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HealthSA has 2062 new cases, virus stabilising

South Australia has reported 2062 new COVID-19 cases, marginally fewer than on Saturday, and no virus-related deaths.

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Deadly bug Perth’s record heat prompts fatal brain bug warning

Perth’s record-breaking heatwave could be the catalyst for a potentially fatal brain bug, experts have warned.

Tim Clarke

HealthSchool COVID plans revealed, 58 deaths

A further 58 virus-related deaths were recorded across the country on Sunday as its two biggest states announced their return-to-school plans.

Colin Brinsden

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Is WA health review a sick joke?

Labor must explain why it chose a tarnished Victorian bureaucrat to lead review into WA’s health system.

Paul Murray

HealthSA virus cases fall by almost a third

South Australia has reported 2193 new COVID-19 cases, almost a third fewer than on Friday, but three more virus-related deaths.

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HealthQld records 10 deaths, 15,050 virus cases

Queensland has recorded another 10 COVID-19 deaths and 15,050 cases as the first international flight arrives after quarantine requirements were relaxed..

Nick Gibbs

Game changerAustralia to get world-class eating disorder research centre

Nearly one million Australians with an eating disorder will soon have access to a world-leading research centre.

Kimberley Caines

Mental tollVideoCommentsPremium‘Set a date’: AMA boss demands border reopening clarity

AMA WA president Mark Duncan-Smith has called for Premier Mark McGowan to urgently set a date for border reopening after revoking the February 5 plan. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Health'Despair' as NSW weighs surgery risk

Whether people can return to hospital for scheduled surgery next month depends on how hospitals fare in coming weeks, as patients report feeling "despair".

Phoebe Loomes

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IKEA, enex 100 on latest exposure site list

A dozen new COVID-19 exposure sites have been added to Healthy WA’s swelling list— including the busy Innaloo IKEA and a Booragoon gym.

Charlotte Elton

HealthTweets from CHO on child vaccination fake

Social media posts, purportedly from the NSW chief health officer, that laud three child deaths from vaccination as a "great result" are fake and incorrect.

Tiffanie Turnbull

Coronavirus (COVID-19)NT back to school plan, 432 COVID-19 cases

Chief Minister Michael Gunner has rolled out the Northern Territory's back to school plan as 432 new COVID-19 cases are detected.

Aaron Bunch

Exposure sites IGA shoppers told to get COVID tested immediately

An alert has been issued for shoppers at popular supermarket in Perth’s south to get tested for COVID immediately after it was added to Healthy WA’s swelling COVID exposure site list.

Peta Rasdien

Waiting gameCommentsWhy the Novavax jab might sway the unvaccinated

The Novavax jab has been approved — but will the unvaccinated who have been waiting for it finally roll up their sleeves?

Charlotte Elton

HealthWA border closure 'failure of vaccination'

The premier's decision to leave Western Australia's borders closed has left thousands of people separated from their loved ones and businesses in limbo.

Michael Ramsey

HealthOmicron sends childcare centres scrambling

Hundreds of childcare centres have temporarily shut their doors due to the virus, and there are calls for more financial support to avoid permanent closures.

Hannah Ryan

HealthSA cases fall, outbreak may have peaked

South Australia has reported 3023 new coronavirus cases and six deaths amid growing hopes the peak of the state's current outbreak has been reached.

Tim Dornin

‘We are not ready’CommentsPremiumFiona Stanley COVID-19 workers ‘not issued N95 masks’: Union

The health workers who dealt with a COVID-19 infected patient at Fiona Stanley Hospital were not issued with N95 masks, WA’s nursing union claims, while urging the Government to delay the border opening.

Charlotte Elton

HealthNT remote COVID clusters grow, 459 cases

The Northern Territory has recorded 459 new COVID-19 cases as the virus continues to spread through remote Indigenous communities.

Aaron Bunch

HealthWA shelves COVID-19 border reopening plan

Western Australia's hard borders will remain in place indefinitely after Premier Mark McGowan backflipped on plans to implement a COVID-19 transition plan.

Michael Ramsey

‘Getting balance right’CommentsCOVID-19 isolation period to stay at seven days: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says there will be no change to the COVID-19 isolation rules, after meeting with State and Territory leaders on Thursday. 

Kimberley Caines

Latest updateCommentsMystery surrounds one of five new WA COVID cases

One of WA’s new virus cases includes a person who has no known links to either the Omicron-driven Cockburn cluster or the Delta cluster associated with a French backpacker.

Josh Zimmerman

HealthACT case numbers drop, 892 new infections

The number of new COVID cases in the ACT has nearly halved in just one day, while hospital figures are up.

Andrew Brown

HealthEleven virus deaths in SA as cases rise

South Australia has reported another 11 deaths among people with COVID-19 and 3777 infections.

Tim Dornin