In the 20 months since the CCP virus first came to Australia, it has been linked to the deaths of about 1.19 percent of the about 113,000 total confirmed cases in the country, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Despite low rates of hospitalizations and deaths in comparison to other countries, the state and…
Most Populous Australian State Reaches 80 Percent Fully Vaccinated
The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has reached the 80 percent COVID-19 vaccination threshold that the government required to further ease restrictions for the fully vaccinated. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet took to Twitter on Saturday afternoon to announce it: “80 [percent] in NSW! Been a long wait but we’ve done it.” “Feels great…
MP Kicks-Off Debate to Bring Euthanasia to Last Remaining Australian State
Independent member of Parliament Alex Greenwich has introduced a bill that will kick-off debate around legalising euthanasia in Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW). Currently, NSW is the only state in the country—barring the territories—that has not legalised the practice. Greenwich, who represents the state-level electorate of Sydney—a progressive-leaning district—introduced the Voluntary Assisted…
Whole Country Will Watch New South Wales Open up: Experts
There will be risks and benefits to residents of New South Wales (NSW) as the state reopens after 106 days in lockdown, public health and policy experts say. Having surpassed the 70 per cent double-dose vaccination milestone early last week, gyms, cafes, restaurants, pools, shops, hairdressers and beauticians will reopen in NSW from Monday and…
CNN Denies Australians Access to Its Facebook Pages, Cites Defamation Risk
SYDNEY—CNN said it is preventing Australians from accessing its Facebook pages after a court ruled that publishers can be liable for defamation in public comment sections and the social media firm refused to help it disable comments in the country. The move makes CNN, which is owned by AT&T Inc., the first major news organization…
City Lockdown to Stop Protest Sends ‘Terrible Message’: Australian Human Rights Commissioner
Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner Elaine Pearson has described the decision by Victorian authorities to shut down and divert the capital city’s public transport system to prevent a potential anti-lockdown protest as “neither necessary nor proportionate.” Writing on Twitter on Sept. 16, she added, “And it sends a terrible message to more authoritarian regimes who don’t…
NSW Premier Says ICU Nurses ‘Up for the Challenge’ Despite Letter of Concern
New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklean has said the vast majority of health professionals she’s spoken to were “up for the challenge” of managing a potential surge in COVID-19 patients when the Australian state begins to ease pandemic measures once 70-80 percent of residents are fully vaccinated. This comes after News.com.au exclusively reported that…
‘Call to Arms’: Australian Nurses Returning to ICU to Help Treat COVID-19 Patients
Nurses have been retraining to work in intensive care units to help treat the sickest COVID-19 patients in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), state officials said on Aug. 31. Liverpool Hospital ICU Manager Michelle Dowd said there was a “call to arms,” and a lot of nurses had been deployed to her….
New South Wales Records 1035 New Virus Cases
The New South Wales (NSW) government has reported 1,035 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and two deaths as the Delta strain continues to spread through the locked down state. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says 61,778 people received a vaccine in the 24 hours to 8 p.m. on Friday night. “As we have said…
Freedoms on Offer for Vaccinated Australians in Locked Down State
Fully vaccinated Australians in the locked-down state of New South Wales (NSW) will be offered more freedoms from September after the target of six million CCP virus vaccine doses was achieved, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Aug. 24. “That equates to 60 percent of our population across the state having at least one dose and around…
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