Premier Daniel Andrews has extended Melbourne’s lockdown 6.0 for two weeks (until September 2) and re-imposed a night curfew from 9.00PM to 5.00AM in Melbourne metropolitan area. The harsher restrictions come as Victoria recorded 22 with at least 5 people recorded as mystery cases not linked to known clusters. OfRead More →
Over the course of the pandemic, so many Victorians have given up so much to keep our state safe. Time with friends and family. Missed birthdays and special celebrations. Days at work and plans put on hold. As this virus has turned our lives upside down, we’ve worked together toRead More →
Victoria’s lockdown 6.0 has been extended by a week amid fears about a growing number of mystery infections in the community. Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed the extension after Victoria reported another 20 local infections with 5 of those not linked to existing outbreaks in Melbourne. Only 14 of the 20Read More →
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has today provided provisional approval of the Moderna vaccine for use in Australian adults. The provisional approval of Moderna’s vaccine means it has met all the TGA’s strict standards of safety, quality and efficacy for use in people aged 18 years and over to preventRead More →
Victorians will enter a sixth coronavirus lockdown – lockdown 6.0 – from tonight after the state recorded an additional two coronavirus cases on top of the six previously announced. Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a week long snap lockdown 6.0 just as restrictions had began to ease from the lockdownRead More →
There’s an unfolding education crisis in India, as the pandemic highlights the inequalities faced by students, teachers and families trying to learn online By Dr Amanda Gilbertson, Joyeeta Dey, Dr Andrew Deuchar, and Professor Nathan Grills, University of Melbourne As India continues to struggle with the catastrophic health impacts ofRead More →
A new jointly funded business support package from the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments will give Victorian small and medium businesses the extra support and confidence they need to recover from the recent lockdown. The new Victorian Business Support Package will deliver an additional $400 million in support to thousands of businesses,Read More →
With only 10 cases of infection recorded and all those having been isolating while infected, a very happy Premier Daniel Andrews has announced Victoria’s lockdown 5.0 will end at 11.59pm tonight. But the threat of Delta strain of the virus remains a concern. Thus based on health advice, some restrictionsRead More →
Opinion piece by Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia Around 11 million doses of the COVID 19 vaccine have now been administered. We are now tracking at around 1 million doses a week. Sure, we’ve had our problems. Not all the calls we have made have turned out like weRead More →
With the cases continuously reported in the last five days, it was inevitable. Premier Daniel Andrews made the announcement this morning. Victoria’s lockdown 5.0 has been extended by a week, after 13 more local coronavirus cases this morning. A gift from infected removalists from NSW – the outbreak has alreadyRead More →