Coronavirus lockdown continues at Melbourne public housing towers as police arrest resident accused of biting officer
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown continues at Melbourne public housing towers as police arrest resident accused of biting officer

ABC  

A man who tried to defy the lockdown at one of Melbourne's public housing towers allegedly bit a police officer while attempting to leave, as residents endured another day of enforced quarantine in their apartments. Key points: Of the towers' 3,000 residents, 53 have been infected with coronavirus Of the towers' 3,000 residents, 53 have been infected with coronavirus The police union fears its members, and therefore the public, are at risk and police resources could be better used The police union fears its members, and therefore the public, are at risk and police resources could be better used But Victoria's police chief is confident there are "no issues whatsoever" with resources Nine public housing estates in Flemington and North Melbourne remain in "hard lockdown", with another 16 people in the towers diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past day. COVID-19 cases in public housing towers double Earlier today, Premier Daniel Andrews revealed 127 new cases of coronavirus had been recorded in Victoria — the state's largest increase in case numbers since the start of the pandemic. "We have more than adequate resources to be able to deploy 500 police per day across these nine towers — there are no issues with that whatsoever," Commissioner Patton said.

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COVID updates: All the coronavirus news from around Australia
3 years ago

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news from around Australia

ABC  

Here's a quick wrap of what's happening in COVID-19 news across Australia. Tasmania Another person has been admitted to intensive care with COVID-19, bringing the state's total number of cases in ICU to five. Tasmania has recorded 1,167 new cases overall and known active cases in the state have risen to 5,975, but the numbers are still below the January …

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 …

Covid-19 Cases Rising, Lockdown Last Option, Says Chhattisgarh CM; Directs Officials to Enforce Measures to Control Situation
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 Cases Rising, Lockdown Last Option, Says Chhattisgarh CM; Directs Officials to Enforce Measures to Control Situation

News 18  

Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday chaired an emergency meeting of ministers, senior officials and asked district level authorities to increase testing and also impose restrictions on major public events to prevent crowding. Coronavirus cases are rising rapidly and it seems a third wave of infections is approaching, the CM said, but …

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 …

Covid Record Surge, Travel Bans, Curbs. Déjà vu? It’s All Happening Again as Global Hotspots Emerge
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid Record Surge, Travel Bans, Curbs. Déjà vu? It’s All Happening Again as Global Hotspots Emerge

News 18  

After a dip in Covid-19 cases across countries, numbers have started to rise again as UK, Australia, parts of the US reported a record virus surge. United Kingdom New cases of COVID-19 in Britain hit a record high for the second day running on Thursday, as England’s Chief Medical Officer warned daily hospital admissions could also hit new peaks due …

Victoria records 1,838 COVID cases and seven deaths, state to exit lockdown on Thursday
3 years, 5 months ago

Victoria records 1,838 COVID cases and seven deaths, state to exit lockdown on Thursday

ABC  

The lockdown in Melbourne and parts of regional Victoria will lift from 11:59pm on Thursday when the state is expected to reach its goal of having 70 per cent of those aged 16+ fully vaccinated. Key points: There have been 145 deaths in Victoria during the Delta outbreak The lockdown will lift at 11:59pm this Thursday Soon, more than 90 …

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 …

Premier warns COVID-19 cases will 'go through the roof' when state reopens as NSW records 935 new infections
3 years, 6 months ago

Premier warns COVID-19 cases will 'go through the roof' when state reopens as NSW records 935 new infections

ABC  

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has warned COVID-19 cases will "go through the roof" once the state opens up next month after NSW recorded 935 new infections. Key points: The state government says cases may have already peaked, but it isn't "ready to call it" The Premier says the state's health system will be "technically overwhelmed" next month The regional town of …

NSW and Victoria to leave lockdown with pubs open but premiers warn Covid cases will rise
3 years, 6 months ago

NSW and Victoria to leave lockdown with pubs open but premiers warn Covid cases will rise

Daily Mail  

The premiers of New South Wales and Victoria have told their citizens to 'prepare for the worst' with the Covid-ravaged states set to emerge from lockdown next month. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian felt more comfortable removing the east-west divide with a dramatic fall in new cases to just 1,083 - the lowest infection tally in over three weeks - with …

