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A supermarket in NSW has been added to NSW Health's alert list of venues with people advised to get tested immediately and self isolate.

  Victoria has recorded 10 new locally acquired cases of coronavirus, including two cases that tested positive in NSW. The 10 cases doubles the 5 new locally acquired cases reported on Friday, the first day of 2021. It comes as a man and a woman from NSW allegedly "fled" from officers at Melbourne Airport after arriving on a flight from Canberra at around 11am on Friday. The 26-year-old man and 24-year-old woman normally reside in NSW. After being spoken to by officers at the airport t...

A popular men’s clothing store and a bottle shop are among the latest venues in NSW to be hit with COVID alerts.

NSW/Victoria border slams shut: Cars turned away after just missing deadline 1 Jan, 2021 05:50 PM 3 minutes to read AP Victorias border with New South Wales slammed shut at midnight, barring entry to anyone who didnt make it there in time. Vehicles arriving at border checkpoints after the deadline were turned around by police and instructed to return to NSW. Yesterday Jeroen Weimar, the Victorian Health Departments Covid-19 response commander, justified the states hardline stance. NSW-Vic borde...

News by Shoba Rao, Anton Nilsson, Anthony Piovesan and Amanda Sheppeard 28th Dec 2020 12:36 PM Premium Content Subscriber only Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. has confirmed Australias vaccine program is "on track and ahead of schedule". He said the government, which expects to rollout the vaccine from March, would rather "over promise and under deliver" than put false hope on a vaccine being available sooner. "I want to reflec...

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has fired another shot towards NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian over the border lockdowns. Ms Palaszczuk said it was "a bit rich" for her counterpart to point the finger over heavy travel restrictions placed on greater Sydney and Northern Beaches region residents following a coronavirus cluster outbreak. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian must accept why borders are closed to her state. Picture: Tertius Pickard ...

Sydney’s northern beaches cluster has spread to Victoria. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Flavio Brancaleone Health by Jack Paynter 22nd Dec 2020 12:23 PM Sydneys coronavirus cluster has spread to Victoria after a teenage girl returning from the northern beaches tested positive. Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley confirmed the case was a 15-year-old girl who had acquired the virus in the hotspot area. Health authorities said the cl...

News by Shoba Rao, Katy Hall, Zoe Smith, David Aidone 21st Dec 2020 5:06 AM Premium Content   Qantas and Jetstar will be cancelling a large number of flights on Monday after many travellers cancelled trips due to border closures over Sydneys COVID-19 cluster on the Northern Beaches. In a statement from Qantas online, it states it saw a surge in bookings for flights between Sydney and Melbourne on Sunday. "Other routes including...