The Australian government is following up on reports that the Pfizer-Biotech COVID-19 vaccine has caused side effects among several people who have been administered the vaccine in Norway. Norwegian authorities have confirmed at least 29 elderly aged care recipients of ...

Elderly Australians may not get early access to a coronavirus vaccine if the medicine has not been trialled on older age groups. Department of Health secretary Brendan Murphy said older Australians were considered the most vulnerable and they would be ...

The aged care royal commission has handed down its COVID-19 report and the message to Scott Morrison and his government is clear: act fast, act now. The report, Aged Care and COVID-19: a special report, outlines four areas that need ...

More than a third of care residents who have contracted COVID-19 have died.[1] That’s more than 36 times higher than the rest of Australia’s population.If COVID-19 was tearing through schools or workplaces in such numbers there would be uproar and a call for ...

Victoria has announced 28 new cases of COVID-19 in Victoria in the past 24 hours with eight deaths, another day of comparatively low numbers as they continue on the road out of lockdown. Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed six of the ...

“I guess there’s a lot of pressure, pressure on us, and its, its very tiring and challenging to get breaks in and so on,” she says into her phone to no one in particular.  “We’ve had, you know, young people that have had ...

Victoria has reported 41 coronavirus deaths, a daily record, while new case numbers have dropped to 73. It takes the state’s death toll to 565 and the national figure to 652. The previous highest daily toll was 25 on August ...

“She looked like a scared mouse, her eyes were rolling in the back of her head, she looked terrified, absolutely terrified,” Sue Agnello says. She is describing the final moments of her mother-in-law’s life in a Melbourne hospital. Carmela Agnello ...