Victoria’s proposed COVID-19 quarantine facility is dependent on federal funding and won’t be ready until the end of the year. The state government has confirmed the preferred site for the facility will be next to the Mickleham post-entry pet quarantine centre, a commonwealth site about 40km north of Melbourne. The 500-bed facility would cost about…
Victorian Government Purpose Built Quarantine Facility Dependent On Federal Funding
National Cabinet Meets To Discuss Vaccine Rollout
The meeting of the National Cabinet will aim to get the nation’s vaccine program back on track and discuss ways to ease international border restrictions, perhaps later in the year. One route in and out of the country has already eased, after restrictions on two-way travel between Australia and New Zealand were loosened on Sunday…
Australia’s Borders May Not Open Even if Whole Country is Vaccinated: Health Minister
Australia’s federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has suggested that opening international borders for travel won’t just be tied to achieving COVID-19 vaccination goals but will depend on a series of factors. “Vaccination alone is no guarantee that you can open up,” he told reporters on April 13, adding that “you couldn’t just open the borders”…
Australia Rules Out Buying Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
The federal government has decided against buying the one-dose Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine to boost the nation’s immunisation stocks. The government was in talks with the pharmaceutical giant, which had asked for initial approval for its vaccine from Australia’s medicine regulator. But Health Minister Greg Hunt has ruled out proceeding with the purchase at…
NSW Residents Urged to Cancel Their QLD Easter Holidays
The New South Wales (NSW) government has urged the state’s residents to cancel any holiday plans to Queensland as Brisbane battles an emerging coronavirus outbreak. Greater Brisbane has been ordered into a snap three-day lockdown after a coronavirus cluster grew to seven cases, sparking fears of significant community transmission. In addition, NSW is on high…
Victoria Eliminates Local Transmission of Covid-19 After 28 Days
Victoria appears to have eliminated local transmission of the coronavirus after going four weeks without any new transmission of the virus. The Victorian Health Department confirmed the milestone on Friday, following another 13,800 tests and said that 28 days with no new infections means the virus has been eliminated from the community, given that timeframe represents…
More Exposure Sites Added To Health Alert as Quarantine Worker Contracts COVID-19
NSW Health has published a new public health alert after a 47-year-old security guard, who worked at two quarantine hotels, the Sofitel Hotel in Wentworth and the Mantra Hotel in Haymarket, tested positive to COVID-19 on the weekend. This marks the end of NSW’s 56-day COVID-free record. In a media release on Monday, NSW Health…
Victoria Records 2 New Local COVID-19 Cases
The Australian state of Victoria has recorded two new locally acquired cases of coronavirus, both linked to the Holiday Inn outbreak. The state’s health department on Tuesday confirmed the state recorded four new COVID-19 cases—the other two in hotel quarantine—on the fourth day of its five-day “circuit breaker” lockdown. Almost 24,000 people were tested for…
Australian MP Under Fire for Support of Hydroxychloroquine
Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly has endured heavy backlash from political opponents for his wary stance of the government’s immediate COVID-19 vaccination plans and his support for vaccine supplements. The outspoken Liberal member of Parliament for Hughes said that he is not an anti-vaxxer but he prefers a “wait to see” approach to learn from other vaccination…
Australian MP Under Fire for Sharing Information on Hydroxychloroquine
Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly has endured heavy backlash from political opponents for his wary stance of the government’s immediate COVID-19 vaccination plans and his sharing information on potential vaccine supplements. The outspoken Liberal member of Parliament for Hughes said that he is not an anti-vaxxer but he prefers a “wait to see” approach to learn…
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