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West Australians face being kept indefinitely within their own state after Premier Mark McGowan broke his promise to reopen the state's borders next month.

NSW has recorded its deadliest day of the Covid pandemic with 46 deaths reported overnight. 

Any expansion to what classifies an essential worker will be about managing risk and keeping Australian running amid widespread supply chain shortages, a leading epi...

Many across the Tasman had hoped the end of 2021 would also, finally, signal the end of Covid-19.  After a year riddled with lockdowns, restrictions and bo

The new Covid variant, Omicron, has been imaged for the first time, revealing that it contains many more mutations than the Delta variant. The famed Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome created and released the three-dimensional picture. 

Lower Covid case numbers and increased vaccination rates set the date for the reopening of NSW with residents at their peak protection, says epidemiologist Catherine Bennett.

Worrying data shows hundreds of Covid-positive Australia are waiting more than a day to be spoken to by contact tracers about their movements, indicating the vital service is becoming overwhelmed.

Within two months every state and territory could be completely free of lockdowns as more Australians get vaccinated for Covid, experts have revealed.  On Friday 163,000 people across the country turned out to vaccinations centres and rolled up their sleeve for the jab - marking a new daily record.  Deakin Universitys chair in epidemiology Professor Catherine Bennett said the numbers were a heartening signal that an end to restrictions were in sight.  She explained once about a third of Aust...

Scott Morrison: While Victoria faces the 'worst case scenario', where the bloody hell is ScoMo? The Prime Minister's New Zealand trip sends a message.

One of the nation’s leading experts on Covid lockdowns has weighed in on whether a snap shutdown in Melbourne is necessary.