Tag: Australia COVID-19

EU Approves CCP Virus Vaccine Shipments to Australia

Australia’s first shipment of vaccines for COVID-19 has been formally approved and will arrive in the country within weeks. The European Union has approved the export of vaccines to 23 countries including Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is tight-lipped on when the jabs will reach Australian shores, saying he will have more to say “in…


Leading Physician Frustrated at WA Mismanagement of CCP Virus Quarantine

A prominent medical professional has expressed frustration at the hotel quarantine system in Western Australia (WA) and believes that the lockdown resulted from health officials ignoring the warnings of medical experts. WA Australian Medical Association president Dr. Andrew Miller has blamed the lack of a strict mask policy and air ventilation within the quarantine hotels…


Quarantine Worker Infected at Hotel for Australian Open Players, Restrictions Tighten

New restrictions have been imposed in Victoria after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, on Wednesday. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced that restrictions on gatherings would be reduced to 15, wearing masks indoor will be mandatory again, and planned increases to the number of employees returning…


Several States Shut Borders After Western Australia’s Emergency Lockdown

Several states have closed their borders to West Australians (WA) following a single locally acquired CCP virus case in Perth. After a hotel quarantine worker tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, the WA state government issued a five-day lockdown for the…


Australian COVID Vaccine Program Receives $1.9B Boost

Almost $2 billion will be spent equipping hospitals and other health centres to administer COVID-19 vaccines. Prime Minister Scott Morrison will make the funding commitment during a major speech to the National Press Club in Canberra on February 1. Morrison says vaccinating 26 million Australians by the end of the year will be one of…


Australian COVID Vaccine Program Receives $1.9 Billion Boost

Almost $2 billion will be spent equipping hospitals and other health centres to administer COVID-19 vaccines. Prime Minister Scott Morrison will make the funding commitment during a major speech to the National Press Club in Canberra on Feb. 1. Morrison says vaccinating 26 million Australians by the end of the year will be one of…


NSW Mum Makes Covid-Killing Disinfectant

If you had told Sophie Westlake this time last year that she would soon create a disinfectant to battle a virus causing a global pandemic, she would have “keeled over in laughter”. But 2020 was as full of surprises for Westlake as for anyone. The mother of four, who lives in the southern highlands of…


Recovering Job Market to Ease JobKeeper Withdrawal Fears: Report

According to a new report, a recovering jobs market is easing concerns Australia’s economy will struggle to cope with the end of the JobKeeper subsidy in March. In December, job figures revealed a decline in the unemployment rate from 6.8 percent to 6.7 percent, a contrast to the 7.5 percent in July during the depths…


Months to Go Before New ‘COVID Normal’ in Australia

Governments will not be able to say what “the new normal” will look like before a COVID-19 vaccine is rolled out widely. And chief medical officer Paul Kelly doesn’t expect that COVID-safe normal to appear until the second half of 2021. ‘It is a bit hard to tell now … I can’t look into my…


Australia Fights to Keep UK Strain at Bay

As highly infectious mutant strains of COVID-19 spread globally, Australia is fighting hard to keep them at bay. Victoria, NSW and the Northern Territory all revealed positive cases of the virulent UK strain in hotel quarantine on January 9, while Brisbane and surrounding communities were in lockdown because of one locally acquired UK strain case….