The human biosecurity period under the Biosecurity Act 2015 has been extended for a further two months. The emergency period, which has been in place since 18 March 2020, will now continue until 17 April ...
Cases of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron have escalated globally over the past two months, with many countries experiencing peaks higher than previous variants. Now the world is seeing cases of a sub-variant of Omicron, known as ...
New research continues to affirm the safety of the covid-19 vaccines for people planning or expecting to have children. The study found no evidence that vaccination affected the outcomes of patients getting in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), ...
Australians aged 18+ will now have access to a fourth COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (Novavax) in coming weeks, after the Australian Government accepted advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) that it be included ...
Two years ago COVID arrived in Australia. In that time it has changed the world but it hasn’t changed the fundamentals of Australia. In a world with over 5.5 million lives lost officially and more ...
The Australian Government has implemented further measures to protect remote communities during the current COVID-19 outbreak in the Northern Territory, in line with the local requirements announced by the Northern Territory Government. As Minister for ...
International development organisation CBM Australia has released the Leave No One Behind report, together with a compelling video, summarising the profound impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities globally, and the compelling need for disability ...
The following are the recent COVID-19 statistics recorded by NSW Health: Across NSW, 95.2% of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 93.8% have received two doses ...
NSW health workers are facing unprecedented demands and are exhausted as thousands of patients are admitted each day, a senior Sydney doctor has warned.”Our capacity to manage everything else has really changed,” said lung specialist ...
Tonga’s strict quarantine measures designed to keep COVID-19 out of the country may complicate relief efforts following the tsunami and volcanic eruption in the Pacific island nation. Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Tonga had not ...
Australian Council of Social Service CEO Cassandra Goldie, as well as disability advocates, says the federal government has not grappled with the reality that vulnerable, disabled people are the most at risk “of the ravages ...
Quebec, Canada’s second most populous province, is planning to force adults refusing to get COVID-19 vaccinations to pay a “health contribution” in a move likely to spur a debate about individual rights and social responsibility. ...
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