An epidemiology expert is urging older people to get their flu shot and winter booster after a 36 per cent increase in COVID-19 cases in aged care homes this week. As of 31 March, there have been 658 active outbreaks ...

NSW has recorded 863 new local coronavirus cases and 15 deaths on Wednesday September 29, marking the state’s deadliest day, while the premier announced a date for visitors to return to aged care. There are 1082 Covid-19 cases in hospital, ...

Queensland’s hard border with NSW and Victoria could be removed by Christmas after a record number of people were vaccinated over the weekend. More than 56,000 people rolled up their sleeves during the state’s Super Pfizer Weekend, with more still to be ...

The government has released nationwide aged care workforce vaccine data as the September deadline counts down to under three weeks.  In an interactive map, Health Department numbers display average immunisation rates by geographic location, identifying broad differences between metro and ...

A Sydney doctor has declared “pre-Covid life has died” as he made an impassioned plea for the nation to get vaccinated as the only way of returning to some form of normality. In a now viral Facebook post, Sacha Kepreotis described ...

Two aged care homes in Sydney have returned positive COVID-19 tests among unvaccinated staff members. The NSW government announced on Thursday morning that two staff members at a Japara facility in the Sydney suburb of Belrose tested positive, alongside one ...

With the deadline for mandatory vaccination for aged care workers less than eight weeks away, over half of the workforce remains without at least one vaccine dose. At the end of June the PM announced that vaccination would now be ...

Aged care workers in the worst COVID-hit areas of Sydney will be prioritised in the state's vaccine rollout, the government said, as the state enters an extended lockdown.  NSW will prioritise aged care workers and over 10,000 teachers in the ...

Vaccination against COVID-19 will now be mandatory for anyone working in residential aged care, the government has announced. In a late night press conference after a national cabinet meeting, PM Scott Morrison said state and territory leaders agreed that by ...

The government's handling of the vaccination rollout in aged care came under scrutiny again in the last sitting week of parliament before the winter break. Aged care services Minister Richard Colbeck revealed that only 4 per cent of home care ...