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24.01.2022 / 11:11

Australia Covid-19 deaths rise as Omicron peaks

Australia has recorded another surge of deaths due to Covid-19 as an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant peaked, and authorities warned numbers could rise further when schools return from end-of-year holidays next week.

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Hospitalisations increase in Australia's Omicron surge

Australia has suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalisation rates to record levels, even as daily infections eased slightly.

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Sydney hospitals under pressure as daily infections hit record high

Sydney's Covid-19 infections hit a daily record today, putting parts of the health system under pressure.

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Australia reinstates COVID-19 restrictions in Sydney after new ‘mysterious’ case

Australian officials reinstated social distancing measures in Sydney as New Zealand partially suspended the pair’s “travel bubble” on Thursday, amid fears an Indian variant case of COVID-19 could spur a significant outbreak.The swift action was taken a day after a 50-year-old man became the first reported local transmission case in New South Wales state in more than a month, with the source of his infection baffling health officials.Further testing determined the man was infected with a variant first detected in India and genomic sequencing had linked the case to a returned traveller from the United States, NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said on Thursday, but there was no clear transmission path between the two people.“We can’t find

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Mystery Covid case sees return of masks, social distancing in Sydney

Australian officials reinstated social distancing measures in Sydney as New Zealand partially suspended the "travel bubble" between the two countries, amid fears a case involving the variant first detected in India could lead to a significant outbreak.

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Australia confirms 2 cases of new coronavirus mutation

coronavirus strain that has forced Britain to reverse plans to ease curbs over Christmas, the first confirmed cases of the strain in the Asia-Pacific region.Australia’s most populous state on Sunday reported six new cases of the novel coronavirus in people returning from overseas and in quarantine, and authorities said among them were two cases of the fast-spreading new strain.However, New South Wales officials stressed that no people infected with the new strain were believed to be circulating in the community.“We’ve had a couple of UK returned travelers with the particular mutations,” NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant told reporters.Australia, which has since March closed its borders to all non-citizens and permanent residents, said it

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Asia Today: Sydney outbreak grows; Thailand finds 548 cases

SYDNEY – The outbreak in Sydney’s northern beach suburbs has grown to 70 cases with an additional 30 in the last 24 hours, and authorities say they may never be able to trace the source. While the numbers are rising, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said Sunday there hasn’t been evidence of massive seeding outside the northern beaches community.

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Australia imposes border curbs as Sydney virus cluster grows

Australian states and territories have begun imposing border restrictions after 28 Covid-19 cases were detected from a cluster on Sydney's northern beaches, with fears the number of infections will rise.

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer's interview on Sunrise AM on 15 April 2020

Read the transcript of Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Michael Kidd's interview on Sunrise AM about coronavirus (COVID-19).

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Deputy Chief Medical Officer interview on Channel 9 Today

Read the transcript of Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Nick Coatsworth's interview with Allison Langdon and Karl Stefanovic on Channel 9 Today about coronavirus (COVID-19).

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0