Australia covid cases

A new wave of coronavirus infections is rapidly spreading through Asia, prompting warnings for residents from New Zealand to Japan to take precautions to slow the outbreak and help prevent healthcare systems from being overwhelmed.…

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the nation’s political leaders want to move to a new phase of living with COVID-19 as though it were the flu, but would consult health experts. A day after meeting with the national cabinet of…

Australia could use its defence forces to help manage a COVID-19 outbreak in the aged-care sector that has stretched staffing and forced many homes into lockdowns, the prime minister said on Friday as national infection numbers remained on…

Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic on Tuesday as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalization rates to record levels, even as daily infections eased slightly. Australia is dealing with…

<!-- -->Unvaccinated younger people form a "significant number" of the hospital admissions. (Representational)Sydney: Australia on Tuesday suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push…

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday said his country’s health system can cope with the new wave of coronavirus infections as Victoria state reported a record number of new cases and hospitalizations surged in New South…

By PTI SYDNEY: Travis Head, Australia's leading run-scorer in the ongoing Ashes, has been ruled out of the fourth Test here from January 5 after testing positive for COVID-19. Head is asymptomatic and will remain in…

<!-- -->Australia: Around 68% of Victoria state's adults having received a first vaccine dose. (File)Sydney: Australia's Victoria state reported a second consecutive daily fall in new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as its first-dose…

<!-- -->Australia: Meanwhile, Victoria recorded 392 Covid cases in the past 24 hours (File)Canberra: Queensland, Australia's third most populous state, said on Sunday it does not need to order a lockdown after it detected zero…

Australian police hiked fines for people breaking lockdown rules in Sydney and the rest of its home state on Saturday and strict stay-at-home orders were extended statewide amid a record jump in daily new COVID-19 infections.…