AAP - 19-12-2021

The number of Victorian COVID-19 patients in intensive care remains stable despite the state adding 1240 new infections to its caseload. As a result of the continuing

AAP - 18-12-2021

The World Health Organisation has given emergency approval to a coronavirus vaccine made by US-based Novavax and the Serum Institute of India, paving the way for its inclusion

AAP - 16-12-2021

Preliminary evidence indicates COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective against infection and transmission linked to the Omicron coronavirus variant, which also carries a higher

AAP - 16-12-2021

EUROPE * England's chief medical officer warned people not to mix with others unless they have to in the run-up to Christmas after Britain recorded its most

AAP - 16-12-2021

The Delta variant of the coronavirus is still predominant in Italy, the National Health Institute or ISS says, releasing data of a flash-survey showing it accounted for more

AAP - 16-12-2021

IS IT MORE CONTAGIOUS? The fast-spreading Delta variant remains dominant worldwide, and it is unclear whether Omicron is inherently more contagious than its predecessor,

AAP - 15-12-2021

NSW could see 25,000 COVID-19 cases a day by the end of next month, Health Minister Brad Hazzard has warned, after a dramatic escalation in the number of new infections.

AAP - 15-12-2021

Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appear to have given 70 per cent protection against hospitalisation in South Africa in recent weeks, a major real-world

AAP - 13-12-2021

Britain faces a "tidal wave" of infections from the Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says, with a huge increase in booster vaccinations

AAP - 12-12-2021

Victoria has recorded 1069 new COVID-19 infections and a further two deaths, as access to booster vaccines has been reduced by a month. It is the seventh consecutive