Concerns for the vulnerable over scrapping of isolation rules
The Northern Territory’s leading health organisation has expressed concerns for vulnerable Aboriginal communities, in light of the decision to end COVID isolation.
Prime Minister Anthony...
No more masks in most indoor settings from Friday
As hospitalisation rates decline and third dose vaccination rates increase, a number of sensible changes to pandemic orders and public health recommendations in Victoria...
From 18 Jan, exemption from close contact for essential workers
With the number of COVID-19 close contacts continuing to grow, Victoria’s public health team will provide more essential workers with an exemption from close...
COVID hospitalisations increasing in Victoria & NSW
The current winter wave of Omicron has seen those aged 60 years and over adversely affected, with higher levels of hospitalisation, especially in Victoria...
Victoria’s deadliest month since the pandemic began
Omicron’s sub-variants BA.4.5 and BA.5 have taken hold nationally.
Victoria recorded more than six-hundred (650) COVID related deaths in July, surpassing the total recorded in...
How long should people with COVID-19 isolate for?
In Australia, people with COVID-19 must self-isolate for at least seven days from the date they test positive.
There are now calls for this period...
Now, all businesses required to use the Govt’s QR code
To help contact tracers keep Victorians safe, all businesses are now required to use the Victorian Government’s QR code through the Service Victoria app,...
$50 million for groundbreaking research into long COVID
The Australian Government will provide a further $50 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for research into post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)—commonly...
PCR Test Isolation Payment to close after tomorrow
Tomorrow will be the final day for Victorians who have taken a PCR test to be eligible to claim the Test Isolation Payment.
Minister for...
People urged to work from home again as new wave hits
People are being urged to work from home as the latest wave of COVID hits, but without mandates the decision is up to individual...