Over 60 per cent of Australians are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but another shot may be in store for those hoping to maintain their immunity. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine for adults six months after their second dose. It is currently unknown how long vaccinations against COVID-19…
For almost two years now the ongoing effects of the pandemic have been ubiquitous and difficult to avoid. Even now, as most have grown accustomed to ‘the new normal’, it seems like the pandemic cannot help but creep into the crevices of everyday existence. Lockdowns and reported feelings of social isolation have had a significant…
According to Lifeline, nine Australians take their own lives every day and seven of those are men. The rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is double that of their non-Indigenous counterparts, while people in rural populations are twice as likely to take their own lives than their city counterparts. Today, suicide remains the…
The leaders of the G7 countries have recently ended a three-day summit, pledging to address vaccine inequity, climate change, global taxes, and China’s growing power. In a communique released at the conclusion of the meeting in Cornwall, England, the leaders of the G7 countries – France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the…
Queensland has recorded no new cases of COVID-19 after a Victorian couple entered the state while infectious, while other attempts by travellers to breach the border have been intercepted. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said there have been no cases of community transmission so far. The results come from the nearly 6,000 tests conducted in the…
Health authorities are scrambling to prevent fresh COVID-19 outbreaks in southern Queensland and New South Wales as they trace the path of a Melbourne couple. As multiple towns deal with the possibility of an outbreak, authorities are now asking how and why the Melbourne couple began an interstate road trip from a city already in…
Update: Yesterday, it was announced that two of Melbourne’s most concerning cases of COVID-19 were false positives causing Victoria’s overall case numbers to go backwards. Despite the announcement, the news has not impacted the timeline of Victoria’s lockdown, which is set to last until next week. The health advice for Victoria still required a lockdown,…
Qantas will offer a range of incentives to people who are vaccinated, encouraging more people to get a COVID jab. Qantas, which has had its business largely grounded during the COVID-19 pandemic, is hoping free flights, points, and credits will encourage Australians to get vaccinated. The airline’s vaccine incentive program, which launches July 2021, will…
United States President Joe Biden has ordered national intelligence agencies to intensify its efforts to determine the origins of coronavirus, saying they are pursuing theories of a possible laboratory accident in China. Biden said in a statement that the US intelligence are looking into two different scenarios and have low confidence in their current conclusions.…
The Victorian government has announced a new seven-day lockdown today in a bid to reduce the state’s growing coronavirus outbreak. The “circuit-breaker” lockdown will be in place from midnight Thursday until midnight on June 3. The lockdown marks the fourth lockdown the Victoria Government has implemented since the pandemic began. The state’s recent outbreak has…