Health

NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant says it will establish respiratory clinics to tackle potential cases, and divert some patients away from emergency departments to mitigate risks of infection.

He calls himself the second coming of Jesus, but South Koreans are calling his church the "public harm auntie" for followers ignoring advice to get tested. Now authorities are planning to charge Lee Man-hee for negligence.

With Iran becoming a hotbed for coronavirus outside of China, authorities around the world are scrambling to expand their travel restrictions to stem the spread of the disease.

MORNING BRIEFING: Authorities say plane passengers who sat near a woman confirmed as the sixth case of coronavirus in NSW should isolate themselves.

As the number of countries affected by coronavirus exceeds 60, Australia confirms three more cases of the infection, all of them recent arrivals from Iran.

An elderly Perth man who spent time on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship becomes the first Australian to die after contracting coronavirus — which the AMA has likened to the deadly Spanish flu.

NASA records air pollution plummeting over China as the coronavirus outbreak shuts down industry and transport in the country.

Italy's ongoing coronavirus problems spill over into the country's top football league, as five Serie A games are postponed until May.

Experts say there's something each of us can focus on as Australia prepares for a potential COVID-19 outbreak. Here's what you need to know about how your hands can spread the virus and the steps you can take to reduce the risk.

A Queensland farming family's new export beef business has been hit hard by the coronavirus, with half a million dollars' worth of beef stuck in a Shanghai port.

As Australia records its first death from coronavirus and three more people test positive, health authorities in Queensland warn they are preparing for "enormous pressure" to be placed on hospitals.

The coronavirus and global warming pose very different threats over very different timeframes. Still, it's worth comparing the Prime Minister's language from this week as he explained the Government's response to these two global problems, writes David Speers.

The IOC is trying to hose down Tokyo Olympics fears, but the coronavirus is raising a host of questions from infection to supply chains, athletes' prep and the effect on locals.

One of Australia's leading influenza researchers says 50 per cent of the population is likely to get COVID-19, but so far research shows children are not at risk of serious symptoms.

Australia announces a travel ban on foreigners coming to Australia from Iran, because of the coronavirus outbreak in the Middle Eastern nation.

Doctors fearful about patient safety at one of Adelaide's major hospitals are being "gagged" in a bid to silence clinicians who are trying to speak up, SA's peak doctors' union claims.

Two South Australian sisters are denied their plea to feed their dying mother, with a public guardian refusing to reinstate the woman's feeding tube despite the intervention of the Catholic Church.

It's been more than a year since the coroner called for urgent action to address youth suicide in the Kimberley, but communities are still waiting for the WA Government to act.

As coronavirus spreads to more countries across the world, the World Health Organisation upgrades its assessment of the risk of global spread and impact of COVID-19 to its highest level of alarm. These are the latest updates from Saturday.

US stocks sink again, with Wall Street extending a rout that handed the market its worst week since October 2008, at the height of the financial crisis.

Hundreds of thousands of Australians with disabilities have to pay for their own wheelchairs and other equipment because they are too old to be eligible for NDIS funding. But the fight for reform is heating up.

The great Australian summer is a narrative entrenched in our national identity, but as we enter autumn, very few of us have been left with a summer glow.

Sex ed isn't compulsory in Queensland's state schools, but in NSW, kids start learning about consent in kindergarten — a year before children in NT, WA or Tasmania. How do schools near you teach kids about sexual consent?

In secret locations across Australia, millions of dollars' worth of medical supplies — including masks, antibiotics and equipment such as basic hand sanitisers — are at the ready, wrapped up on huge pallets. They're about to be deployed.

The Australian Government has pulled the trigger on its emergency response plan and is now operating on the basis the virus is a pandemic.