While people are now able to travel freely in Australia’s more populated east, COVID-19-free Western Australia will maintain its tight restrictions into next year, state leaders said Friday. Western Australia is the largest state, covering a third of Australia’s land…
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Australia, Israel impose new curbs as Delta threatens
Australia and Israel, which had been successful in fending off COVID-19, reimposed restrictions on Friday as cases surged of the highly contagious Delta variant, which is also threatening Africa, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. Large parts of Sydney entered lockdown,…
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Australia has 2nd likely AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine clot case
AstraZeneca US chief lauds new vaccine, dismisses blood clot concerns AZ US President Ruud Dobber tells ‘Your World’ studies showed no significant clotting side effects CANBERRA, Australia – Australian authorities have identified a second case of a rare blot clot…
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Australia says EU asked it to withdraw vaccine export permit applications
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia said on Wednesday the European Union asked it to withdraw export permit applications for AstraZeneca PLC’s COVID-19 vaccine, ratcheting up its dispute with Europe over access to pre-purchased inoculations.FILE PHOTO: Vial labelled “AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…
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Sewage study shows US, Netherlands and Australia like to party hard
The Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and the United States are consuming the highest amounts of designer ‘party’ drugs, according to wastewater samples taken from eight countries over the New Year period. Despite deaths and hospitalisations linked to many new psychoactive…
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Australia starts vaccine rollout amid controversy
Australia launched its public rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine Monday amid protests over the campaign, including a vocal show of opposition by crowds at the final of the Australian Open. Some 60,000 doses are set to be given this week,…
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If Australia really wants to tackle mental health after coronavirus, we must take action on homelessness
The COVID-19 pandemic has opened fault lines in social, economic and health-care policy in Australia. One area in which all three converge is homelessness. It’s almost impossible to practise self-isolation and good hygiene if you’re living on the streets or…
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Australia launches app to trace coronavirus contacts
Australia has launched a smartphone app to trace people who come in contact with coronavirus patients despite privacy concerns that authorities insisted Sunday were unwarranted. The COVIDSafe app uses a phone’s Bluetooth wireless signal to store information about people’s interactions,…
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Coronavirus: What causes a ‘second wave’ of disease outbreak, and could we see this in Australia?
Following the emergence and rapid spread of COVID-19, several countries have succeeded in bringing local outbreaks under control. The most dramatic of these is China, where large scale restrictions on people’s movement appear to have halted domestic transmission. South Korea,…
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