Worst flu season in five years hits amid high Covid case numbers
There seems to be illness everywhere in Tasmania at the moment but is it Covid or the flu? LATEST COVID-19 AND FLU STATS >>
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Unvaccinated teachers could return to Tasmanian classrooms
As Tasmanian students prepare to head back to the classroom, there’s the chance they might be taught by an unvaccinated teacher. LATEST>>
Fed up nurses set to walk off job as Covid pressures build
Fed up nurses will walk off the job next week as pressures continue to build while Covid ravages the state. LATEST FIGURES >>
Plea to consider “virtual” hospital visits as virus bears down
Families and friends of patients in Tasmanian hospitals are being asked to consider “virtual” visits to stop Covid spreading through the state’s health system. LATEST STATS + COVID-19 Q&A >>
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Tasmania’s border opened just before ‘hardest weeks of the year’
An inquiry into Tasmania’s Covid-19 response has heard health workers were on holiday during Christmas break when Omicron tore through the state when borders reopened. LATEST UPDATES >>
Man in 50s Tasmania’s latest Covid related death
A man in his 50s has been confirmed the latest covid-19 related death as the state recorded 1157 new cases. LATEST >>
Tas Covid death toll continues to rise
Another Tasmanian has died after being confirmed to have Covid, this time a woman in her 90s.
Tasmanian Covid deaths climb to 77
The number of Tasmanian Covid deaths has risen for a sixth straight day after a man in his 80s passed away. LATEST. >>
‘Reconsider attending’: Covid outbreak, acute care spike as LGH groans
The Department of Health has revealed Launceston General Hospital is facing a second Covid-19 outbreak, as a spike in acute care demand means only the most serious cases should present.
Another two Tasmanians die as state records over 1,000 new cases
Another two Tasmanians have died with Covid as the state’s death toll reaches a grim milestone and over 1,000 more daily infections are recorded. LATEST COVID UPDATE >>
Missing man’s bone found seven months after boating tragedy
Tasmania Police have confirmed that a bone belonging to a man who went missing in an ill-fated boat trip off the North West coast has been found. LATEST >>
Another Covid death in Tasmania
The state’s death toll from Covid has risen to 64 with the death of a man in Tasmania’s north. LATEST COVID UPDATES >>
‘Expect further deaths’: Premier’s Covid warning as toll climbs
Premier Jeremy Rockliff has urged Tasmanians to prepare for more Covid deaths as the state continues to grapple with the effects of last month’s spike in cases.
Tasmania passes grim Covid milestone
More than a quarter of Tasmanians have now been infected with Covid since the pandemic began, as the state records a bleak milestone. LATEST UPDATE >>
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