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As many as 50,000 small to medium businesses will be paid $3000 each by the South Australian government under a $100 million support package to stem the economic damage from a seven-day lockdown, as health authorities battled a worsening COVID-19 outbreak.
Premier Steven Marshall and Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said late on Wednesday that a further six community transmission cases had been reported, doubling the total in the Modbury cluster.
Five of the new cases stemmed from people who had been at Tenafeate Creek Wines at Yattalunga near One Tree Hill on the north-eastern outskirts of Adelaide, on Sunday afternoon.
An 81-year-old man tested positive for Covid in Adelaide s first case in months
He had travelled through Argentina before quarantining in NSW on way home
The man s daughter tested positive. 15 close contacts are also now in quarantine
She had spent four months trying to fly the two of them home from Buenos Aires
Adelaide hospital locked down after he presented with respiratory symptoms
Restrictions will be in place in the SA city from midnight on Monday until Friday
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Nagging fears that have underscored Kirribilli resident Alex Allen’s daily interactions for months were pushed aside by a sense of relief, and a little bit of hope, on Monday morning.
Leaving the new mass vaccination hub on Pitt Street in Sydney’s CBD, where he had joined a short queue to receive his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine shortly after 9am, Mr Allen said he felt “really relieved”.
People queuing for the new mass vaccination hub in Sydney’s CBD have their temperature checked on Monday morning.
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“I’m very glad that it’s done,” he said. “I feel like I don’t have to walk around with so much fear and mistrust.
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Hospitals in Australia are starting to utilise virtual reality technology in practising life-saving procedures, cutting down the training time from months to days.
In an interview with
Healthcare IT News, Australian VR startup Vantari VR said four tertiary hospitals have been using its VR training platform in critical care, including Fiona Stanley Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Westmead Hospital and Nepean Hospital.
Using flight-simulator technology, Vantari VR provides medical training using a VR headset and laptop. Its modules cover 90% of medical procedures as part of doctors core training and deliver steps that are recommended by college guidelines.
Share Got AZ. Spoke to my doctor beforehand and it was his recommendation. I know this approach is not for everyone so seek your own advice and take whatever path you feel is right for you, he wrote.
He added: Disappointed not to get a lollipop at the end (only negative).
Rolling up his sleeves: Andy Lee received his first Covid jab earlier this month, sharing a photo to Instagram of the tell-tale Band-Aid on his arm
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The 61-year-old Project panelist revealed she d received her first Covid vaccine late last month. First AZ shot done and literally didn t feel a thing… So glad to finally have the first one out of the way, she wrote at the time.