COVID-19 vaccine mandates could end in NSW
NSW Health could remove requirements for workers to get the COVID-19 jab in coming weeks.
NSW Health could remove requirements for workers to get the COVID-19 jab in coming weeks.
The state is currently experiencing a peak in COVID-19 cases, which health experts believe was sparked by people gathering over the holiday period.
The NSW Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to fines issued to protesters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NSW Health minister Ryan Park said if people needed one they could get a referral from a GP and go to a pathology clinic.
More than 60,000 people got a nasty coronavirus surprise when their phones pinged with unexpected alerts.
COVID-19 cases are continuing to climb week on week in Queensland but have stabilised in other states as Australia sees its fourth wave peak.
The dominant COVID-19 strains that tore through the country during the winter wave now account for less than a quarter of new cases in New South Wales.
COVID-19 cases have jumped sharply in New South Wales, but hospitalisations have slowed, as the new wave of variants continue to sweep through the community.
Case numbers and hospitalisations have increased in both states over the past week.
The fourth coronavirus wave has a diverse mix of subvariants emerging, including the BR.2 and BQ.1.1 strains.