Victoria also saw its highest single day increase with 11,749 new cases and seven deaths. There are currently 280 people hospitalized with the virus in the state. Professor Nancy Baxter, head of the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne, told Xinhua tha...
Doctors in Australia are warning that a rapid easing of COVID-19 curbs in Sydney could put pressure on health systems and place more lives at risk from the virus. It comes as the country's most populated city, Sydney, gets ready to relax key restrictions after more than 100...
Meanwhile, the state of Victoria is facing its own steadily accelerating crisis with 5,919 new cases, and seven deaths reported on Friday, a rise of 782 cases over Thursday's numbers. Hospitalizations in Victoria jumped from 395 to 428. Enditem...
The figure was disclosed on 25 August, as Victoria's capital city Melbourne remains under lockdown after a spike of cases in July.1 Two weeks ago, the Victorian state health minister Jenny Mikakos told a Public Accounts and Estimates committee that only 10% to 15% of health worker ...
Australia's COVID-19 Cases on the Rise as Masks Made Compulsory More Reuters FILE PHOTO: People walk down a city laneway after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were eased for the state of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia, October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The state at the epicentre of Australia's second-wave of COVID-19 infections said on Monday the number of new cases fell to a near two-month low, allowing authorities to detail in a week's time how stringent lockdown measures will be lifted. Victor...
Although it could not disclose an exact number of cases, Island Health confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 among those being sheltered within Greater Victoria’s supportive housing program. These cases were the subject of a press conference Friday, Sept. 24, hosted by medical health...
First, we provide the first empirical investigation of the impact of COVID-19 on members of share houses in Victoria, the second most populous state in Australia. While it is empirically focused on one jurisdiction, the findings are reflective of emerging insights across other countries and ...
Australia, like many other countries, had an initial rise in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) cases in March and April 2020; however, this was followed by a relatively sharp decline in May 2020 after federal and state governments introduced strict community controls. These included mandatory ...
The state of Victoria, a coronavirus hot spot which accounts for more than 90% of Australia's 907 coronavirus-related deaths, saw zero new daily infections and no deaths for the second consecutive day. With no fresh cases of COVID-19 recorded in the rest of the country, Australia saw...