SYDNEY, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- As Australians count down the final hours of a COVID-filled year, daily case numbers, fuelled by the highly contagious Omicron variant, have doubled throughout the state of New South Wales (NSW). The nation's most populated state, also the epicenter of the ...
far fewer than other developed countries. while australia has largely avoided high casualty numbers, restrictions to slow the spread of the virus have taken a significant toll on the country's economy. easing restrictions across victoria, the second most populous state, will boost...
The federal government on Monday announced that from Feb. 21 international tourists with a valid visa who have received two COVID-19 vaccine doses will be allowed to enter Australia for the first time in nearly two years. Some state has flagged that a booster shot could be required for tour...
Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differs depending on sex. When reading these numbers, it must be taken into account that smoking in China is much more prevalent among males. Smoking increases the risks...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and your state of Health The Coronavirus is keeping the world in suspense.- In Australia the response has been good, and the rate of infection at this point is well controlled and cared for. The ramification of the global pandemic will have a dramatic effect on all...
SYDNEY, June 14 (Xinhua) -- As new case numbers in Australia's second most populated state, Victoria, remain stubbornly high, Premier Daniel Andrews has called for healthcare workers in the hospital system state-wide to receive a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine. ...
2.2. The educational divide in Australia: mind the ‘gap’ In Australia, across all educational levels, university has the lowest proportional representation of Indigenous students despite incremental improvements in Indigenous admission and completion rates (Department of Education a, 2018). In 2017, ...
The quickly escalating numbers are also presumably throwing the state government's plans to partially reopen the economy into question. Stuck in its sixth lockdown since the pandemic struck in early 2020, Victoria is planning to lift some of its COVID-19 restrictions and lockdown conditions once...
SYDNEY, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Australia's two worst-hit states New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria on Monday recorded their lowest numbers of daily COVID-19 cases in the year. NSW reported 14 deaths and 6,184 new infections, marking a further drop on the record low 6,686 reported on ...
At the time that the H1N1 pandemic immunisa- tion programs were commenced in Australia, it was well after the peak of the pandemic (which was already deemed as 'moderate' by governments and other agen- cies). This affects the perceived personal risk of infec- tion, as well as how people...