COVID 19

After putting their weddings on hold during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Australian couples were keen to get their happily ever after last year, but ongoing restrictions led

A recent spike in COVID-19 cases brought on by the new Omicron variant XBB could trigger a fresh wave across the country, health authorities have warned. Chief

China has reported its highest number of new COVID-19 infections in six months, a day after health officials said they were sticking with strict coronavirus curbs, likely

China will persevere with its "dynamic-clearing" approach to COVID-19 cases as soon as they emerge, health officials say, adding measures must be implemented more

New offshoots of the dominant BA.5 subvariant of Omicron known as BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are gaining ground in the United States as the SARS-Cov-2 virus that triggered the COVID-19

Italy's new government has lifted the coronavirus vaccination requirement for health workers in hospitals and nursing homes. As of Tuesday, about 4000 health

An independent review will examine Western Australia's COVID-19 pandemic response as the state of emergency finally comes to its end. The emergency powers,

China's largest city, Shanghai, is ordering mass testing on all 1.3 million residents of its Yangpu district and confining them to their homes at least until results are

A cruise ship with COVID-19 cases on board has docked near Perth, with most passengers free to disembark after returning negative tests. The Coral Princess

The federal health minister does not expect summer to bring with it the steep spike in COVID cases that was experienced last year. While isolation requirements

Passengers and crew on the first major cruise liner to visit Western Australia since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have tested positive for the virus.

New Zealand is dismantling the legislative framework for most of its COVID-19 restrictions, but keeping its seven-day isolation and limited mask-wearing provisions as cases

When COVID-19 hit Australia, the country's top health bureaucrats were bracing for something big - but even they were yet to grasp the enormity of the looming crisis.

Australians who test positive to COVID-19 will no longer have to isolate, with mandatory stay-at-home orders officially scrapped. The changes took effect on

Long COVID clinics across the country are being inundated with requests for assessments from patients struggling with ongoing symptoms, an inquiry has heard.

Western Sydney residents endured an unequal lockdown imposed by the NSW government during the COVID-19 Delta outbreak, a report has found. People from Sydney's

Victoria's "white elephant" quarantine facility will close within days as Australia's COVID-19 pandemic response continues to wind down. The

National cabinet's call to scrap the compulsory isolation period for people with COVID-19 is "100 per cent the right decision", NSW's premier says.

The scrapping of COVID-19 isolation rules has come too soon after a string of major events that could lead to a spike in infections, doctors say. The head of

COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to fall across the country as experts question the utility of weekly virus data dumps. The federal health department released