The community sector and the most vulnerable in the community must be safeguarded when it comes to mandating COVID-19 public health measures, the ACT Council of Social Services (ACTCOSS) says.Â
Better Building Holdings Pty Ltd today pleaded guilty to charges laid against it for the workplace death of Mr Thomas Magi, a carpenter who fell over 6 metres at a worksite at Denman Prospect in 2020.
Sweden should have shut venues and taken other tougher measures early in the COVID-19 pandemic although its no-lockdown strategy was broadly beneficial, a commission says.
Coronavirus restrictions are set to end in Iceland as curbs wind down in Poland, Slovakia and Italy while authorities in Hong Kong plan compulsory testing for everyone in the territory.
Some people getting Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines should consider waiting up to eight weeks between the first and second doses, instead of the three or four weeks previously recommended, US health officials say.
Health Minister Greg Hunt has indicated there is further capacity to reduce isolation requirements for household contacts to match those for essential workers.
The ACT has recorded 560 new positive COVID cases in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, bringing the total number of active cases in the Territory to 2,823.
The ACT has recorded 355 new COVID cases in the latest update as the number of people in hospital with the virus dropped to its lowest total in over a month.
Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a UN environmental report published says, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals.
