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US star of stage and screen Mitchell Ryan dies aged 88
Former Lethal Weapon actor Mitchell Ryan has died aged 88. Ryan died of congestive heart failure at his Los Angeles home, his stepdaughter Denise Freed told the Hollywood Reporter. Ryan played a villainous general in the first Lethal Weapon movie, and was also a ruthless businessman on TV’s Santa Barbara, with character roles on the …
Victoria records nine new local COVID-19 cases, six reported yesterday; Concern over aged care virus vulnerability; Number of Victorian exposure sites balloons; Vietnam to test all nine million city residents
A vaccination blitz is underway in Victoria, with aged care and disability workers now a top priority. From tomorrow until Sunday, commonwealth managed private aged care homes and the residential disability sector will be given priority access to walk-in vaccination hubs around Victoria when they present evidence of their employment. The Royal Exhibition Building, the Melbourne Convention …
Health experts furious federal guidelines still let Melbourne aged care staff work multiple sites | Aged care (Australia)
The federal government failed to stop staff at aged care facilities from working across multiple sites despite a mobile workforce being a driver of Victoria’s second wave of Covid-19 last year, prompting a furious response from the main staff union and health experts. It was revealed on Monday that staff from two of the aged …
The food problem in aged care
The $10 daily increase was recommended by commissioners as the minimum necessary to keep the sector afloat. Food, the royal commission highlighted, was among the top three complaints from residents. Since COVID-19 struck aged care homes last year, killing 685 residents, operators have demanded the federal government boost funding. Along with the costs to homes …
Melissa Caddick search returns to Sydney; Tropical cyclone batters north Queensland; Government pledges to fix aged care sector; Victoria records no new COVID-19 cases
The US is at risk of losing all its recent gains in the battle against coronavirus as highly contagious variants take advantage of Americans getting lax with safety measures. “Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained,” said Rochelle Walensky, …
Jeff Bezos to step down from Amazon; Firefighters battle WA bushfire; Craig Kelly and Tanya Plibersek face off in Parliament House; UK Pandemic hero Captain Sir Tom Moore dies aged 100; Six million Aussies targeted in vaccine second phase
Nine hubs will be established across Victorian hospitals to store the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine as the state government prepares for an expected roll out from late February. The nine hubs set up across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria will be at the following hospitals: Western Health, Austin Health, Monash Health, Goulburm Valley Health, Barwon Health, …
work resumes at Port Botany after pay dispute; Europe facing more lockdowns as virus cases grow; Assange US extradition verdict date set; Queensland border delay warning; Aged Care Royal Commission make urgent recommendations; EU takes action on the UK over Brexit
With COVID-19 patients now filling about one-third of the intensive care units in the Paris area, France’s health minister threatened on Thursday to close bars and ban family gatherings, if the situation doesn’t improve. Intensive care units in other regions of France are also filling up with virus patients, as more than two months of …
‘Toots’ Hibbert, Jamaican reggae legend, dies aged 77
Hibbert “passed away peacefully” in Jamaica “surrounded by his family” at the University Hospital of the West Indies late Friday, the Twitter statement said. While the cause of his death has not been announced, the band said on September 3 that Hibbert had been taken to intensive care and was waiting to receive the results …
Ben Cross death: Star Trek and Chariots of Fire actor dies, aged 72
Ben Cross, the stage and film actor best known for his roles in Chariots of Fire and Star Trek, has died at the age of 72. The actor’s family confirmed to Deadline that Cross died on Tuesday morning in Vienna, Austria. His daughter Lauren shared the following announcement on Facebook: “I am utterly heartbroken to …
Angling Trust founder Dr Stephen Marsh-Smith dies aged 69
Image copyright Wye and Usk Foundation Image caption Dr Stephen Marsh-Smith was described as “a force of nature” who had created “a lasting legacy” A man hailed as a “colossus” for his work to protect rivers and wildlife has died, aged 69. Environmentalist Dr Stephen Marsh-Smith led efforts to establish a network of rivers trusts …