Beijing is threatening retaliatory action against nations - like Australia - that are making travellers from China test negative to COVID-19 before departure.
From medical professionals to delivery men and women, from community workers to next-door neighbors, ordinary Chinese people are doing their best and lending a hand to help others cope with the latest waves of COVID-19 infections in the country.
Health Minister Mark Butler says Australia welcomes renewed travel with China despite slapping new entry requirements on people arriving from the mainland.Â
After migrating from Northern Ireland to Canberra, Lee and Robert McMullan embarked on a Covid-fuelled rollercoaster ride that left them stranded overseas, with a child who had yet to see his homeland.
Nick Kyrgios says Australia is "very lucky" to have Novak Djokovic back for its summer of tennis and has declared the returning Serb as still the man to beat at Melbourne Park and throughout 2023.
Nearly half of Australians say the COVID-19 pandemic made their lives worse as new research cites mental health decline and job insecurity as driving factors.
More than 1000 NSW final-year medical students will be working in hospitals in paid positions to reduce pressure on hospitals in the state's latest bid to aid the system battered by COVID-19.
Protests have simmered in Shanghai as residents in several Chinese cities, many of them angered by a deadly fire in the country's far west, push back against heavy COVID-19 curbs almost three years into the pandemic.
The COVID pandemic and climate anxiety are likely contributing to the stress that is causing an alarming number of adolescents to self-harm, a study has found.
Children love to mimic. It’s one of the main ways they learn; taking note of how people around them speak, move, and act then recreating it.
So, what happens when we reduce children’s ability to learn from those around them? Many parents, carers, and educators are now having to face the aftermath of prolonged facemask usage over the past couple of years.