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 …

Australia’s Canberra extends COVID-19 lockdown
3 years, 6 months ago

Australia’s Canberra extends COVID-19 lockdown

Al Jazeera  

Australian capital reports 13 new cases as officials extend the city’s hard lockdown until at least September 17. Australia’s Canberra has extended its hard lockdown by a further two weeks as the capital city struggles to contain a surge in the highly infectious Delta variant. Canberra has been in lockdown for three weeks after a spate of cases believed to …

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 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 …

All of Victoria now in lockdown after more than 61 new COVID-19 cases, Shepparton outbreak grows
3 years, 7 months ago

All of Victoria now in lockdown after more than 61 new COVID-19 cases, Shepparton outbreak grows

ABC  

Regional Victoria has been placed back into lockdown, childcare has been closed to all but essential workers and rules have been tightened for Melbourne workplaces, Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed. Key points: The whole state entered the same lockdown settings from 1:00pm Saturday, but regional Victoria avoided a curfew Of the 61 new cases, 48 are linked to known outbreaks …

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 …

COVID-19 latest news: New South Wales records 452 cases, Victoria reports 24 during Melbourne's extended lockdown
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 latest news: New South Wales records 452 cases, Victoria reports 24 during Melbourne's extended lockdown

ABC  

It's another big day of coronavirus news across Australia, so let's quickly bring you up to speed on what you need to know. Here's how today's stats break down: 129 were linked to a known case or cluster The sources of the other 323 are still being investigated 30 cases were infectious in the community 24 were in isolation for …

Coronavirus Australia: 80% of NSW in lockdown after Covid escaped Sydney with police given new power
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus Australia: 80% of NSW in lockdown after Covid escaped Sydney with police given new power

Daily Mail  

Sydney's Covid crisis is now a reality for 80 per cent of people living across New South Wales, with 6.6 million in the state under lockdown. 80 per cent of people in New South Wales live in the locked down regions highlighted in red Police have been given greater powers to crack down on Covid rule-breakers amid fears people are …

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 …

Coronarvirus cases increase for second day in a row
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronarvirus cases increase for second day in a row

Daily Mail  

Coronavirus cases have increased for the second day in a row with Department of Health bosses today reporting a further 28,612 infections, a 9.6 per cent on last Saturday's figure of 26,144. Office for National Statistics data released today shows the number of people infected with the virus fell from 856,200 to 722,300 in the week ending July 31 SAGE …

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 …

Victoria records new locally acquired COVID-19 case in Gippsland, state's Bass Coast Shire
3 years, 7 months ago

Victoria records new locally acquired COVID-19 case in Gippsland, state's Bass Coast Shire

ABC  

Victoria has recorded another new locally acquired COVID-19 case in Gippsland, in the state's east. Key points: A testing site worker is the only case who was in the community during their infectious period Authorities have now linked him to the current outbreak Parts of a Hawthorn apartment building are now listed as a tier 1 site with residents told …

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 …

Sydney tightens lockdown as Australia’s COVID-19 cases rise
3 years, 8 months ago

Sydney tightens lockdown as Australia’s COVID-19 cases rise

Al Jazeera  

Building sites ordered shut, as authorities ban non-essential retail and threaten fines for employers who make staff report for work in person. The Australian city of Sydney has ordered a shutdown of building sites, banned non-essential retail and threatened fines for employers who make staff come into the office as new COVID-19 cases kept rising three weeks into a citywide …

Victoria records 19 COVID cases on day two of lockdown, with 18 infectious in community
3 years, 8 months ago

Victoria records 19 COVID cases on day two of lockdown, with 18 infectious in community

ABC  

Victoria has recorded 19 new cases of COVID-19 on the second day of a five-day lockdown. Key points: Eighteen of the new cases were infectious while in the community There are now 10,000 primary close contacts who have been identified by health authorities There have been cases associated with communities outside Melbourne such as Ballan, Bacchus Marsh and Phillip Island …

