Case numbers are alarming in NSW but there’s room for optimism

Case numbers are alarming in NSW but there’s room for optimism

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.

  • byGreg Dore

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I hold Morrison and Perrottet personally responsible for making my grandchildren suffer

I hold Morrison and Perrottet personally responsible for making my grandchildren suffer

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.

  • byChris Sidoti
It’s time for children’s lives to return to normal - schools must stay open

It’s time for children’s lives to return to normal - schools must stay open

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.

  • byPhilip Britton andPhoebe Williams
Victoria puts focus on rapid COVID tests,tightens hospitality density limits

Victoria puts focus on rapid COVID tests,tightens hospitality density limits

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.

  • byPaul Sakkal andTammy Mills
As a parent of a medically fragile child,I feel betrayed by the lifting of restrictions

As a parent of a medically fragile child,I feel betrayed by the lifting of restrictions

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.

  • byHolly Karten
There are risks in bringing forward boosters;we need to play the long game

There are risks in bringing forward boosters;we need to play the long game

The decision to stay firm on a five-month interval for boosters is based on sound reasoning.

  • byAllen Cheng
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Why do we need vaccine boosters and how do they work?

Why do we need vaccine boosters and how do they work?

What does the science say about boosters? How do they hold up against Omicron? And how many are we likely to need?

  • bySherryn Groch
Welcome to Byron,for lockdown by the sea

Welcome to Byron,for lockdown by the sea

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.

  • byMandy Nolan
Two years of covering COVID and it finally came calling

Two years of covering COVID and it finally came calling

It’s ridden roughshod over our lives but when coronavirus arrived in mine the ride was surprisingly gentle.

  • byMathew Dunckley
Qld vaccine push continues as border reopening looms

Qld vaccine push continues as border reopening looms

Queensland recorded no new community cases on Saturday as the state’s vaccination push continues ahead of the planned reopening.

  • byStuart Layt
$150 vouchers for CBD diners,new city attractions to boost recovery

$150 vouchers for CBD diners,new city attractions to boost recovery

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.

  • byAshleigh McMillan