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Sutton scraps isolation, COVID testing requirements for fully vaccinated visitors from NSW
Fully vaccinated people in NSW will be able to visit Victoria without spending any time in quarantine or getting tested for COVID-19 from Wednesday, authorities have announced.Â
- by Simone Fox Koob and Cassandra Morgan
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Coronavirus pandemic
Melburnians heave a sigh of relief – except our health workers
The end of lockdowns means the burden of responding to the pandemic shifts from falling on the whole population through lockdowns, to falling on the health system and its staff.
- by Stephen Duckett
How to add your COVID-19 vaccine certificate to your Service NSW app
People in NSW can now add their digital vaccination certificate to their Service NSW app, as the state approaches its second stage of reopening.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Beware the promise of easy answers when it comes to COVID
For epidemiologists advising politicians and debating control measures in the public arena: excess haste, over-simplification and exaggeration will lead us into dangerous waters.
- by Ewan Cameron
New advice could trigger global change in use of aspirin to prevent heart attacks
A US medical taskforce has overhauled guidelines for aspirin, recommending middle-aged and older people no longer take a low dose of the mild analgesic to prevent a first heart attack or stroke.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Not enough health staff for ICUs to manage COVID surge, report finds
A review of 194 ICUs across Australia has found fewer than half of the beds which are earmarked to come online during a surge of COVID-19 cases could be adequately staffed.
- by Stuart Layt and Melissa Cunningham
‘Way too long’: Mother waits eight minutes on hold to triple zero after baby stops breathing
Four-month-old Maddie regained consciousness after five minutes of CPR. But her mother says her call to triple zero should have been answered sooner.
- by Simone Fox Koob and Melissa Cunningham
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Coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 positive ambulance attendant told to come to work, says union
The worker tested positive for the virus after he deteriorated at work the same day, having just taken a patient to hospital, according to an account from the Victorian Ambulance Union.
- by Aisha Dow
Who are the vaccine hesitant and why are they waiting?
Neti Ajro was struggling for breath and had never experienced so much pain. Yet he was accused of having faked COVID-19 symptoms and of being a paid actor.
- by Ben Schneiders and Simone Fox Koob
Paramedics accuse triple 0 system of being ‘asleep at the wheel’
A war of words has erupted over ambulance call-outs amid growing concern that too many people are facing life-threatening delays.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Pandemic sends health costs soaring as brawl rages over who has to pay
The states want more money for their COVID-hit public hospitals, but the Commonwealth won’t budge as the worst period of the pandemic looms.
- by Noel Towell