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 …

NSW records 38 local COVID-19 cases, police to launch major operation in south western Sydney
3 years, 8 months ago

NSW records 38 local COVID-19 cases, police to launch major operation in south western Sydney

ABC  

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has begged Sydneysiders not to visit family and friends after NSW recorded 38 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases. Key points: Gladys Berejiklian says there are still too many people infectious in the community She's imploring people to only visit other households for compassionate reasons There are 40 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 11 in intensive …

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 …

Melbourne's path out of COVID-19 restrictions was looking clear — then suddenly it wasn't
3 years, 9 months ago

Melbourne's path out of COVID-19 restrictions was looking clear — then suddenly it wasn't

ABC  

Melburnians are awaking to some welcome new freedoms today after a tough two-week "circuit-breaker" coronavirus lockdown. The new cases were unwelcome news on Melbourne's last day of lockdown and authorities swiftly walked back their positive attitude about Melbourne's restrictions easing again in a week. This tweak to the restrictions was described as "a small thing" by Deputy Chief Health Officer …

Covid-19 Australia: Shock Covid case found in Queensland after couple fled lockdown Melbourne
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: Shock Covid case found in Queensland after couple fled lockdown Melbourne

Daily Mail  

A woman who left Melbourne while it was in lockdown and went on a road trip through three states has tested positive for coronavirus in Queensland. They then travelled through regional Victoria, crossed the border into NSW where they visited regional centres, and then entered Queensland on June 5 - two days after she started showing symptoms of coronavirus. A …

Melbourne to exit lockdown with COVID cases controlled
3 years, 9 months ago

Melbourne to exit lockdown with COVID cases controlled

Al Jazeera  

Authorities in Melbourne will relax a COVID-19 lockdown as planned on Thursday night, saying people’s adherence to the strict rules had “changed the course” of a coronavirus outbreak in Australia’s second-largest city. Everyone should be absolutely proud of what we have all achieved together,” Victoria state acting Premier James Merlino told reporters in Melbourne on Wednesday. “But we know this …

Covid detected in 10 sewage systems across Melbourne
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid detected in 10 sewage systems across Melbourne

Daily Mail  

An urgent alert has been issued after Covid was 'unexpectedly' detected in the sewage systems of 10 suburbs across Melbourne where there are no active cases. An urgent alert has been issued after Covid was detected in the sewage systems of 10 suburbs across Melbourne The Department has guaranteed additional resources will be used to increase wastewater testing in the …

Melbourne public housing tower residents call for more deep cleaning during COVID outbreak
3 years, 9 months ago

Melbourne public housing tower residents call for more deep cleaning during COVID outbreak

ABC  

Public housing tower residents who endured the nation's harshest hard lockdown last year say they are concerned not enough has been done by Victorian authorities to support the communities during the Melbourne outbreak. Key points: Residents who asked for scaled-up deep cleaning in response to the outbreak were told it would be done if a positive case emerged A residents' …

COVID lockdown in Australia’s Melbourne extended by a week
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID lockdown in Australia’s Melbourne extended by a week

Al Jazeera  

Country’s second-biggest city is stepping up contact tracing and testing to curb spread of ‘quicker’ variant. A coronavirus lockdown in Melbourne, Australia’s second-biggest city, will be extended by another seven days, authorities have announced as they attempt to stamp out a cluster of cases that emerged in Melbourne last month. ‘Some things won’t change’ Meanwhile, beyond the Greater Melbourne area, …

The coronavirus mystery case that holds the key to Victoria getting on top of its outbreak
3 years, 9 months ago

The coronavirus mystery case that holds the key to Victoria getting on top of its outbreak

ABC  

It's been a week since four locally acquired COVID-19 cases in Melbourne's north were uncovered, ending three months of no community transmission across the state. Contact tracers are still trying to establish how a staff member at the Arcare Maidstone aged care facility in Melbourne's west, a woman in her 50s, picked up the virus. Mr Weimar indicated that test …

Wild conspiracy theories emerge that Victorian Premier Dan Andrews was pushed down stairs and bashed
3 years, 9 months ago

Wild conspiracy theories emerge that Victorian Premier Dan Andrews was pushed down stairs and bashed

