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COVID-19 will continue to place significant pressure on Queensland's health system in 2023 with more waves predicted throughout the year, the state's Chief Health Officer John Gerrard says.

On the first day of 2023, experts weigh in on how far Australia — and the world — has come since the pandemic began, and what the next frontiers are going into the new year.

Paul and Hollie Griffin have both been jailed after they viciously attacked Gareth Rowlands and left him in a 'pool of blood'.

The stranger had been knocked out by the first punch

Paul Griffin knocked out the victim while his daughter Hollie Griffin had hacked at his legs with a knife, Paul Griffin had then bitten the unconscious victim's face

Hollie Griffin hacked at man's legs with knife which her father had been using to prepare a roast dinner

Infections soon after getting over COVID-19 — whether it be another stint with the SARS-CoV-2 virus or a different pathogen altogether — are commonplace. So why are some people more susceptible?

It's estimated up to half a million Australians could be experiencing long COVID by early December. Here's what we know about the condition, your likelihood of getting it and what experts say we need to be doing better.

There's been a significant rise in cases and hospitalisations in Queensland, with vaccination rates severely lagging behind other states, particularly for children.

Unlike antiviral treatments, researchers say the experimental medication would not attack the virus that causes COVID-19, but target the immune system instead.

Health experts have warned a Covid "variant soup" is behind recent outbreaks, as the World Health Organisation identifies hundreds of new "sub variants" emerging from Omicron.