World Vision Goodwill Ambassador and professional endurance athlete Samantha Gash today kicks off a global relief run to raise lifesaving funds for the people of India devastated by COVID-19. The ultra-running athlete was moved to respond as the second wave ripped through a fragile health system. In India, COVID casesRead More →
Are restrictions in Melbourne easing? All those who are wondering what will happen beyond Thursday night? Is the lockdown ending? the news seems to be good. But we may not be able to snap out of the COVID-19 settings in place. With the figures showing promise, contact tracers doing aRead More →
After the lockdown in Victoria was extended for another week, the pressure on the federal government it seems became too much to bear. And as metro Melbourne enters the second week of lockdown, the Federal Government has announced a new financial support package – Temporary COVIDF Disaster payment – toRead More →
As was anticipated all along, the lockdown in Victoria has been extended by seven days. Victoria’s total number of active cases grew to 67 when the state recorded new 6 cases in the past 24 hours. Not surprisingly, Acting Premier James Merlino made the announcement that Victoria’s circuit-breaker lockdown willRead More →
Victoria’s business and worker emergency intensified today with news that Lockdown Four will be extended for at least another week in Metropolitan Victoria, Paul Guerra of Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said. The State Government announced that Lockdown Four will continue until 11.59pm on Thursday, 10 June in Metropolitan Victoria withRead More →
International research led by Monash University and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity has achieved a proof of concept for a new, fast, portable saliva screening test that uses an infrared light technology to confirm infection with COVID SARS-CoV-2. The research is published today in Angewandte Chemie. Professor BaydenRead More →
As anticipated in the last 24 hours, a snap 7-day lockdown has been announced in Victoria from midnight tonight. Acting Premier James Merlino announced the snap lockdown after a morning of speculation as the coronavirus cluster that started in Melbourne’s north rose to 34 cases. It has also spread toRead More →
Next 48 hours crucial in Victoria The state seems to be inching towards a snap lockdown similar to the one on Valentine’s Day. Although all 13 cases in Victoria have been traced back to the South Australian Hotel Quarantine infection, there is the “missing mystery link” which is still eludingRead More →
In light of the latest outbreak of COVID cases, the state government has put some restrictions back on and finetuned the state’s COVIDSafe Settings. The current COVIDSafe Settings in Victoria include the following restrictions for metropolitan Melbourne. From 6:00pm Tuesday 25 May 2021 the below listed settings apply to all partsRead More →
Australia has just sent its second load of COVID AID to India today. The Qantas flight took off from Sydney and after halting at Darwin, it will fly to Delhi to deliver the second lot of AID to India. The Qantas plane on its way back will pick up the firstRead More →