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Save Share A kilometre-long line of cars waiting for COVID-19 tests in south-west Sydney on Wednesday morning constituted NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s public crisis of the day and evidence she is bending this city of 5 million to her will. In the Fairfield City Council area, television crews prowled the streets vox-popping workers who had overwhelmed a temporary coronavirus testing clinic at the local showgrounds. Some said they had waited six hours and longer in response to the government’s decision on Tuesday to require COVID-19 tests every three days for Fairfield residents v...

Published July 13, 2021 With no official decision made on whether the Greater Sydney lockdowns will actually end on Friday (though at this rate it’s pretty bloody unlikely), epidemiologists and experts are coming out of the woodwork to throw their predictions into the ring. Sorry for spoilers mates, but it’s not looking great. Premier  Gladys Berejiklian is yet to make the definitive call on whether the lockdown orders will be extended beyond midnight on Friday, July 16, but indicated over the weekend that it’s “highly unlikely” the restrictions will be lifted on the predicted date...

Australia has been given a look at what life may look like after lockdown - and it may not be too different from life now, for the next couple of years at least.  Epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely has warned even a mass vaccination programme won't be enough to return life to pre-pandemic normality. And he says the reality is that we'll still need to wear masks, socially distance, use QR codes and get annual booster jabs for adults, while children will also need to be vaccinated. But the University of Melbourne professor says borders should finally be able to re-open, albeit at a price.

One of the first under 40s in Australia to get the AstraZeneca vaccine after Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave the green light has detailed his experience five days on from the jab. Senior Daily Mail Australia reporter Dan Piotrowski, 30, said about 24 hours after getting the vaccine he felt 'pretty lousy' but was now feeling no effects at all.  On Monday, Mr Morrison detailed a massive change to the nation's vaccine rollout by announcing anyone under 40-years-old could approach their GP and request the AstraZeneca option. Australians under 40 can now get the AstraZeneca vaccine as announce...

We risk our lives when we drink, drive or take the contraceptive pill... yet we're more terrified of dying from an AstraZeneca shot that carries LESS risk than any of them, writes DANIEL PIOTROWSKI, as he details WHY he got the jab at just 30 Australians under 40 can now get the AstraZeneca jab if they speak to their GP   Daily Mail Australia senior journalist Daniel Piotrowski, 30, was one of the first  'For me, the choice was clear ... We all take risks with our health', he writes