More Northbridge nightclub, a party boat and string of South West venues have been added to the Health Department’s latest list of COVID exposure sites.
Natalie Richards
An Australian medical assistance team has been deployed to the Solomon Islands to help combat an outbreak of COVID-19.
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The latest snapshot of COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccinations in Australia at 1615 AEDT on Saturday, January 29.
Phoebe Loomes
The cluster of COVID cases associated with The Library nightclub has spiked to 14 - accounting for the majority of the 22 new infections diagnosed overnight.
Josh Zimmerman
Another 12 people have died with COVID-19 in Queensland as the chief health officer inadvertently gave an insight into the state's back to school plan.
Laine Clark
Another 620 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the ACT, with hospitalisations falling to 61.
Covid’s Omicron wave has peaked among part of Queensland’s population with a warning there’s a change in those now most at risk.
Ryan Young
Tasmania has reported 683 new COVID-19 infections, with 17 people now in hospital.
NSW has recorded its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic with 49 deaths and 13,354 new cases.
Phoebe Loomes and Jack Gramenz
NSW has had its deadliest day of the pandemic along with another 13,354 cases of Covid.
Courtney Gould
Victoria has recorded a huge fall in COVID cases from the previous 24 hours but authorities are bracing for another rise.
Victoria's COVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar says a "handful" of Omicron sub-variant cases have been detected in the state.
Emily Woods
Multiple popular venues owned by the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination on Monday, in a change Mayor John Bowler described as ‘two years in the making’.Â
Tom Robinson
While rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 are in short supply, one group is set to enjoy access to truckloads of tests that are being stored in a secret warehouse.
Anton Nilsson
Hong Kong officials say they will offer a one-off payment to shops affected by the culling of all hamsters on sale amid a coronavirus outbreak.
Greg Torode and Marius Zaharia
Spain and Canada have moved past the worst of their latest coronavirus wave, officials say as infection numbers fall.
All I can say is ‘good luck’ to the schools that expected to navigate the confusing isolation requirements of teachers and students when the inevitable Omicron wave hits.
Peter Law
Health authorities in the UK say they will start rolling out Pfizer's COVID-19 pill to people with compromised immune systems next month.
Alistair Smout
Australia has recorded a near record 97 new COVID-19 fatalities, a day after 98 deaths were reported.
A Japanese representative says the government plans to carefully watch a WHO investigation into bullying claims against regional director Takeshi Kasai.
MARI YAMAGUCHI, JAMEY KEATEN and ROD McGUIRK (Associated Press)
Israel will receive five million Novavax COVID-19 vaccine doses in the coming months, officials say.
Ari Rabinovitch
An overwhelming majority of West Australians want nothing to do with Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party at the Federal election, a new poll has revealed.
Lanai Scarr
Education Minister Sue Ellery has vowed that WA schools will not close for a COVID-19 outbreak after case numbers ramp up.
Bethany Hiatt
Local businesses say WA’s quarantine restrictions leave them no choice but to switch their headquarters to eastern Australia until the State reopens.
Sean Smith and Adrian Lowe
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