Daily Mail  

Wild conspiracy theories have emerged about how Dan Andrews suffered his serious back injury that saw him temporarily step down as Victorian Premier. This is one of just two pictures the usually prominent politician has appeared in since the accident Wild conspiracy theories have emerged claiming Dan Andrews' fall down the stairs of his holiday home actually occurred at a …

MELBOURNE POSTCODES HIT WITH COVID-19 CASES
3 years, 10 months ago

MELBOURNE POSTCODES HIT WITH COVID-19 CASES

Daily Mail  

Read articles that feature this panel How all it took was an 18 SECOND exposure to the contagious Indian Covid variant to send seven million into lockdown - as supermarkets place. Vaccination hub is added to Victoria's growing list of Covid exposure sites as Melbourne continues to battle its latest outbreak A Covid-infected person visited Preston City Hall on Gower …

Millions in Australia plunged into snap COVID-19 lockdown
3 years, 10 months ago

Millions in Australia plunged into snap COVID-19 lockdown

Al Jazeera  

Nearly seven million people in state of Victoria will have to stay at home for a week in bid to contain new cluster of cases. Nearly seven million people in Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria will start a snap lockdown on Thursday night, as officials blame a sluggish vaccine rollout and hotel quarantine failures for a fresh virus outbreak …

Victoria's 'serious' COVID-19 outbreak — here's what we know about the new cases so far
3 years, 10 months ago

Victoria's 'serious' COVID-19 outbreak — here's what we know about the new cases so far

ABC  

The next few days will be crucial to see how many new cases emerge from a cluster of coronavirus cases linked to Melbourne's northern and western suburbs. Genomic sequencing has confirmed the cases in the new cluster are all linked to the Wollert case but the "missing link" has not yet been found. Next, five new cases in the City …

COVID curbs reimposed in Melbourne after five cases discovered
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID curbs reimposed in Melbourne after five cases discovered

Al Jazeera  

Authorities in Australia’s second-biggest city says restrictions will be in force until June 4 as they scramble to find source of new infections. Australia’s second-largest city Melbourne has reimposed COVID-19 restrictions as authorities scrambled to find the missing link in a fresh outbreak in the city’s north that has grown to five cases. All five cases involve a single extended …

NSW records no new cases of COVID-19 as restrictions continue
3 years, 10 months ago

NSW records no new cases of COVID-19 as restrictions continue

ABC  

NSW has recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8:00pm Friday night. Sydney hotel quarantine data Photo shows people wearing masks and pulling bags with wheels walk on the footpath COVID-19 cases acquired in India are escalating in Sydney's quarantine hotels, but are yet to exceed the number of infections from the US, NSW …

Australia’s NSW scrambles after locally-acquired COVID case
3 years, 10 months ago

Australia’s NSW scrambles after locally-acquired COVID case

Al Jazeera  

Man from Sydney’s eastern suburbs is first to acquire the virus locally in more than a month. Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales on Wednesday has reported its first locally acquired COVID-19 case in more than a month, sending authorities rushing to trace the source of the virus. A man in his 50s who tested positive for the …

NSW records three locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in Sydney
3 years, 11 months ago

NSW records three locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine in Sydney

ABC  

New South Wales has again recorded locally acquired coronavirus cases, after the virus was transmitted in hotel quarantine. Key points: Two families have been diagnosed with the same COVID-19 viral sequencing The families are being treated at the Special Health Accommodation Latest cases come amid a rising wave of vaccine hesitancy The state's health department said three people in one …

Brisbane COVID-19 community transmission case puts city on alert after man visits multiple public venues while infectious
4 years ago

Brisbane COVID-19 community transmission case puts city on alert after man visits multiple public venues while infectious

ABC  

Queensland has recorded one new case of locally transmitted coronavirus, with a 26-year-old Brisbane man infectious in the community since last Friday. Key points: The man visited several locations across Brisbane and the Moreton Bay region before testing positive to coronavirus Aged care facilities, prisons and hospitals will no longer accept visitors except for in end-of-life circumstances The Chief Health …

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