Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced that a vaccine will be administered to Australians by mid to late February.
Medical experts are preparing advice for the Prime Minister and Premiers on how to manage a UK strain of the coronavirus, ahead of the national cabinet meeting tomorrow
New South Wales has recorded zero new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19, as those who attended popular holiday spots south of Sydney are told to isolate.
Health authorities have issued COVID-19 casual-contact alerts for the Nostalgia Factor Shop in Kangaroo Valley and Taj Indian Restaurant in Huskisson on December 27th.
Queensland is on high alert for community transmission of coronavirus, after a cleaner at a quarantine hotel tested positive for the virus.
Victoria's mystery case who attended the Chadstone Shopping Centre and Australia-India Test has been linked to New South Wales' northern beaches cluster.
Masks will be made mandatory and crowd capacity reduced to 25 per cent at A-League games in New South Wales, in line with the Sydney Test cricket match.
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