wastewater results
3 years, 8 months ago

NT records no new COVID-19 cases as Darwin, Alice Springs return negative wastewater results

ABC  

The Northern Territory has recorded no new COVID-19 cases overnight. Key points: The Chief Minister said he was confident the virus was contained Alice Springs and Greater Darwin came out of lockdown on Friday Authorities expressed overall satisfaction with post-lockdown behaviour across the NT It is the third day in a row the NT has reported zero cases. The NT …

Queenslanders heading for three-day lockdown after unvaccinated hospital worker tests positive to COVID-19
3 years, 8 months ago

Queenslanders heading for three-day lockdown after unvaccinated hospital worker tests positive to COVID-19

ABC  

Parts of Queensland will go into a three-day lockdown after an unvaccinated hospital worker, who was potentially infectious in parts of the state for over a week, tested positive for COVID-19. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: 11 11 New cases: 5,698 Queensland's vaccine rollout: First dose: 93.2 per cent 93.2 per cent Second dose: 92.7 per cent …

A breakdown of COVID outbreaks in each state and territory as positive cases cross borders
3 years, 9 months ago

A breakdown of COVID outbreaks in each state and territory as positive cases cross borders

ABC  

Millions of Australians are starting the week under new COVID-19 restrictions. Western Australia From midday on Sunday, new restrictions were imposed on the Perth and Peel regions for at least three days after a woman who had visited New South Wales tested positive. Friday, June 25 VA939 Sydney — Brisbane VA334 Brisbane — Melbourne Saturday, June 26 VA827 Melbourne — …

Victorian COVID-19 review finds 277 instances of patients catching virus in hospital
3 years, 9 months ago

Victorian COVID-19 review finds 277 instances of patients catching virus in hospital

ABC  

Victorian woman Jennifer Allison says watching her mother Lily dying after she contracted COVID-19 in hospital was traumatic. Key points: The Department of Health report found COVID-19 spread at 30 hospitals, mostly in outbreak hotspots in Melbourne's north and west Shared rooms, limited ventilation, unrecognised infections and high-risk behaviours including patient wandering were noted as risk factors The report noted …

Here's what we know about Sydney's latest COVID-19 cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Here's what we know about Sydney's latest COVID-19 cases

ABC  

A woman aged in her 70s is the latest person to test positive to COVID-19, after she visited a cafe in Sydney's east at the same time as another positive case. Key points: NSW Health expanded the list of venues of concern overnight after the eastern suburbs man's wife tested positive Both had visited Bondi Junction shopping centre a number …

Many Melbourne lockdown COVID restrictions are staying. 'Cumulative risk' helps explain why
3 years, 9 months ago

Many Melbourne lockdown COVID restrictions are staying. 'Cumulative risk' helps explain why

ABC  

Victoria will once again move to another set of restrictions as the state eases out of lockdown. "Visitors to the home are a particular cumulative risk," Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said. That cumulative effect applies to all of the restrictions Professor McLaws said there were "multiple factors that build up an increased risk of spread". Professor Sutton said international …

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