Mes: agosto 2020

Melbourne is now halfway through its stage 4 lockdown, and if the daily case numbers are anything to go by, the restrictions are clearly working. At the start of the month, Victoria recorded more than 700 cases in a single day. Daily cases are now down to the low 200s. […]

New coronavirus cases in Victoria have been falling nicely this week, but if you look a little closer there are still some concerning numbers. A large number of healthcare workers are still being infected. And cases from aged care still appear to be making up large parts of the daily […]

When Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he’d like to see any COVID vaccination be as «as mandatory as you can possibly make it», he put the idea of compulsory vaccines on the table. Yesterday he announced the Government had signed a «letter of intent» with a British pharmaceutical giant for […]

Governments in Australia and New Zealand are scrambling to find out more about recent coronavirus cases that appear to have escaped from hotel quarantine. NSW Health is looking into how a security guard became infected with coronavirus while working at a hotel quarantine facility in early August. And in New […]

While scientists are yet to come through with a proven coronavirus vaccine, it hasn’t stopped governments around the world signing up for some of the most promising candidates. The Australian Government is reportedly in «advanced negotiations» with a range of different companies and close to a deal that would allow […]

As the coronavirus outbreak in New Zealand continues to grow, theories are circulating about how the virus snuck back into the country. While the most likely explanation is it came in via a human, there are a few other suggestions. One is that it never left and has been circulating […]

The number of coronavirus cases in New Zealand has continued to grow, as health authorities desperately try to track down and stop the outbreak. Prior to the coronavirus being found in the community, New Zealand had more than 100 days of zero community transmission. But as they’ve just found out, […]

Russia’s announcement that its new coronavirus vaccine has been approved and is ready to be rolled out has been attacked by vaccine experts, describing it as reckless. No reliable evidence has so far been released to show that it is effective. And more dangerously, no large scale safety trial has […]