Face masks will no longer be mandatory in all indoor spaces across Victoria, following the state’s eight straight day of no new local cases of coronavirus. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Thursday masks will only be mandatory on domestic flights, at airports, in hospitals,...
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Victorian quarantine case carried UK strain to Qld
Health Minister Martin Foley says Victoria followed national guidelines when it allowed a woman with the UK coronavirus strain to leave after 10 days in isolation. Victoria saw no new locally-acquired cases of coronavirus on Saturday as more than 28,000 people were tested in the...
Daniel Andrews pushes plan to keep UK virus strain out
Daniel Andrews has returned from leave ahead of a crucial national cabinet meeting where he says he will push for Australian jurisdictions to join Victoria in adopting certain hotel quarantine measures. The Victorian Premier said he wants to push mandatory COVID-19 testing of flight crew,...
Rushing vaccine rollout ‘dangerous’: PM
Scott Morrison has condemned calls to speed up a coronavirus vaccine rollout across Australia as “very dangerous”. The Therapeutic Goods Administration was expected to have at least one vaccine approved by the end of January. Batches of the vaccine would then be tested ahead of...
Worst yet to come for US COVID-19 cases
Infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci fears the country is facing a critical point as people travel to celebrate the holiday season. The worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be on the horizon for the US, with a possible surge in cases after the Christmas...
Fauci warns of post-Christmas virus surge
The worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be on the horizon for the US, with a possible surge in cases after the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, the country’s top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has warned. Dr Fauci explained his projections on CNN’s...