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Victoria's Delta COVID-19 wave has contributed to the state posting a $10 billion first-half deficit this financial year, a similar result to 2020/21.

It’s been two years since the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and its disease, COVID-19 were declared a global public health emergency. During this period, there have been over 433 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including over 6 million deaths, reported to the World Health Organization. The pandemic changed life across the…

Indonesia's daily case numbers are reaching new records while just under 70 per cent of the population has been vaccinated, yet the country insists it is prepared to tackle the Omicron wave.

Malaysia’s new coronavirus cases reached a record high, exceeding the level seen last year when the nation was in the throes of the Delta wave.

As a forbiddingly deep drought reclaims its hold on California, the state’s record precipitation in October and December is already a distant memory, and the list of urgent water issues we face keeps getting longer. Forecasters predict little or no rain and snow for the rest of the “wet season,”…

Postcodes with larger Indigenous and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations bore the brunt of public health policing last year

It comes after a 23-year-old pet store worker tested positive for Covid on January 15, leading to researchers collecting swabs and blood samples from animals in the shop and the warehouse supplier

Most of the vaccinated in the archipelago have been given the Sinovac shot.

Strong retail spending likely fuelled the rebound from last year's Delta lockdowns, while confidence figures will show how the economy is coping with Omicron.