coronavirus
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Jan- 2025 -30 JanuaryCOVID-19
Inquest into Covid-19 deaths at Newmarch House reveals provider’s failures
Anglicare executives failed to provide sufficient leadership during the deadly 2020 Covid-19 outbreak at Newmarch House aged care facility in…
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Nov- 2021 -15 NovemberNews
Man and woman in WA allegedly attempt to bribe health workers to avoid Covid jab
Two anti-vaxxers in Western Australia have been arrested and charged after allegedly attempting to bribe health workers in separate extraordinary…
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8 NovemberNews
Vaccine booster program officially rolls out across Australia from Monday
Australia’s booster shot program officially commences across the country today, with fully vaccinated adults aged over 18 who had their second shot…
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Oct- 2021 -28 OctoberNews
Pfizer boosters approved, aged care residents up first
The government has announced that COVID-19 vaccination booster shots have been approved by the regulator, with aged care residents at…
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7 OctoberSpecialty
SummitCare: inside the home that battled Delta
It was one o'clock in the morning when Michelle Sloane got the call. She got out of bed, drove to…
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Aug- 2021 -26 AugustIndustry & Reform
Pandemic solution threatens to become an endemic problem for aged care: opinion
Social isolation and physical distancing have never looked as good as they have over the past year-and-a-half, proving to be…
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Nov- 2020 -3 NovemberNews
Nurse death toll from COVID-19 as high as World War I nurse casualties: ICN figures
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has released figures showing that as many nurses have died form COVID-19 worldwide as…
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Jun- 2020 -30 JuneCOVID-19
The Coronavirus Podcast – episode 13
Have you ever experienced COVID-rage? That is, anger brought on by social distancing or the lack thereof. Like when you…
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30 JuneNews
Worldwide COVID-19 numbers hit 10 million with at least 500,000 dead, Melbourne sees spike in cases
Sunday saw a grim milestone reached as global cases of COVID-19 hit 10 million according to data from Johns Hopkins…
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5 JuneCOVID-19
The Coronavirus Podcast Episode 10
What do we do if we can't find a vaccine for COVID-19? In episode 10 of the Coronavirus Podcast host…
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2 JuneCOVID-19
The Coronavirus Podcast episode 9
This weeks' episode features a nurse with direct experience treating COVID-19 patients. Ashleigh Peters graduated at the end of 2018…
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Apr- 2020 -17 AprilCOVID-19
Dancing in the face of death
Around the world, nurses are in the thick of inconceivable conditions. Their workplaces have become warzones against a mysterious disease…
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Mar- 2020 -31 MarchNews
If you love health workers and you know it clap your hands: UK ‘Clap for our Carers’ to show appreciation
Health workers are being embraced in different ways around the globe as they put their lives on the line at…
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27 MarchIndustry & Reform
Peak body for emergency medicine releases new COVID-19 guidelines
“There is no patient emergency more important than the safety of our healthcare workforce.” This is the first principle of…
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24 MarchCOVID-19
EXCLUSIVE: Westmead Director of Nursing on fighting COVID-19
Kate Hackett is the Director of Nursing at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, ground zero for the treatment of COVID-19 here…
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24 MarchClinical Practice
Pandemic highlights need for planning and protection: opinion
The global COVID-19 pandemic has widespread and insidious consequences that in many instances go beyond personal health and the ramifications…
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17 MarchNews
How do healthcare workers protect themselves against COVID-19?
Grey’s Anatomy actress Ellen Pompeo late last week shared an Instagram video explaining to her 7.2 million followers that while…
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17 MarchNews
COVID-19 UPDATE: Third death at aged care home, Vic and ACT announce state of emergency
A third resident at the Dorothy Henderson Lodge has fallen victim to the coronavirus, COVID-19, along with a Brisbane woman…
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9 MarchNews
Third Australian dies, Australian cases hit 100: Coronavirus UPDATE
This story was updated 10 March at 9.15 am. A third Australian has died from the coronavirus COVID-19, as the…
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5 MarchNews
More cases of COVID-19 confirmed,15 nurses in Queensland self-isolate, staff at Sydney aged care facility walk out
This is story was updated on March 6 at 9.45 am The suspected coronavirus outbreak at a Sydney aged care…
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4 MarchNews
Aged care worker diagnosed with COVID-19, facilities at risk
The coronavirus COVID-19 is on the march across the globe and appears to be gaining a foothold here in Australia…
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Feb- 2020 -25 FebruaryNews
COVID-19 could soon be designated ‘disease X’, reaching epidemic level: experts
Large outbreaks of the coronavirus COVID-19 around the world have exacerbated fears that the worst is yet to come, with…
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18 FebruaryNews
Australia’s response to coronavirus putting people at risk: RACGP President
Australia’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has been criticised by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). Its…
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6 FebruaryNews
Nurses pushed to the brink fighting coronavirus, faces tell the story
Nurses fighting the deadly coronavirus across China are exhausted, low on supplies and taking to social media to show the…