Virus
New COVID-19 cases linked to the Australian Open; Trump farewell video address; Victoria now 14 days without local COVID-19 cases; US virus deaths surpass 400,000; Queensland records zero new local virus cases
One of Victoria’s three new coronavirus cases in hotel quarantine is linked to the Australian Open, Police Minister Lisa Neville has confirmed. The positive case is not a player. Ms Neville also said she became aware of three more positive cases linked to the tennis tournament this morning. “One of those is a player who …
Melbourne hotel staff test negative to virus; NSW Premier hints at low COVID-19 numbers in state; Music producer and murderer Phil Spector dead; More cases on Australian Open tennis planes; Australia seeking urgent advice from Norway after Pfizer vaccine deaths
Premier Daniel Andrews has announced 25 of the 35 Greater Sydney local government areas will be downgraded from red zones to orange zones from 6pm tonight. The change means people can enter Victoria upon if they obtain a permit and get tested for COVID-19. “You’ll get an automatic permit and you can travel back and …
Queensland premier relief at three new virus cases; NSW records zero local coronavirus cases; Community shocked after mum and three kids found dead in Tullamarine home
Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young is providing more details on Queensland’s three new COVID-19 cases detected overnight. One is a man in his 60s in hotel quarantine in Brisbane who returned to Australia from the Philippines, where it’s believed he acquired the infection. The second is a man in his 40s who has returned …
California sees bright spot in ‘most intense surge’ of virus
California has lifted a stay-at-home order for 13 northern counties with improving hospital conditions, but most of the state’s population remains under tight restrictions in the deadly coronavirus pandemic.The state on Tuesday lifted the order in the Sacramento region – a rare turn of good news as the state pushes through what Gov. Gavin Newsom …
WHO experts arriving Thursday for virus origins probe
BEIJING (AP) — Experts from the World Health Organization are due to arrive in China this week for a long-anticipated investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, the government said Monday. The experts will arrive on Thursday and meet with Chinese counterparts, the National Health Commission said in a one-sentence statement that gave no …
The Latest: Japanese Health Ministry finds new virus variant | National
TOKYO — The Japanese Health Ministry has found a coronavirus variant in people arriving from Brazil that’s different from the ones in Britain and South Africa. The variant was found in airport tests on a man in his 40s, a woman in her 30s and two teens, the ministry said Sunday. Japan was working with …
Ossoff vows more virus relief if Dems win Senate
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the Senate runoffs in Georgia (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff is promising rapid passage of $2,000 stimulus checks for coronavirus relief if Georgia voters flip control of the Senate to Democrats. Ossoff told reporters outside an Atlanta polling site Tuesday that “history is unfolding …
School Officials Concerned About Virus Surge After Holiday Break – NBC 6 South Florida
Much of Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Coconut Grove will look deserted until next Monday. The all-girls, K-12 private school is asking most of its students, grades 4-12, to stay home and learn remotely this week. The headmaster says to think of this as a holiday buffer period to prevent coronavirus infiltration after …
Coronavirus Australia live updates January 4, 2021: No new cases in NSW; Three new cases in Victoria; Mask fines in force for NSW; UK virus warning
Professor Kelly said an approval for a vaccine was on track, but there would be no cutting corners in terms of safety. “The approvals will happen when all the information we need to make those approvals is available, and that will be fast tracked as much as possible but no shortcuts will be made,” he …
Health officials on alert for new virus variant in Hawaii
HONOLULU — Residents have been warned to be extra vigilant and continue to follow safety guidelines as cases of a new seemingly more contagious strain of the coronavirus have recently been reported in the U.S., health officials said. The state Department of Health, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said there have …
