Hospitalisations are still growing but at a slower rate,and both bed and intensive care numbers are tracking just below best-case scenarios. But there are lessons we must learn from this outbreak to help us in the next wave.
My family has done everything possible to protect my two vulnerable grandchildren over the past 22 months. But on Christmas Eve,COVID-19 finally caught up with them.
The daily case counts are confronting but closing schools in light of them is unjustified. We don’t do it for other common viruses and we should no longer do it for COVID-19.
The Health Minister revealed a third of all tests results processed in Victoria on Wednesday were positive,as the national tally of new cases exceeded 72,000.
Our six-year-old is not yet eligible for a vaccine and while we are all exhausted from our isolation,we have sacrificed too much,for too long,to find ourselves spending yet another holiday in intensive care.
The decision to stay firm on a five-month interval for boosters is based on sound reasoning.
What does the science say about boosters? How do they hold up against Omicron? And how many are we likely to need?
This was not the holiday 81 Byron backpackers were expecting. If it was a reality show,it would be called “I’m not a celebrity,so I won’t be getting out of here”. No,you won’t. For good reason.
It’s ridden roughshod over our lives but when coronavirus arrived in mine the ride was surprisingly gentle.
Queensland recorded no new community cases on Saturday as the state’s vaccination push continues ahead of the planned reopening.
A $44 million package of initiatives is aimed at revitalising the central city in the wake of the pandemic as the ambulance service struggles to cope with increased demand.