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Indian variant strain of SARS-CoV-2 detected in Melbourne What does this mean and what should I do? COVID-19 restrictions are being reimposed in Melbourne as authorities try to find the source of an outbreak in the city's north. Credit: Sandra Sanders/Reuters Evidence of a SARS-CoV-2 strain was recently detected in Melbourne wastewater, leading to the detection of 15 locally acquired cases of COVID-19. Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has confirmed that the strain is the B1.617 variant first detected in India. The strain was genetically linked to the man who contracted the virus wh...

A 'concerning' coronavirus cluster in Melbourne has now climbed to nine cases Contact tracers are scrambling to track down the mystery link of infection Latest cases are of the double mutant Indian strain, which is hyper-infectious Three infected cases over-50 had not been vaccinated, despite being eligible There are 43 venues on the outbreak's exposure list as of Wednesday morning  Alert issued after infected case attended the AFL game at the MCG on Sunday

CSIRO CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has published the peer-reviewed results of its independent preclinical evaluation of the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in an animal model, conducted in early 2020. Peer-reviewed results from last year’s preclinical evaluation of the University of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have been published today in the scientific journal npj Vaccines. CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, conducted the independent preclinical evaluation of the vaccine in an animal model in early 2020. The study was conducted in partn...

COVID vaccines: where the bloody hell are we? New AstraZeneca advice puts a spanner in the works, so what are our alternatives? Australia’s vaccine rollout program is now being overhauled due to new recommendations regarding the AstraZeneca vaccine. Based on the advice of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), the Federal Government has recommended that people under 50 preferentially receive the Pfizer vaccine over AstraZeneca. This follows similar decisions made by regulators in Germany, Norway, Canada, the UK and other countries where the vaccine is being admin...

There will be a series of phases where Australians will be able to get their COVID-19 vaccine. Find out where you are on the list.