The head of the Royal Commission into aged care has called on the government to implement “practical” staffing and organisational changes immediately to deal with coronavirus as the pandemic won’t “wait”.
A woman in her 80s is the first NSW death in two weeks while authorities have issued new alerts for two western Sydney venues. Meanwhile New Zealand’s COVID cases have climbed and Victoria has recorded a further eight deaths. FULL DETAILS
A family in New Zealand is the country’s first to test positive in 100 days, while Russian state media says the daughter of Vladimir Putin is the first person in the world to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. LATEST DETAILS
Two teenagers have been arrested in a Queensland shopping centre after bypassing the state’s strict border restrictions on their arrival from Sydney.
A Pennant Hills church has become the Sydney latest house of worship at the centre of a COVID-19 scare with NSW Health revealing an infected parishioner attended two services in the last week before symptoms of the virus came on.
Patrons who attended 10 Sydney venues and eight Newcastle venues including a stadium have been issued urgent warnings after two COVID-positive men visited in the past week. It comes as Victoria’s death toll continues to mount with eight new fatalities in the past day.
NSW residents returning from Victoria will be forced into hotel quarantine from Friday Gladys Berejiklian has announced despite insisting yesterday the measure wasn’t necessary. It comes after Victoria recorded 15 deaths and 725 new cases.
Local councils across NSW have thrown the book at a lengthy list of eateries that failed to comply with basic food hygiene regulations from March to May when COVID-19 was at its peak. SEE THE FULL LIST OF OFFENDERS HERE.
An aged care worker has trsted positive to coronavirus, the latest in the growing number of people to catch the illness after eating at the Thai Rock restaraunt.
A worker at the Marsden Park IKEA warehouse has tested positive to coronavirus, and is linked to the Crossroads Hotel cluster. It comes as anyone who visited the Thai Rock restaurant is asked to self isolate regardless of symptoms.
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