The 40-49-year old age group have been eligible for the Pfizer vaccine since June 10. Yet new data reveals the vast majority of WA’s Gen Xers haven’t had a single dose.
Charlotte Elton
Health Minister Roger Cook is calling on all healthcare workers to ‘lead by example’ and get themselves vaccinated, with over over 40,000 healthcare staff not yet jabbed.
Peter Law
South Australia has reported two new cases in the latest cluster of COVID-19 infections but both are in hotel quarantine.
Tim Dornin
Queensland authorities are tracking passengers on a Perth to Brisbane flight and guests at two backpacker hostels who came into contact with a COVID-19 case.
Marty Silk
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan says a first person has used the state's newly activated assisted dying laws.
A West Australian with a terminal illness has voluntarily ended their own life, becoming the first in the State to make use of new legislation that came into effect at the start of the month.
Josh Zimmerman
The Biden Administration will require millions of federal workers to get vaccinated, or submit to a regime of regular testing, masking and social distancing.
ALEXANDRA JAFFE and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
As six million Sydneysiders stare down the barrel of another month of lockdown, the NSW Government has confirmed a worrying spike in local cases and two new deaths. SEE THE LATEST COVID UPDATES.
US and EU travellers who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus will be able to enter Britain without going into quarantine
Neil Lancefield, PA Transport Correspondent
New data from Pfizer shows the efficacy of its coronavirus vaccine falls slightly in the six months after the second dose, but protection remains strong.
AAP
NSW has reported 239 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and at least 88 of those people were in the community for all or part of their infectious period.
The wellbeing of adult Australians last year lifted to reach its highest score in 20 years despite the challenges of the pandemic, a survey has found.
West Australians aged 60-64 are the most AstraZeneca resistant cohort in the nation, with nearly 45 per cent yet to receive a first vaccine jab nearly three months after it was first offered to them.
People in the southwest Sydney suburb of Campsie, where there are high rates of COVID-19 transmission, have paid hundreds of dollars to be vaccinated.
Hannah Ryan and Andi Yu
Fears regional NSW MPs and their staff could seed coronavirus around the state have prompted the next sittings of parliament's lower house to be postponed.
Luke Costin
Six more COVID-19 cases have been detected on board the MV Darya Krishna while one seafarer taken from the cargo ship Monday is in intensive care at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
The latest snapshot of COVID-19 cases, measures and impacts in Australia at 16.30 AEST on Wednesday, July 28, 2021.
The NSW government is working on a plan to implement rapid antigen testing on worksites and in schools to help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks.
Gina Rushton
SA Health says there has been some fake text messages circulating which wrongly direct people into COVID-19 quarantine.
The Australian Nursing Federation’s WA branch has warned the State’s ‘struggling’ hospitals make virus breaches likely.
The Northern Territory government is moving to boost the COVID-19 vaccine rollout with more appointments opened up.
The number of admissions at a Brisbane hospital for preterm caesarean and induced births halved between March and April 2020, new research shows.
Queensland's Chief Health Officer says another COVID-19 case following hotel quarantine is evidence the state needs dedicated quarantine facilities.
Fraser Barton
Brisbane risks a COVID-19 outbreak after a man was infectious in the Queensland capital for six days, with a hospital emergency department now a hotspot.
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