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The strain on Victoria’s maternity services has reportedly led to some women giving birth in emergency departments or being discharged early from hospital, only to return with complications.

Manager and head of infection control at a Melbourne quarantine hotel both fired after reports of dozens of incidents were lodged in the first four weeks of its operation.

Advertisement Health experts are demanding Victoria’s hotel quarantine workers get personal protective equipment on a par with staff in high-risk COVID hospital wards, as a coronavirus cluster linked with the Holiday Inn hotel grew to eight on Wednesday. South Australia closed the border to residents of Greater Melbourne at midnight on Wednesday in response to the growing outbreak, with that state’s Chief Health Officer Nicole Spurrier saying she was “very concerned”. And ab...

Doctors fear conversion therapy ban will deny treatment to vulnerable patients Normal text size Advertisement Doctors and psychiatrists want the Andrews government to make changes to its plan to ban gay conversion therapy, due to concerns it will discourage some practitioners from treating vulnerable patients. The Victorian branches of the Australian Medical Association and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists say the proposed legislation is too broad and the sanctions ...

Pfizer vaccine hubs to be created in major Melbourne hospitals We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement COVID-19 vaccine hubs with ultra-cold freezers to store the Pfizer vaccine will be set up in some of Melbourne’s major hospitals, in a large-scale inoculation operation led by the Austin, Western and Monash health services. The Therapeutic Goods Administration approved Pfizer’s vaccine for use in Aus...

Victoria plans to administer 15,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine per week, with the most vulnerable and frontline workers first in line for the jab.

Coronavirus Australia news: Doctors ask Berejiklian to reconsider decision to go ahead with Sydney Test FriFriday 1 updated SatSaturday 2 JanJanuary 2021 at 4:56am Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Print text only Cancel With 24,000 expected to descend on the SCG for the third Test on Thursday, the Australian Medical Association says people would be better off watching at home on television. Stay up-to-date on the coronavirus ...